Where to get charts for opencpn

Chart Sources. Gshhs High Resolution. Anyone using official vector charts should have one of these on board. Brazilean Charts - Cartes Raster- Centro de Hidrografia da Marinha publishes free raster charts RNC for their whole coast and new charts for inland waters are published regularly.

There is also coverage for part of Antarctica. The official version does not include charts with soundings in fathoms, for example. See the Note at the bottom of this section. Colombia and Australia publish sample S57 single charts. Czech Republic. Netherlands-also lists other Euro. Ukraine offers some non-calibrated char downloads. This project relies on mariners to survey their local waters and upload their data using the OpenStreetMap database and editing tools.

This project is still in its infancy, so only a few areas have been mapped to any extent. All platforms. These charts are available in many formats, including BSB3. A nominal sum is charged for the charts, to support this impressive effort by unqualified enthusiasts. Dutch Topographical Maps. They also hold the copyright but under that right the maps are free to use also in applications by anyone.

Those maps, albeit with a different map datum EPSG can be downloaded by every one with a descent on line connection.

Layerdata as GPX files and much more is also available from nautin. Nautin is a foundation no profit and a lot of volunteers who keep their data uptodate. Nautin has a straight communication line with the buoy-laying-vessels. Therefore their information is weeks ahead of the official NtM's. Most data on Nautin.

Created as part of OpenCPN to provide users with reliable and up-to-date charts from recognized sources at a reasonable cost for regions where free and quality charts are not available. For update frequencies, please visit the o-charts product pages. Leaving it up to the sailor to decide which chart set suites his requirements.

We want to serve sailors preferring raster over vector as well. Requires the oeRNC plug-in. S63 Encrypted ENC charts. Licensed raster charts in the oeRNC format are enabling the access to the raster portfolio. If your navigation zone is available this can be a very good choice to get up-to-date quality charts at a reasonable cost. Even if the content might be the same. For details about the legal framework and usage of our charts refer to the EULA.

Same as in the case of oeSENC vector charts, these cannot be considered "Official Charts" in any case even if they look identical to their "Official" twins. S charts are official vector charts with worldwide coverage. However, many popular cruising areas are very poorly covered as the main focus are the requirements of commercial shipping.

They have a relatively high price as well.