The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is a world-leading centre for hydrography, specialising in marine geopatial dat that helps to unlock a deeper understanding of the world’s oceans.
ChartWorld’s product portfolio includes the full range of navigational data and publications, Pro+ and SeaPilot charts is S-63 format, our own range of ChartWorld digital charts in both SENC and S-63, and Inland ENCs for a number of key regions around the world.
On this page you will find the Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) for the main waterways in the Netherlands managed by Rijkswaterstaat. These electronic navigational charts provide information about the fairway, marking, signposting, bridge headroom and lock dimensions.
GPS Utility is an easy-to-use application that provides management and manipulation of GPS information. You can use it to transfer data to/from a GPS receiver and store the data in PC files in one of several text formats.
The International Centre for Electronic Navigational Charts (IC-ENC) is the largest regional ENC coordinating centre (RENC) globally, representing over half of the world’s hydrographic offices. We’re a member led organisation which provides cost effective services to ensure their maritime data products are compliant with international standards and uphold the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). We also work to ensure that our members’ ENCs are consistent across the global dataset and readily available for use via approved service providers.
By developing smart solutions for the digital maritime future, NAVTOR can provide time saving and cost effective benefits – focusing on safe and efficient ship operation.
For more than 35 years, Nautical Publications’ team of hydrographers, cartographers, geographers and professional mariners has been producing charts of the Baltic Sea, European Inland Waters, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Bahamas and since 2009 of the US east coast by conducting their own surveys and designing charts.
Tool kit to be used as navigational aid in small and medium-length boats. It can be installed as a Raspberry OS disk image or by parts on your favourite Debian-based Linux distribution. We offer some Raspberry OS images with the most used applications installed and configured but you can also customize your image with the OpenPlotter À la Carte tool.
PRIMAR is an international collaboration dedicated to providing a consistent and reliable electronic navigational chart (ENC) service, and operated on a non-profit basis by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) in close cooperation with Electronic Chart Centre AS (ECC).
qtVlm is a navigation software designed for sailing boats. It is also a free weather grib viewer that accepts all kinds of gribs. It can read and display maps in various formats: Vector charts (S57 and S63), Raster charts (kaps, geotiff, etc), Visit My Harbour charts and mbtiles charts.
Reeds Nautical Almanac is the indispensable trusted annual compendium of navigational data for yachtsmen and motorboaters, and provides all the information required to navigate Atlantic coastal waters around the whole of the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and the entire European coastline from the tip of Denmark right down to Gibraltar, Northern Morocco and the Azores.
The Foundation collects and researches written, photographic and chart information relating to small boat pilotage, navigation and operation, climate and weather conditions, including information from remote areas of the world where other sources of information are scarce or non-existent. We then publish this information in the form of conventional books and, increasingly, via downloads, e-books, website passage planning guides, and other media.
The most highly rated sailing apps on the Android Play Store: weather, tides, currents, routing, nautical charts, NMEA, AIS, anchor alarm and much more…
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
AvNav is a free of charge, open source navigation software for recreational boaters. Like similar applications in this area, AvNav displays nautical charts and marks the boat’s position using GPS devices attached to the system.
