(or; So much time, so little to do)



Only 10 more weeks until sailing season will be in high gear on the
Chesapeake. In the meanwhile, I've been planning a cruise to Bar Harbor. I
found that Google Earth is a medium for selling and recruiting potential
crew. I wrote some computer stuff to translate exports from my Nobeltec nav
software into kml files that GE understands. Although I was happy with the
way the routes were displayed, it still didn't look very nautical. I needed
aids to navigation. I wrote more computer **** to build a database from the
USCG Light Lists. Now I'm getting somewhere.

The Zip file http://www.gis.net/~rayd/demo.zip contains 2 files,
ptown2castine.kml is the route and p2catn.kml contains the ATN's that I may
or may not see along the way. Clicking the link above and selecting "open"
should open the zip file. If you have GE installed, you should only have to
click on the file names and something googlish should occur. I have several
thousand ATNs from Bermuda to Midway, 99% of what's out there. They are
only as accurate as what is published in the USCP Light List volumes. I'm
finding more errors everyday. Let me know what you think.



Ray

S/V Trinity, Annapolis