EarthNC Marine Charts for Google Earth - Join the Beta
Marine Charts as You’ve Never Seen them Before!
Google Earth meets the sea with EarthNC™ Marine Charts exclusively from DestinSharks.com. We’ve been hard at work for over 6 months to provide an ‘Earth’ alternative for NOAA ENC® vector charts covering US coastal waters. When fully released, DestinSharks.com will offer the full catalog of 600+ NOAA vector charts. Each EarthNC™ chart features the same elements (buoys, channels, lights, etc.) found in the original ENC files - complete with a custom marine icon set for Google Earth.
Seeking Beta Testers
As part of the final development process, we’re seeking volunteers to participate in an initial beta test. UPDATE: We’ve now published the full set of EarthNC charts at our new website EarthNC.com . You’ll need Google Earth 4, an internet connection, and a willingness to provide feedback.
If you’re not sure if you want to register, you can try out the West Bay to Santa Rosa Sound Chart without registration - if you like what you see, join the forum for access to the rest. You’ll need Google Earth 4 to view it. Depending on your web browser, make sure that the file either opens in Google Earth or is saved as a .KMZ file and not a .ZIP file.
Much More to Come!
EarthNC charts are designed to be the backdrop for a wide range of special interest nautical content to include boating events, fishing hot-spots, marine businesses, and much more. Our new Forum lays the groundwork for you to submit your favorite boating places and events - preferably as Google Earth files - for inclusion into the EarthNC chart lineup.
December 21st, 2006 at 2:22 pm
Hello there, i live in south America, but i can try ur beta version and ill send you feedback, any prob with this..?
Regards
Lui
December 21st, 2006 at 11:38 pm
The beta is open to anyone to try.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:48 am
This is a very impressive work and I will probably use it fairly extensively next season.
December 26th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
[…] Since announcing the public beta of our ‘EarthNC’ marine charts for Google Earth last week, we’ve been releasing additional charts as they exit our conversion process. Our largest release to date occurred yesterday with over 100 new charts posted. With this release, all NOAA ‘Harbor’ (level 5) charts are now available for the lower 48 states, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. We are working the level 5 charts for Alaska at present and then will shift work to convert the remaining Approach and Coastal Charts. Following this, we’ll finish the map set with the Army Corps Inland ENC (IENC) charts. […]