Google Maps and NOAA Charts
I was just given a link to a really cool website that I thought I would share. It is Google Earth with all the NOAA marine charts overlaid. You can zoom it in and also change the view with a slider in the upper right so that the satellite image shows through onto the chart. Pretty cool stuff. So check it out here at http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa/
Below is a sample image of my favorite place to paddle, Deception Pass. I’ll be paddling there next on March 29th. When you check out the website zoom in really close to Bowman Bay just north of Deception Pass. There are a couple of kayakers paddling in the water and several on the beach.
March 23, 2008 at 9:38 am
How did you get the chart and the satellite picture on the same image? I get one or the other, not both at the same time.
March 23, 2008 at 7:06 pm
In the upper right corner is a slider bar labeled NOAA. I just slid it one way or the other till I got the image to look the way I wanted. Make sure you have Satellite box clicked.