ChartViewport

Written by Rob Truxler Monday, 21 September 2009 12:56

Any sailors out there? Over 2008 Christmas break I worked feverishly (literally... I ended up with the flu) to prepare all of NOAA's (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association) nautical charts for the Google Maps API. So for nautical enthusiasts out there, there is now a Google mashup for you, check it out at chartserver.bbn.com. There you can find all (about 2000) published nautical charts covering the coastal United States in a simple to use interface.

Every chart was seamlessly stitched together so that you don't have to think about which chart number applies to your favorite sailing area. The ChartServer takes about 3 days to process the entire image set from scratch and updates weekly.  Enjoy.

 

ChartViewport screenshot from http://chartserver.bbn.com

 

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Steve Brodet   |2011-01-05 11:42 MST
Good Day Rob - I am an avid user of the ChartViewport but found the site to be
down? requiring login? today. Is this gone for good or can we expect it back
someday?

Cheers,
Steve
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rob  - Server Down (temporarily)     |2011-01-05 14:21 MST
Steve,

Thanks for your message and cuing me to a redirect loop with the
webserver. The northeast had a pretty nasty snow storm last week that
apparently riddled our servers. I'm working on getting the server back online in
the short term, but in the long term I'm going to be moving all of the
imagery/rendering to an external host with higher reliability.

My apologies
for the downtime... I'm hoping to have the machine back online soon.

Rob
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rob  - Server Online     |2011-01-06 07:44 MST
Again, my apologies for the downtime, chartserver.bbn.com is back online.
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