Steve wrote >Neat charts, but you'd better know where you're going. I searched for >Capers Island and it told me it was at St Helena, SC and stuck a marker >on the south end of Pritchards Island, SC, a mere 11 islands down the >coast from Capers. G'Day Steve, 'Google Earth Five', which combines ocean depth measurements with land based topological data, seems a useful option. The charts I've seen in Australia have sparse if any land based topological data by comparison. With Google Earth Five the ocean depth data looks sensible from about a kilometre offshore. Closer to land than about a kilometre the readings are erratic, often showing values above sea level. However, within a kilometre of the shore reefs and bommies are quite visible on the image. Occasionally that's useful as I've once or twice seen a bommie on Google Earth that wasn't visible when kayaking. Unfortunately Google Earth 5 doesn't label beacons and lighthouses - I wonder if that's a legal constraint? All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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