A Zooooooomable world !

[momo55]

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/featur...efid=701515479

Zoom in on the area you are with your sub and make a copy ...print..
Plot and mark etc......
Could become handy i think :hmm:

greetz all

[Rockin Robbins]

I wonder if the ocean depths are modeled halfway correctly in the game? It would be really interesting to actually check out some soundings with an ocean chart.

Nice find!

[Sailor Steve]

That map is nice, but I think Google Earth is a lot better. You can not only zoom into street level, but it has both maps and satellite photos.

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

I wonder if the ocean depths are modeled halfway correctly in the game? It would be really interesting to actually check out some soundings with an ocean chart.

Actually I think they're modeled too well. A lot of the Pacific was still relatively unexplored in the 1940s. But with the precise map in the game you have no excuse for running aground on an uncharted reef like a lot of skippers did.

[seafarer]

The valor at sea web site refers to WWII US naval charts this way:

The navigational charts of the Pacific Ocean used by the U.S. Navy during WWII were old, outdated and often badly inaccurate. ONI (the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence) did however have fairly reliable information regarding the enemy's military and merchant shipping lanes.

We know that many of the charts of the Atlantic were miles out of whack with reality, and even much of it had not been properly sounded for depth surveys. I'd image the Asia-Pacific waters were largely effectively uncharted, at least for the near-shore areas.

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by seafarer

The valor at sea web site refers to WWII US naval charts this way:

We know that many of the charts of the Atlantic were miles out of whack with reality, and even much of it had not been properly sounded for depth surveys. I'd image the Asia-Pacific waters were largely effectively uncharted, at least for the near-shore areas.

Wow. I always figured the vast Pacific had some poorly charted areas, but the Atlantic too.:hmm:

It's interesting to note that the Solomons were so much fighting took place was virtually terra incognito prior to the war. Good maps and charts were hard to come by. Not surprisingly, it pretty quickly lapsed back into being a strategic backwater after the war.