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NOAA Downloadable Raster (BSB) Charts back
NOAA's Raster Charts (BSB) are (finally) available again - the free
downloads are he http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/ChartSer...x.jsp?type=BSB |
NOAA Downloadable Raster (BSB) Charts back
"claus" wrote in
: NOAA's Raster Charts (BSB) are (finally) available again - the free downloads are he http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/ChartSer...x.jsp?type=BSB Thank you, Claus! I've sent this message to NOAA to try to get them interested in providing a more "modern", shall we say, live data server where charts can be downloaded, even on the fly from cellular tethered laptops and cellphones to tethered devices such as my Nokia N800 Linux internet tablet. "Is there any chance you'll put these raster charts on a server as map tiles like Google Earth, Virtual Earth, Runway Finder (aeronautical charts, and a host of others use from live servers I can use with map tile software such as Maemo Mapper on my Linux internet tablets? https://maemo.org/downloads/product/.../maemo-mapper/ This free software, coupled with the WAAS-enabled Bluetooth GPS put my boat dead in the channel of any of these satellite photo servers, a very valuable tool in any waterway inland. To have the latest official NOAA charting, not some vendor's 3-year-old proprietary chart plug, would be simply a fantastic service to the marine community. The standardized map tiles are stored on SDHC large memory cards in the device, or downloaded fresh from the servers via Bluetooth tethering to my cellular phone. Please investigate the possiblity of providing NOAA chartography on such a system, the new standard for the online charting industry. Thank you." If NOAA simply interfaced with Google Earth and Google put it on their massive server farms, we'd all have live, up-to-date nautical charts available online on Google Earth as an overlay or through programs like the FREE Maemo Mapper on my little tablet: https://maemo.org/downloads/product/.../maemo-mapper/ Maemo Mapper, running off data from the Nokia 12-channel WAAS-corrected Bluetooth GPS receiver you can hide in your hand, will place its current position blue dot in the exact parking space your car is parked in at the mall on any of the many supported satellite map tile servers such as Google Earth or Virtual Earth. We already have aeronautical charting from the map tile server at runwayfinder.com for the entire US airspace. See how it works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=698iql3B824 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC3uV8cSMhI |
NOAA Downloadable Raster (BSB) Charts back
claus wrote:
NOAA's Raster Charts (BSB) are (finally) available again - the free downloads are he http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/ChartSer...x.jsp?type=BSB Somebody is home there, but the lights aren't on. 404 error on the raster scan charts. -- Richard (remove the X to email) |
NOAA Downloadable Raster (BSB) Charts back
"cavelamb himself" wrote in message ... claus wrote: NOAA's Raster Charts (BSB) are (finally) available again - the free downloads are he http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/ChartSer...x.jsp?type=BSB Somebody is home there, but the lights aren't on. 404 error on the raster scan charts. Remove index.html and use http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/ instead. This will yield an info page where you can click the download RNC link which will get you this: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/m..._agreement.htm When you accept the terms you will then be treated to this: http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/ChartSer...x.jsp?type=BSB Then you will get this - a blank gray page unless you install the Java Runtime enviroment that is linked he http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html and on it goes. A typical government runaround.... Wilbur Hubbard |
NOAA Downloadable Raster (BSB) Charts back
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message anews.com... "cavelamb himself" wrote in message ... claus wrote: NOAA's Raster Charts (BSB) are (finally) available again - the free downloads are he http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/ChartSer...x.jsp?type=BSB Somebody is home there, but the lights aren't on. 404 error on the raster scan charts. Remove index.html and use http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/ instead. This will yield an info page where you can click the download RNC link which will get you this: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/m..._agreement.htm When you accept the terms you will then be treated to this: http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/ChartSer...x.jsp?type=BSB Then you will get this - a blank gray page unless you install the Java Runtime enviroment that is linked he http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html and on it goes. A typical government runaround.... Wilbur Hubbard I figured out a workaround. Forget the graphic interface, use the text interface instead. http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/m..._agreement.htm Click the agree button at the bottom and it will take you to the next page where you will see two buttons on the top. The page is: http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/ChartSer...x.jsp?type=BSB but it only works by clicking the button on the previous page above. Anyway click the textual interface button to avoid having to install the java virtual machine for the graphical interface button. From the textual page interface you can choose which charts you want. I hope this helps. Somebody please tell NOAA to hire a real webmaster. Wilbur Hubbard |
NOAA Downloadable Raster (BSB) Charts back
Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
Anyway click the textual interface button to avoid having to install the java virtual machine for the graphical interface button. From the textual page interface you can choose which charts you want. In other words, your computer is so severely limited that running the Java runtime environment is out of the question. Cheers Marty |
NOAA Downloadable Raster (BSB) Charts back
Larry wrote:
cavelamb himself wrote in news:VaqdnVoj0ay- : claus wrote: NOAA's Raster Charts (BSB) are (finally) available again - the free downloads are he http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/ChartSer...x.jsp?type=BSB Somebody is home there, but the lights aren't on. 404 error on the raster scan charts. I downloaded all the charts from Hatteras to Key West....a pretty good sized zip file. I got them this time. Matagorda Bay to South Carolina in one package. Dumb question time? What are the ENC charts? -- Richard (remove the X to email) |
NOAA Downloadable Raster (BSB) Charts back
About ENC Charts
An ENC chart is a vector based chart format that can be displayed using your marine navigaion software. NOAA and the Army Corps of Engineers provide offshore and inland waterway ENC's for all of the United States. Although charts in the intenational s-57 standard are called ENC, the international standard for this format is designated s-57. Dumb question time? What are the ENC charts? |
NOAA Downloadable Raster (BSB) Charts back
claus wrote:
About ENC Charts An ENC chart is a vector based chart format that can be displayed using your marine navigaion software. NOAA and the Army Corps of Engineers provide offshore and inland waterway ENC's for all of the United States. Although charts in the intenational s-57 standard are called ENC, the international standard for this format is designated s-57. Dumb question time? What are the ENC charts? Where would one find such software? What does it take to run it? -- Richard (remove the X to email) |
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