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Web site with ICW charts to view?
Now, how about releasing the high resolution .tif files of the chart
scans... Would be nice. The original poster asked for a "website with ICW charts to view". Done. :-) |
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Web site with ICW charts to view?
They are experimenting with that now at selected dealers. There is a
central server that the dealer can download charts from and print them out on a special wide format printer with waterproof ink. That has a lot of advantages for the dealer because he does not need to keep inventory and for us because it makes the charts a lot more current. It does not however mean we will be paying much less for the charts. Steve wrote: Now, how about releasing the high resolution .tif files of the chart scans... With the, now, reasonable cost of scanner/reproduciton costs at copy shops, we could download and print our own charts.. Oh! I think I hear that they are going to do that but we will have to go to a licensed chart agent to print them out.. Sounds like another under the table arrangement between NOAA and a group of chart agents. The always skeptical, Steve s/v Good Intentions -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Web site with ICW charts to view?
They are experimenting with that now at selected dealers. There is a
central server that the dealer can download charts from and print them out on a special wide format printer with waterproof ink. That has a lot of advantages for the dealer because he does not need to keep inventory and for us because it makes the charts a lot more current. It does not however mean we will be paying much less for the charts. Steve wrote: Now, how about releasing the high resolution .tif files of the chart scans... With the, now, reasonable cost of scanner/reproduciton costs at copy shops, we could download and print our own charts.. Oh! I think I hear that they are going to do that but we will have to go to a licensed chart agent to print them out.. Sounds like another under the table arrangement between NOAA and a group of chart agents. The always skeptical, Steve s/v Good Intentions -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Web site with ICW charts to view?
I'm coping and printing DMA charts at a local print/copy shop on a large
format scanner for $4 a chart. Admittedly, it's in B/W and not waterproof but I'm only going to use these chart copies for one season and that will only be for back up to the Laptop.. The nice thing with this scanner printer system, is I can request the .tif files from each chart scan, for use with Fugawi or etc. My point, again, the chart data base is public domain or should be Anyone should have access to it.. But I suspect that this is a 'sweet heart' deal to encourage the chart agents to invest in the equipment. Steve s/v Good Intentions |
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Web site with ICW charts to view?
I'm coping and printing DMA charts at a local print/copy shop on a large
format scanner for $4 a chart. Admittedly, it's in B/W and not waterproof but I'm only going to use these chart copies for one season and that will only be for back up to the Laptop.. The nice thing with this scanner printer system, is I can request the .tif files from each chart scan, for use with Fugawi or etc. My point, again, the chart data base is public domain or should be Anyone should have access to it.. But I suspect that this is a 'sweet heart' deal to encourage the chart agents to invest in the equipment. Steve s/v Good Intentions |
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Web site with ICW charts to view?
For original quality paper charts I can see $10-12 each because the
dealer still has to amortize a $15K+ printer/computer setup, the high quality heavy bond and the operator time. The real ripoff is with the electronic charts. Those guys are just selling us something we have already paid for. Steve wrote: I'm coping and printing DMA charts at a local print/copy shop on a large format scanner for $4 a chart. Admittedly, it's in B/W and not waterproof but I'm only going to use these chart copies for one season and that will only be for back up to the Laptop.. The nice thing with this scanner printer system, is I can request the .tif files from each chart scan, for use with Fugawi or etc. My point, again, the chart data base is public domain or should be Anyone should have access to it.. But I suspect that this is a 'sweet heart' deal to encourage the chart agents to invest in the equipment. Steve s/v Good Intentions -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Web site with ICW charts to view?
For original quality paper charts I can see $10-12 each because the
dealer still has to amortize a $15K+ printer/computer setup, the high quality heavy bond and the operator time. The real ripoff is with the electronic charts. Those guys are just selling us something we have already paid for. Steve wrote: I'm coping and printing DMA charts at a local print/copy shop on a large format scanner for $4 a chart. Admittedly, it's in B/W and not waterproof but I'm only going to use these chart copies for one season and that will only be for back up to the Laptop.. The nice thing with this scanner printer system, is I can request the .tif files from each chart scan, for use with Fugawi or etc. My point, again, the chart data base is public domain or should be Anyone should have access to it.. But I suspect that this is a 'sweet heart' deal to encourage the chart agents to invest in the equipment. Steve s/v Good Intentions -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Web site with ICW charts to view?
this works for just about anything.earnie
http://mapserver.maptech.com/bp/mapserver/index.cfm "mcorwin" wrote in message ... Hi- does anyone know of a web site where I could view charts of the ICW? TIA, Michael |
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Web site with ICW charts to view?
this works for just about anything.earnie
http://mapserver.maptech.com/bp/mapserver/index.cfm "mcorwin" wrote in message ... Hi- does anyone know of a web site where I could view charts of the ICW? TIA, Michael |
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