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    7/26/2020 11:53 pm  #1

    rbhun
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    Openseamap

    I recently found openseamap.org
    I really like it as it’s pretty detailed in Europe, and I regularly go to lakes and rivers which are either bad in C-Map or I have to buy another area just for that.

    I have found they have some downloads, but again they only cover part of Europe.

    Is there any way I can get their online map or get that data over to Exp?

     

    7/27/2020 3:16 am  #2

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    Re: Openseamap

    I haven't tried them, but they say they have BSB (.kap) charts.

     

    7/27/2020 8:08 am  #3

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    Re: Openseamap

    If anyone has tried this and made it work with Expedition, let us know - I for one would be very interested.  The charts seem reasonably good and cover the west of Ireland which is what I am looking for.

     

    7/27/2020 1:33 pm  #4

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    Re: Openseamap

    I just tested them.

    The wiki (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/KAP-charts_from_OpenSeaMap) has a link to the BSB files

    https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/openseamap/charts/kap/

     

    7/27/2020 2:40 pm  #5

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    Re: Openseamap

    Also, many of the European Inland waterways are available as ENCs, see the Exp charting web page.

     

    7/28/2020 12:04 am  #6

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    Re: Openseamap

    Hmm for some reason I’m not getting notifications about answers. Good thing I come here a lot!

    Yes I found the bsb files. For some reason they have not packaged all of Europe in them. Naturally the missing part is what I need.


    Does MBTiles work?
    https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MBTiles

    Also, they say they have world coverage in B&G format in .at5 files. Can we use that?
    https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/AT5-OpenSeaMap-Chart_for_Lowrance_Simrad_B%26G


    On this site they list more formats:
    https://download.geofabrik.de/europe.html

    Last edited by rbhun (7/28/2020 3:07 am)

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    7/28/2020 1:58 am  #7

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    Re: Openseamap

    Exp doesn't support MBTiles. They are just BSB charts in an SQLite database. NOAA is ceasing RNC production, so they won't be added.

     

    7/28/2020 3:07 am  #8

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    Are at5 files RNC?

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