Waypoints and Kiel Canal

Jan Kyster · 11-24-06, 08:59 AM

Somehow someone is cleaning my maps between patrols... :hmm:

Have searched the forum, but found nothing else that the Kieler Kanal is a pain to
keep plotting (?) and as I'm now on my fourth patrol

I've tried to transfer the
waypoints from previous saves... markings/rulers, too.

Need to have a saved file, so I plot a course to a first safe savepoint - picked up
somewhere you need to be 30 km away - and the last two waypoints I place in the
straight piece of the kanal, like this:

When the second last waypoint is passed, do a save and exit. In Windows open the file [your save name].map with notepad. It'll look something like this:

[Mark]
PointsNb=0

[Ruler]
PointsNb=0

[Range]
PointsNb=0

[Angle]
PointsNb=0

[Waypoint]
PointsNb=2
Pt0=1198611.47,6522727.04,-2.17
Pt1=1193689.38,6522739.50,0.00

The Pt0 and Pt1 are these points on the map...

Delete Pt1 and change PointsNb to 53 and insert the new wayppointlist like this...

[Waypoint]
PointsNb=53
Pt0=1198611.47,6522727.04,-2.17
Pt1=1193504.88,6522787.50,0.00
Pt2=1191731.09,6523564.43,0.00
Pt3=1189950.88,6524480.50,0.00
Pt4=1185950.88,6526220.50,0.00
Pt5=1183990.88,6526480.50,0.00
Pt6=1182564.88,6526520.00,0.00
Pt7=1181664.88,6526680.00,0.00
Pt8=1178824.88,6526660.00,0.00
Pt9=1175484.88,6525200.00,0.00
Pt10=1172104.88,6523600.00,0.00
Pt11=1170484.88,6522840.00,0.00
Pt12=1169472.50,6522271.00,0.00
Pt13=1167632.50,6519091.00,0.00
Pt14=1166632.50,6518551.00,0.00
Pt15=1161792.50,6517751.00,0.00
Pt16=1160452.50,6517171.00,0.00
Pt17=1159829.75,6516913.00,0.00
Pt18=1159169.75,6516273.00,0.00
Pt19=1158649.75,6515313.00,0.00
Pt20=1156989.75,6512793.00,0.00
Pt21=1156589.75,6512093.00,0.00
Pt22=1155909.75,6511093.00,0.00
Pt23=1155309.75,6510213.00,0.00
Pt24=1153149.75,6508653.00,0.00
Pt25=1151817.50,6507728.00,0.00
Pt26=1149457.50,6506548.00,0.00
Pt27=1147237.50,6505708.00,0.00
Pt28=1144877.50,6505268.00,0.00
Pt29=1142227.00,6504835.00,0.00
Pt30=1137707.00,6503995.00,0.00
Pt31=1132747.00,6502735.00,0.00
Pt32=1127727.00,6501375.00,0.00
Pt33=1124724.00,6500300.00,0.00
Pt34=1122184.00,6497620.00,0.00
Pt35=1122164.00,6494920.00,0.00
Pt36=1120846.63,6492374.00,0.00
Pt37=1119246.63,6489934.00,0.00
Pt38=1118546.63,6488554.00,0.00
Pt39=1117206.63,6484674.00,0.00
Pt40=1115086.63,6479903.50,0.00
Pt41=1110946.63,6476383.50,0.00
Pt42=1104727.13,6472056.50,0.00
Pt43=1101807.13,6470136.50,0.00
Pt44=1097993.50,6468091.50,0.00
Pt45=1095313.50,6465391.50,0.00
Pt46=1090033.50,6465511.50,0.00
Pt47=1077014.75,6465672.00,0.00
Pt48=1061651.88,6466311.50,0.00
Pt49=1043091.13,6479800.50,0.00
Pt50=1032590.31,6480964.50,0.00
Pt51=997139.13,6484312.50,0.00
Pt52=955550.38,6484650.00,0.00

Then I add my Marks and Rulers...

; markings for ships o.a. in Kieler Kanal
[Mark]
PointsNb=11
Pt0=1212053.75,6525356.00,0.00,Mark 1
Pt1=1183131.13,6526377.00,0.00,Mark 2
Pt2=1168488.63,6521316.50,0.00,Mark 3
Pt3=1161189.25,6517722.50,0.00,Mark 4
Pt4=1156406.00,6512051.00,0.00,Mark 5
Pt5=1122415.13,6496885.00,0.00,Mark 6
Pt6=1121950.13,6495311.50,0.00,Mark 7
Pt7=1113479.00,6478893.00,0.00,Mark 8
Pt8=1098185.13,6467809.00,0.00,Mark 9
Pt9=1094985.88,6466201.50,0.00,Mark 10
Pt10=1093374.25,6465980.00,0.00,Mark 11

; lines for quay/lighthouse at Kanal exit into Elbe
[Ruler]
PointsNb=6
Pt0=1095005.88,6466226.00,0.00
Pt1=1093311.88,6466223.00,0.00
Pt2=1098077.38,6468044.00,0.00
Pt3=1095357.38,6465534.00,0.00
Pt4=1093415.25,6465892.00,0.00
Pt5=1093220.22,6466951.78,0.00

Save the file, run Sh3Gen... load SHIII and the map now looks like this

with some markings in Elbe

and the waypoints ends south of Helgoland

Comments please, but so far I see now disadvantage of this?

If... this is useful and if.. I survive... I have a solution for homecoming too...

Stay healthy!
Jan

Using GW, SH3Commander and SH3Gen...

11-24-06, 08:59 AM	#1
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Waypoints and Kiel Canal Somehow someone is cleaning my maps between patrols... :hmm: Have searched the forum, but found nothing else that the Kieler Kanal is a pain to keep plotting (?) and as I'm now on my fourth patrol I've tried to transfer the waypoints from previous saves... markings/rulers, too. Need to have a saved file, so I plot a course to a first safe savepoint - picked up somewhere you need to be 30 km away - and the last two waypoints I place in the straight piece of the kanal, like this: When the second last waypoint is passed, do a save and exit. In Windows open the file [your save name].map with notepad. It'll look something like this: [Mark] PointsNb=0 [Ruler] PointsNb=0 [Range] PointsNb=0 [Angle] PointsNb=0 [Waypoint] PointsNb=2 Pt0=1198611.47,6522727.04,-2.17 Pt1=1193689.38,6522739.50,0.00 The Pt0 and Pt1 are these points on the map... Delete Pt1 and change PointsNb to 53 and insert the new wayppointlist like this... [Waypoint] PointsNb=53 Pt0=1198611.47,6522727.04,-2.17 Pt1=1193504.88,6522787.50,0.00 Pt2=1191731.09,6523564.43,0.00 Pt3=1189950.88,6524480.50,0.00 Pt4=1185950.88,6526220.50,0.00 Pt5=1183990.88,6526480.50,0.00 Pt6=1182564.88,6526520.00,0.00 Pt7=1181664.88,6526680.00,0.00 Pt8=1178824.88,6526660.00,0.00 Pt9=1175484.88,6525200.00,0.00 Pt10=1172104.88,6523600.00,0.00 Pt11=1170484.88,6522840.00,0.00 Pt12=1169472.50,6522271.00,0.00 Pt13=1167632.50,6519091.00,0.00 Pt14=1166632.50,6518551.00,0.00 Pt15=1161792.50,6517751.00,0.00 Pt16=1160452.50,6517171.00,0.00 Pt17=1159829.75,6516913.00,0.00 Pt18=1159169.75,6516273.00,0.00 Pt19=1158649.75,6515313.00,0.00 Pt20=1156989.75,6512793.00,0.00 Pt21=1156589.75,6512093.00,0.00 Pt22=1155909.75,6511093.00,0.00 Pt23=1155309.75,6510213.00,0.00 Pt24=1153149.75,6508653.00,0.00 Pt25=1151817.50,6507728.00,0.00 Pt26=1149457.50,6506548.00,0.00 Pt27=1147237.50,6505708.00,0.00 Pt28=1144877.50,6505268.00,0.00 Pt29=1142227.00,6504835.00,0.00 Pt30=1137707.00,6503995.00,0.00 Pt31=1132747.00,6502735.00,0.00 Pt32=1127727.00,6501375.00,0.00 Pt33=1124724.00,6500300.00,0.00 Pt34=1122184.00,6497620.00,0.00 Pt35=1122164.00,6494920.00,0.00 Pt36=1120846.63,6492374.00,0.00 Pt37=1119246.63,6489934.00,0.00 Pt38=1118546.63,6488554.00,0.00 Pt39=1117206.63,6484674.00,0.00 Pt40=1115086.63,6479903.50,0.00 Pt41=1110946.63,6476383.50,0.00 Pt42=1104727.13,6472056.50,0.00 Pt43=1101807.13,6470136.50,0.00 Pt44=1097993.50,6468091.50,0.00 Pt45=1095313.50,6465391.50,0.00 Pt46=1090033.50,6465511.50,0.00 Pt47=1077014.75,6465672.00,0.00 Pt48=1061651.88,6466311.50,0.00 Pt49=1043091.13,6479800.50,0.00 Pt50=1032590.31,6480964.50,0.00 Pt51=997139.13,6484312.50,0.00 Pt52=955550.38,6484650.00,0.00 Then I add my Marks and Rulers... ; markings for ships o.a. in Kieler Kanal [Mark] PointsNb=11 Pt0=1212053.75,6525356.00,0.00,Mark 1 Pt1=1183131.13,6526377.00,0.00,Mark 2 Pt2=1168488.63,6521316.50,0.00,Mark 3 Pt3=1161189.25,6517722.50,0.00,Mark 4 Pt4=1156406.00,6512051.00,0.00,Mark 5 Pt5=1122415.13,6496885.00,0.00,Mark 6 Pt6=1121950.13,6495311.50,0.00,Mark 7 Pt7=1113479.00,6478893.00,0.00,Mark 8 Pt8=1098185.13,6467809.00,0.00,Mark 9 Pt9=1094985.88,6466201.50,0.00,Mark 10 Pt10=1093374.25,6465980.00,0.00,Mark 11 ; lines for quay/lighthouse at Kanal exit into Elbe [Ruler] PointsNb=6 Pt0=1095005.88,6466226.00,0.00 Pt1=1093311.88,6466223.00,0.00 Pt2=1098077.38,6468044.00,0.00 Pt3=1095357.38,6465534.00,0.00 Pt4=1093415.25,6465892.00,0.00 Pt5=1093220.22,6466951.78,0.00 Save the file, run Sh3Gen... load SHIII and the map now looks like this with some markings in Elbe and the waypoints ends south of Helgoland Comments please, but so far I see now disadvantage of this? If... this is useful and if.. I survive... I have a solution for homecoming too... Stay healthy! Jan Using GW, SH3Commander and SH3Gen...