"RayD" raydatgisdotnet wrote in
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(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

1) I think that you're re-inventing the wheel, but it's a fun exercise.
2) Check out http://www.earthnc.com/
3) Learn about layers. This way the cans only appear when zoomed in on.
You don't want to see all of the info when zoomed way out.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org