sea clear navigation software

larryeddington · Post by **larryeddington** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:48 pm

I have it on my laptop, and have a gps into my usb.

are there any raster charts for inland waters?

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:53 am

Is this what you need?

http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/index.htm

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:01 am

Love this software. It is hard to find inland waters. Most of these(from the link Tim provided) are coastal areas or Mississippi River basin:
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/RNCs/RNCs.shtml

You can use ANY map, so if you want a chart for a lake in Texas, you can get some sort of rasterized map for that lake and digitize several LAT/LONS and use it in SeaClear.

larryeddington · Post by **larryeddington** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:44 am

Thanks guys, NOAA is where I got the charts to use in sea clear. However I have not been able to find any for inland waters at that website.

I guess I will have to make em if I want em.

Larry

rap55 · Post by **rap55** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:36 pm

Try this web site.

cruisingservices.net

Call the phone # listed...You may need to leave a message but this guy can fix you up or tell you what you need to do. At on time I think he had Inland Waterway`s on a disk for something like $19.95.

I bought the program and USB GPS and use them both without fail. It`s a good deal.

Rick / F-36 / MissKitty

larryeddington · Post by **larryeddington** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:16 pm

Thanks Rap,

I will do that, I have studied the istructions and think I see how to convert other charts to SeaClear.

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:04 am

If you have any chart (or map) in a raster format (use a BPM, JPG, GIF, etc. to start), you simply digitize the map into SeaClear by clicking on know lat/lon locations and entering the lat/lon into the system.

These points can be water towers, lights or intersection of lat/lons. The more you enter, the more accurate your map will be.

I've done detailed maps of harbors, my creek, etc. this way. SeaClear will automatically switch to the highest resolution map you have when you're passing through an area.

larryeddington · Post by **larryeddington** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:23 pm

http://crunch.tec.army.mil/enc/echarts/ ... equest.cfm

Above is where to get the inland river navigational charts from Army Corps of Engineers. They are in a format "inland electronic navigational ccharts" anybody know how to convert to a Sea Clear KAP file?

jhalb · Post by **jhalb** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:52 pm

I'm also looking for a way to convert these files. Any help?

larryeddington · Post by **larryeddington** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:03 pm

Got them at cruisingservices.net. RAP55 suggested them. $29 on cd and already converted and ready to use. I loaded them and they seem good.

Cruising Services
7741 Red Cedar Ln.
Sarasota, FL 34241
(941) 870 2363
http://www.cruisingservices.net