Started making my own nautical maps.

Jaystew · 05-06-14, 06:51 AM

I wanted to get some better maps of the contours of the oceans, depth maps specifically. Can't find anything of good quality online without being limited to small size. So I decided to start making maps for operational areas.

The work will be slow but I plan to knock out a few dozen.

No1 http://i.imgur.com/4qwnnAA.jpg
No2 http://i.imgur.com/eWvI9eS.jpg
No3 http://i.imgur.com/HifwSx6.jpg
No4 http://i.imgur.com/EXXWmvn.jpg
No5 http://i.imgur.com/4Ejpvx4.jpg

REVISED and FINAL RELEASE Group No1 - No5
http://imgur.com/a/ssMsk#0 Link to the album containing all the contour maps...

Actual maps...

Let me know what you think. Feel free to use.

OldWulf85 · 05-06-14, 07:06 AM

Wow

Good work !

Defiance · 05-06-14, 07:39 AM

Niceone

Sailor Steve · 05-06-14, 10:29 AM

CHARTS! They're nautical charts!

Thank you. Now that I have that out of my system I feel much better.

Oh, and that one is lovely. I can't wait to see more.

Aktungbby · 05-06-14, 01:25 PM

This should help if you haven't discovered it on your own; Just finished reading the Great Cartographers - a useful tome in your endeavors!

http://www.kartengruppe.it/index.php/nordmeer-deutsche-admiralitatskarten

Good work!

awaiting great results! The one of San Francisco Bay (4' x 5') hangs on my mancave wall and is in my GPS Sailor IPOD which hangs in the gangway hatch when at sea-keeps the positional mapping paperwork down!

Now if I can brain out the tacking on my new auto steerer to it, I can open a Hamm's!??

Jaystew · 05-06-14, 02:40 PM

Thanks for the positive feedback. I have been looking online for the actual charts they used, with depths. Alot of the materials online are blurry or non-existent. There are also terribly incomplete.

Was hoping we'd get more detail on the ingame map but oh well. The biggest thing I think that is missing is the depth contours. Where is that 100m and 200m line. The all important line of survival where the water gets deep enough to survive depth charged right?

So finally decided to make my own and then sort of standardize the format of them. If you liked that last one I think you'll love the next one coming.

Thanks much.

Jaystew · 05-06-14, 03:07 PM

I like that site. I just cant see anything on those maps. The quality of the images is too poor. You can't make out any depths at all. Major features yes, navigable features no.

kartengruppe · 05-06-14, 05:59 PM

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Aktungbby · 05-06-14, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaystew

I like that site. I just cant see anything on those maps. The quality of the images is too poor. You can't make out any depths at all. Major features yes, navigable features no.

ARE we looking at the same site?

Jaystew · 05-06-14, 07:22 PM

Read me a single depth off that chart. Maybe I need my eyes tested. Last time around I was better than 20x20. It might be possible to make that chart large enough and then sharpen it but I dont think so.

See this as an example of what I'm making.
http://i.imgur.com/w3N2DQZ.jpg

I find it easier to read.

Aktungbby · 05-06-14, 10:33 PM

Apologies Thought you were interested in the contour lines only and would imput depths as you liked. Actually in the movie Master and Commander, the captain uses a loupe to look at the chart details and I am using a 5" glass lens on a flex stand to examine my post map; The way to go here IMHO would be to determine what commercial 'chandleries' are operating in areas you wish to map. In CA that is West Coast and they sell totally detailed charts on the heavy paper for around $13.00, as with my exceedingly detailed San Francisco Bay Entrance chart. These are becoming collectable as the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is ceasing as technology (IPODS) take over. A search of English and perhaps German boat supply stores would surely carry the same product. Keep up the great cartography! At least when you do 'operation drumbeat' you'll have no problems with the East coast!

http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/AtlanticCoastViewerTable.shtml

< Charleston Harbor similar to my SF Bay chart!

banryu79 · 05-07-14, 02:56 AM

Outstanding work, awsome!

Defiance · 05-07-14, 03:23 AM

Hiya's,

You have to dl all the rar's and extract, you use the pw given, then you get pdf's and on the chart parts u get images, i can zoom right in on desktop to see easily all depths etc

Amazing stuff

Jimbuna · 05-07-14, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaystew

Read me a single depth off that chart. Maybe I need my eyes tested. Last time around I was better than 20x20. It might be possible to make that chart large enough and then sharpen it but I dont think so.

See this as an example of what I'm making.
http://i.imgur.com/w3N2DQZ.jpg

I find it easier to read.

Now that looks really promising

Jaystew · 05-07-14, 05:30 AM

Yeah the NOAA ones are great. But they only cover the USA areas, and the other problem is there is no way to declutter them. Plus they have loads of modern data. So while detailed and great for their purpose I have ruled them out as a real source for WW2 cartography.

05-06-14, 06:51 AM	#1
Jaystew Sparky Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 151 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Started making my own nautical maps. I wanted to get some better maps of the contours of the oceans, depth maps specifically. Can't find anything of good quality online without being limited to small size. So I decided to start making maps for operational areas. The work will be slow but I plan to knock out a few dozen. No1 http://i.imgur.com/4qwnnAA.jpg No2 http://i.imgur.com/eWvI9eS.jpg No3 http://i.imgur.com/HifwSx6.jpg No4 http://i.imgur.com/EXXWmvn.jpg No5 http://i.imgur.com/4Ejpvx4.jpg REVISED and FINAL RELEASE Group No1 - No5 http://imgur.com/a/ssMsk#0 Link to the album containing all the contour maps... Actual maps... Let me know what you think. Feel free to use. Last edited by Jaystew; 05-13-14 at 10:23 PM.

05-06-14, 07:06 AM	#2
OldWulf85 Engineer Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: DEU Posts: 218 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Wow Good work ! __________________ We joined the navy to see the world. And what did we see? We saw the sea

05-06-14, 07:39 AM	#3
Defiance Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: UK Posts: 908 Downloads: 672 Uploads: 0	Niceone __________________ Have Fun Bye Def

05-06-14, 10:29 AM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	CHARTS! They're nautical charts! Thank you. Now that I have that out of my system I feel much better. Oh, and that one is lovely. I can't wait to see more. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-06-14, 01:25 PM	#5
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,822 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	a little help from a cartography nut This should help if you haven't discovered it on your own; Just finished reading the Great Cartographers - a useful tome in your endeavors! http://www.kartengruppe.it/index.php/nordmeer-deutsche-admiralitatskarten Good work!awaiting great results! The one of San Francisco Bay (4' x 5') hangs on my mancave wall and is in my GPS Sailor IPOD which hangs in the gangway hatch when at sea-keeps the positional mapping paperwork down! Now if I can brain out the tacking on my new auto steerer to it, I can open a Hamm's!?? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

05-06-14, 02:40 PM	#6
Jaystew Sparky Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 151 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the positive feedback. I have been looking online for the actual charts they used, with depths. Alot of the materials online are blurry or non-existent. There are also terribly incomplete. Was hoping we'd get more detail on the ingame map but oh well. The biggest thing I think that is missing is the depth contours. Where is that 100m and 200m line. The all important line of survival where the water gets deep enough to survive depth charged right? So finally decided to make my own and then sort of standardize the format of them. If you liked that last one I think you'll love the next one coming. Thanks much.

05-06-14, 03:07 PM	#7
Jaystew Sparky Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 151 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	I like that site. I just cant see anything on those maps. The quality of the images is too poor. You can't make out any depths at all. Major features yes, navigable features no.

05-06-14, 05:59 PM	#8
kartengruppe Loader Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 85 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	kriegsmarine cartography on www.kartengruppe.it contact me directly through this for: http://www.kartengruppe.it/index.php/contatti I think I may help you KG

05-06-14, 07:22 PM	#10
Jaystew Sparky Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 151 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Read me a single depth off that chart. Maybe I need my eyes tested. Last time around I was better than 20x20. It might be possible to make that chart large enough and then sharpen it but I dont think so. See this as an example of what I'm making. http://i.imgur.com/w3N2DQZ.jpg I find it easier to read.

05-06-14, 10:33 PM	#11
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,822 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Apologies Thought you were interested in the contour lines only and would imput depths as you liked. Actually in the movie Master and Commander, the captain uses a loupe to look at the chart details and I am using a 5" glass lens on a flex stand to examine my post map; The way to go here IMHO would be to determine what commercial 'chandleries' are operating in areas you wish to map. In CA that is West Coast and they sell totally detailed charts on the heavy paper for around $13.00, as with my exceedingly detailed San Francisco Bay Entrance chart. These are becoming collectable as the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is ceasing as technology (IPODS) take over. A search of English and perhaps German boat supply stores would surely carry the same product. Keep up the great cartography! At least when you do 'operation drumbeat' you'll have no problems with the East coast! http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/AtlanticCoastViewerTable.shtml < Charleston Harbor similar to my SF Bay chart! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

05-07-14, 02:56 AM	#12
banryu79 Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Italy Posts: 554 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 2	Outstanding work, awsome!

05-07-14, 03:23 AM	#13
Defiance Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: UK Posts: 908 Downloads: 672 Uploads: 0	Hiya's, You have to dl all the rar's and extract, you use the pw given, then you get pdf's and on the chart parts u get images, i can zoom right in on desktop to see easily all depths etc Amazing stuff __________________ Have Fun Bye Def

05-07-14, 05:30 AM	#15
Jaystew Sparky Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 151 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Yeah the NOAA ones are great. But they only cover the USA areas, and the other problem is there is no way to declutter them. Plus they have loads of modern data. So while detailed and great for their purpose I have ruled them out as a real source for WW2 cartography.