Quickly find pending NOAA nautical chart changes with the EarthNC NOAA Chart Notices layer. Chart notices include additions, deletions, and changes to NOAA Raster Charts (RNC) since the previous print edition and are organized by Chart Number. The EarthNC Chart Notices layer is updated nightly to reflect the most recent information available from [...]
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As part of our new ‘Event Map’ capability, we’ve posted an interactive map for the 2009 ABWA Billy Bowlegs Poker Run to be held May 16th in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The Bowlegs Poker Run is a fun run suitable for any power boat comfortable on coastal, inshore waters.
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Quickly following up on their new 3D Ocean Floor in Google Earth 5.0, Google has been populating the ocean with a unique set of 3D models of famous shipwrecks, reefs, and other objects. To tour these models, you can open the 3D Ocean Models Tour.
Near and dear to EarthNC’s heart is the included [...]
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We’re pleased to announce the release of our new EarthNC Bahamas Charts for Google Earth! Our first release includes over 100 charts for the Abacos, Berry, Bimini, Grand Bahama, and New Providence Islands. Chart data is provided by Wavey Line Publishing.
Our Northwest Bahamas Chart Package Includes:
Over 100 Charts for the Abacos, Berry, Bimini, Grand Bahama, [...]
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The oceans have come alive in brilliant 3D with the new Google Ocean layers in Google Earth 5. While Google has included some great starter content in their Ocean layers, EarthNC has a huge library of free nautical content to add to the ‘Ocean’ experience including charting, fishing and dive sites, weather, photos, videos, and [...]
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EarthNC is pleased to include 1000’s of coastal aerial photos into our Online, Lite, and Plus product lines provided by EarthNC partner Marinas.com. Photos include marinas, inlets, bridges, restaurants, and much more. Each photo includes links to additional information about that location. Best of all, photos include not just the US Coasts, Great Lakes, and [...]
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UPDATED 2/03/2010 - The Earth is 2/3rds water and judging by the huge volume of boating videos online, it’s clear that enjoying the water is a worldwide pursuit. To help put boating videos in their world context, EarthNC has put together a growing Google Earth map of boating videos drawn from YouTube. Videos are found [...]
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The new Google Ocean capability in Google Earth 5.0 now provides the ability to ‘clamp’ overlays and features to the sea floor for 3D effect. To start testing this capability, we’ve rendered one of our Hawaii NOAA raster charts in the new format as shown in the image at left.
You can try it out yourself [...]
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The EarthNC National Buoy Data Center (NDBC) Buoy Weather Google Earth file displays hourly weather observations for U.S. and international lakes, coastlines, and oceans based on available feeds from the NDBC. This KML file is refreshed at approximately 30 minutes after the hour each hour. It will automatically refresh in Google Earth.
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Posted in Charts and Maps, EarthNC News, Featured Maps, Google Earth, Google Earth Marine Charts, Live Marine Data, Photos and Videos, Special Events, captbill, trips and routes on Jul 31st, 2008
Follow Captain Bill Foster as he delivers a Maxum 46 from New Buffalo, Michigan to Marco Island, Florida via the Great Lakes, Inland Waterways, and Gulf Intercoastal Waterway with the help of EarthNC Charts and Services.
Via the miracle of cell-based internet aircards, EarthNC will be receiving Capt Bill’s position and recent webcam images while he [...]
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