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Gonoco on Live co-ordinates of Marine Vessles

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:21:36 +0000

Here's a thought. Security concerns might keep either the cruise lines or our government from wanting anyone to know the exact location of any cruise ship. I've done a lot of cruising and security seems to be a high priority which is good. Also my full time job involves international cargo logistics and believe me we can't even discuss the security issues we use with our best customers.

virgil on Offshore Structure and Depth Charts

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:17:41 +0000

Robert,
EarthNC Plus, our DVD vector chart product, includes all of the offshore charts (including depths, platforms, underwater pipelines, etc.) - coastal, general, and overview scales. As you noticed, these areas are not covered in the online free data which only show approach and harbor chart scales.

- Virgil

robert luke on Offshore Structure and Depth Charts

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:03:29 +0000

I am interested in planning trips offshore in the Gulf of Mexico between Corpus Cristi and Venice Louisiana. Looking at the free chart, I see no detail for offshore structure including oil platforms. Do he upgraded versions have this data, and do they have depth data for the offshore areas (25-200miles off), and not just the approaches, which appear to be listed? If so, which product, or bundle should I get. I'll only be using it at my desk in my office to plan, and not on my boat, where I'll use my garmin.

virgil on Does west coast raster cover Hawaii?

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:33:43 +0000

Yes, our West Coast Raster DVD includes the Hawaii Charts.

- Virgil

Jon Winsley on Does west coast raster cover Hawaii?

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:20:18 +0000

Does west coast raster nautical charts cover Hawaii?

mr curious on PNW - EarthNC

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:47:13 +0000

can’t wait to see more data pertaining to the PNW on EarthNC, which includes the BC coast line.

as a side note i have been using google earth plus with my hand held gps and it has been very very accurate.

all the best!
mr c

virgil on Sample Graphic

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:59:19 +0000

Click HERE for a screen shot showing the 14 mile bank. This is the most detailed of the 3 locations you provided. Our depth soundings and contours are derived from the official NOAA navigation charts so they should be equivalent to other standard chart products.

The Garmin18 does not natively support the NMEA data format. To use the Garmin18 with GooPs Pro GPS to Google Earth software, you would need to also run GPSGate Express (~$10 from Franson.com) which converts the Garmin USB format to NMEA.

Joel on Sample Graphic

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:06:28 +0000

Hi,

I am very interested in your product and will be using it to aid in fishing over several banks between Newport Harbor and San Clemente Island. These include the 14 mile bank (33° 23.92' / 118° 00.20'), the 277 Fathom Spot (33.11.90 / 118.04.72), and the 152 Fathom Spot (33° 15.70' / 118° 11.06'). Can you show me a detailed screen shot of one of these areas so that I can see how detailed the countour lines / depth soundings are? Also, I have a garmin GPS18 USB gps device that I use with my laptop. Is this compatible with your software and will it work with google earth to help us in chartplotting to find these fishing spots?

virgil on Premium Weather

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:12:19 +0000

The Beta Weather is now available to all EarthNC Plus users using the new 'version 2' login at http://earthnc.info/wx_beta/

- Virgil

glirvin on Premium Weather

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:10:29 +0000

April 19. Is this ready yet?

virgil on mediterranean sea

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:14:15 +0000

Unfortunately, our coverage is currently limited to the U.S., its territorial waters, and soon the Bahamas. We are looking to expand our coverage to Europe, but do not have firm dates for availability.

Italian boy on mediterranean sea

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:53:52 +0000

hello,i'd like to use earthnc on my eee pc, but there are maps and charts for the mediterranean sea, the italian shores and islands?
thanks in advance.

Mark J Smith on Earth Cache Questions

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:31:53 +0000

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize that Google does not own the Imagery. That makes the situation understandable regarding how the Imagery is made available.
I've looked at and used many GPS systems and of them all, GE/ENC+ has the most potential (especially when coupled with Google Maps) and that is why trying to use it offline is so tempting.

virgil on Earth Cache Questions

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:53:17 +0000

1) I'm not aware of any software that will do this at present. This feature request (along with a built-in cache management system) was submitted to Google at last year's Google Developer Day.
2) I suspect this is a direct function of Google's licensing agreements with their imagery providers - most of whom have established, high-dollar business models for reselling their imagery beyond Google Earth. Google generally does not own the satellite imagery used in Google Earth - rather they license it from over 100 different providers.
3) Again, the 2GB limit is likely related to licensing restrictions from their imagery providers - most of whom need to maintain the value of their traditional channels.
4) Not at the 'retail' scale. Google markets an enterprise version of Google Earth which allows for custom data serving (although at the cost of paying for/providing all of your own map data). The price point for the enterprise server isn't targeted at single-user applications.

I will be attending the Google I/O developers conference in May and will certainly be raising issues related to EarthNC and offline use during the various discussions with the Google Earth engineering team.

- Virgil

Mark J Smith on Earth Cache Questions

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:17:32 +0000

I purchased the EarthNC+wGPS Bundle. I've done quite a bit of research on GE and was surprised that I could not find answers to my questions here, via Googling or at Google Earth's forums. I also downloaded and used GEVoyager successfully (for 40sqkm but not for 200sqkm). I have used Google Maps since it was available but just recently discovered GE and ENC. I'm hoping you can help with my remaining questions.
1) Is there any way to determine what areas are in the GE Cache (that is on my computer)? Writing software to extract the info is no problem, are there any APIs that exist that would help?
2) Why isn't Google (or an existing company tied to GE) selling precached areas (regions, states) on DVDs or other? While I can use GEVoyager to force area caching it is limited by the cache size, I would not be adverse to paying (a reasonable$) for precached areas. I googled this and even looked on eBay but no luck, however I did find someone actually selling Google Earth. We boat throughout Michigan (lots of inland lakes and of course the Great Lakes). We are also planning a number of trips (some trailering our boat outstate, some just driving) within the US and Canada and using GE and ENC with GPS would be a better solution than alternatives (Delorme, Garmin, MS Live Maps, etc). I do not believe that it is possible to precache all the areas I need (even swapping files), it just too much work to do it with GEVoyager multiple times and unlikely that I could maintain a net connection on the road.
3) Why the 2GB Limit and are there any plans to enlarge that in a future version?
4) Given the 2GB limit, has anyone implemented a virtual server to hold say 500GB ($100 for a .5T HD) of GE Map data? Any plans that you know of (GE or otherwise) to do something like this?