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Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 09 May 2007 21:26:31 -0400, Howard wrote:

I presume that vertical bar on the right is wave height in feet, not
meters. That would be a scary thought.


Yes, the scale is in feet.
Do they have any other areas?


Anywhere in the world:

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/WW3/index.html

Can you zoom in or recenter on target areas?


No
I wonder what their accuracy rate is.


Pretty good in my experience. I never go offshore on my boat without
checking first, and have never gotten any nasty surprises. The navy
has incredible resources and a strong vested interest in getting it
right.



Thanks for the link.

I presume you know about this link?

http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/marit...c24fd73927a759

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency where you can get all sorts
of useful info like Chart 1 and Bodwich - as a download.