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EarthNC Marine Charts version 3.5 available

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In case you haven’t noticed the update availability on your iPhone, a new version of Marine Charts for iOS is available. The release includes:

* Support for premium layers including hi-res imagery, various TOPO feeds, Google Road, Google Terrain

* A slider function for NEXRAD radar weather (allowing you to keep the layer active but quickly toggle it on and off)

* Full support for iPhone 5 and iOS 6

Enjoy the updates and we look forward to your feedback!

https://itunes.apple.com/app/marine-charts/id386584429?mt=8

-The EarthNC Team

Routing for iPhone / iPad is now officially available.

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We officially released multi-point routing for the iPhone and iPad this morning. We’re fired up with this new functionality and hope you all are as well! Here is the actual press release.

Gulf of Mexico Lease Block Charts

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Lease Block ChartLease Block charts are a common tool for offshore fishing.

Our new EarthNC Chartviewer features the full set of Gulf Lease Block charts for free online viewing. Here are direct links to each of the charts:

- Chart 1113A – Lease Block for Havana to Tampa Bay
- Chart 1114A – Lease Block for Tampa to Cape San Blas
- Chart 1115A – Lease Block for Cape St George to the Mississippi Passes
- Chart 1116A – Lease Block for the Mississippi River to Galveston
- Chart 1117A – Lease Block Galveston to the Rio Grande

Use our Route Maker tool under ‘Routing’ to generate waypoints you can export to KML, GPX, or a print out.

For offline use with GPS integration, EarthNC offers a full set of lease block charts for Google Earth on our EartNC Raster Southest DVD. Most offline users will also want our EarthNC Plus vector charts and GooPs Pro GPS to Google Earth software. The EarthNC Plus vector charts include charted pipelines and offshore platforms which are also great resources for finding fish.

Florida Permitted Artificial Reef Locations

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flreefs.jpgLooking for a fishing or dive spot off the Florida coast? EarthNC has created a new map of permitted artificial reef locations based on data maintained by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). It contains over 2200 individual sites.

Included Reef Information with Most Sites:

  • Site Name
  • Deployment Date
  • Construction Material
  • Depth
  • Dimensions (length, width, height, approximate volume)

Each reef site also has a unique ‘submit information’ link so that users can contribute more information to share with other boaters.

Try it Out

Click Here to open the EarthNC Florida Permitted Artificial Reefs Map in Google Earth. To combine reef information with Online Nautical charts including buoys, markers, and lights, try our free EarthNC Online service.

Need Google Earth? Download it free HERE!

Erie Islands, Sandusky Bay Maps, Charts, and Weather

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The Erie Islands and Sandusky are the most active boating area on the Great Lakes and feature the most boats per capita in the USA. This area is rich in history and featured large during the War of 1812 and the naval battles around Put-In-Bay Island. For modern day adventure, Cedar Point Amusement Park offers one of the best collections roller-coasters in the world.

Explore Put-In-Bay, Sandusky Bay, Catawba Island, Kellys Island and the surrounding waters of Lake Erie with our free interactive nautical map. Zoom in and local marine charts showing depths, channels, and other features will load automatically. Click on the ‘View Full Screen’ link for additional options including weather (buoys, airports, marine forecasts) in the ‘Nearby’ menu and a route making tool for drawing and saving your own trip. Use the Map Search bar to find marine businesses, hotels, or other locations.

EarthNC National Buoy Data Center Weather Buoys for Google Earth

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wxbuoys.jpgThe 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.

Click HERE to View in Google Earth

Finding Buoys and Observations:

Active weather locations are marked with yellow buoy icons (). These icons are rotated to point into the prevailing wind. A circular background color, if present, indicates wave states greater than 4 feet. Similarly, the presence of red wind flags indicates elevated wind speeds above 18 knots. Hover the mouse over any buoy to see its full name and official tracking number.

Specific wind and wave ranges are indicated by the Buoy Legend show below and also available in the Google Earth Place Menu.


Detailed Observations, Historical Plots, and Buoy Notes:

Click on a buoy to see detailed information. Each buoy description includes:

  • The Individual Buoy Homepage at the NBDC
  • The latest text observation for the buoy (rendered in real-time from the NDBC Buoy RSS feed)
  • Any NBDC provided station notes
  • Links to historical observation plots if available – such as wind, wave, and temperature trends

Disclaimer

This map is not an official source of weather data and should be used for planning only.

Florida Boat Ramps Map – Google ‘Placemark of the Month’

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Our recent Florida Boat Ramps Map for Google Earth was honored as a Google ‘Placemark of the Month’ in the June 2008 Google Sightseer Newsletter. The Sightseer is Google’s official newsletter about all things Google Earth and you can subscribe HERE to keep up to date on the latest Google Earth news.

Thanks Google!

Pensacola Dives Sites and Fishing Spots from MTB Divers

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mtbdivers.jpgLooking for new dive or fishing sites near Pensacola, Florida?

We’ve created a Google Earth map showing the location of many reefs, wrecks based on the public divesite database provided by MTB Divers a Pensacola Dive Shop. Points of interest run the gamut from small concrete fish havens to tanks to ships. Most points of interest include a short reef/wreck description and depth.


Try it Out!
To use the MTB Divers Dive Sites map, you need to have installed Google Earth 4.2 or higher. If you don’t have Google Earth, get it HERE free.

Click HERE to load the EarthNC MTB Divers Pensacola Dive Sites Map in Google Earth.

View Gulf Coast Navigation Charts with EarthNC Online
Our EarthNC Online Chart and Map Service offers limited versions of NOAA and Army Corps Nautical Charts for Google Earth, which include the waters off Pensacola, Florida.

If you’re looking for full navigation charts for the Gulf Coast, consider EarthNC Plus Vector Charts and EarthNC Raster Charts for Google Earth.

NOAA Chart Notices

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notices.jpgQuickly 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 NOAA for the entire Raster Chart catalog.
While NOAA Notices do include changes from Local Notices to Mariners, they are not a substitution for LNMs and should not be treated as an official source for charting and should be used in accordance with the NOAA disclaimer found in the Google Earth file.

Using the Chart Notice Layer

  1. Download the EarthNC Chart Notice Index Map into Google Earth
  2. Find the Chart Desired (by default only harbor and approach chart scales are displayed, enable other scales by checking its visibility box in the Google Earth ‘Places’ menu)
  3. Click on the () icon to see the total number of notices for this chart and to see the ‘View’ links
  4. Click on the ‘Click to View Chart Notices’ link in the chart pop-up window. This will load notices for the selected chart into Google Earth. If saved to ‘My Places’ this overlay will automatically refresh daily. If you need to use the notices without an internet connection, use the ‘download’ link instead – but this link will not refresh.

Legend and Usage Notes
Notices have four principle types:
Change (non-position) – Changes in an object’s label, note, etc… but not to its position

Move – The charted object has moved from a previous location to the one at the location of the chart notice

Addition – A new object that was not previously in the chart

Deletion – The given object has been removed from the chart

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