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UK, Ireland and Holland Navionics Chart Updates

March 25, 2014TIMEZERO1 Comment

The following two Navionics vector chart zones have been updated and are available as of March 24th, 2014 in our Chart Catalog:

Navionics vector chart updates

Enhancements

These chart zones integrate the new routing system in the southern part of the North Sea. This new organisation was put into place on the first of August, 2013 in accordance with the IMO Sub-committee on Safety of Navigation proposal NAV/58/3/2.

Significant improvements have been introduced to contour lines in general.

Here are some examples of these improvements:

Old vc. New UK Contour Lines

Old vs. New Channel Islands Contour Lines

Further details about the Mega Wide Navionics chart for UK, Ireland and Holland (MWVNEW28XGMAP6.1) can be found here.

More information on the Wide Navionics chart for the UK and Ireland (WVNEW28MAP6.1) can be viewed here.

You can find further examples of the changes made to these updates charts in our Facebook or Google+ albums.

Remember!

Until April 15th, 2014, enjoy a 10% off reduction on all charts in the MaxSea webstore by entering the promo code* MX10 upon checkout, before payment.

US NOAA Raster and Vector Chart Updates

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Updates from March 20, 2017

We just wanted to let you know we have fresh new NOAA charts for both Raster and Vector format. There is also Block charts update only available for TZ Professional v3. Please consult the list to see which charts are involved.

Check out our Facebook page to find examples of the improvements to the charts and find out about big changes in an area near you that you may not have been aware of:
Vector | Raster

Example Screenshot of West Palm Beach NOAA Vector Chart

Chart references:

MWRUSAMAP10.1 NOAA Raster Charts
MWVSUSAMAP11.1 NOAA Vector Charts & USACE Inland Charts
WARUSBCMAP4.1 USA – Gulf of Mexico Block charts NOAA

Find these charts now available in our chart catalog.

News from March 6, 2014

These US charts have been updated and are available as of March 3rd, 2014 in our Chart Catalogue:

MX NOAA Chart update

The following NOAA chart versions are now available:

MWVSUSAMAP8.1 NOAA Vector Charts & USACE Inland Charts
MWRUSAMAP7.1 NOAA Raster Charts

NOAA Raster chart coverage (left) and NOAA Vector chart coverage (right)

Updated Information

Updated NOAA Vector Charts (S57): This Edition adds 71 new Vector Charts to the library as well as many other chart updates.
Updated NOAA Raster Charts: This new edition includes the latest chart updates that can be found on the NOAA paper charts.

Read full information about these chart updates in this PDF file.

Example of improvement to the NOAA vector charts: now buoys are numbered (right)

NOAA charts are totally free of charge so you can download them right now, to make sure that you’re using the most up-to-date chart data available for US waters.

New Zealand, Indian Ocean and South China Sea Navionics Chart Update

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These 3 Navionics Vector charts have been updated and are available as of October 16th, 2013 on our Chart Catalogue:

New Zealand, Indian Ocean and South China Sea Navionics chart update

They include the latest charts and NTM provided by our data providers.

Here are some examples of the improvements introduced to the Navionics vector charts:

Old/New Indian Ocean & South China Sea Mega Wide chart

Old/New Indian Ocean and South China Sea Navionics chart

Old/New Indian Ocean Wide chart

Old/New New Zealand Wide chart

You can see more examples of this charts update release in our Facebook album or Google+ Photos section.

All Jeppesen chart update

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All Jeppesen nautical charts will be updated in June and made available in our chart catalog as follows:

Canada, North America, Caribbean & South America chart zones: June 10th
Europe chart zones: June 14th
ROW chart zones: June 24th

Jeppesen Chart update - June 2013

Here are some examples of these updates:

Old/New Mediterranean and Black Sea Mega Wide Chart

OLD-NEW Mediterranean and Black Sea chart

Old/New Central America and Caribbean Wide Chart

OLD-NEW Central America and Caribbean

These updates include the latest charts and NTM provided by our data providers.

You can see more examples of this charts update release in our Facebook album or Google+ Photos section.

All Jeppesen and French Polynesia & New Caledonia Raster Charts Update

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The French Polynesia & New Caledonia Raster chart and ALL (79 areas) our Jeppesen charts have been updated (version 4.1) and are available as of January 31st, 2013 through our chart catalogue:

Please note that 8 Jeppesen Wide chart areas have been removed (in red in the image above) and will be covered by other Wide areas in the next release.

These updates include the latest charts and NTM provided by our data providers.

Here are some examples of the improvements introduced to the French Polynesia & New Caledonia Raster chart:

French Polynesia area

French Polynesia & New Caledonia Raster Chart Update (WRMPC02MAP2.1) — Old/New French Polynesia Raster chart (WRMPC02MAP2.1)

New Caledonia area

Wide Charts vs. MegaWide Navigation Charts, what’s the difference?

January 14, 2013March 12, 2018TIMEZERO1 Comment

Wide and MegaWide are terms commonly used by cartographic data providers to describe the size of navigation charts. MapMedia, MaxSea’s subsidiary specialized in digital cartography and Raster data treatment, also employs this terminology to better classify its charts offer in both mm2 (for MaxSea v12 and previous software) and mm3d (for TIMEZERO software) formats.

Wide and MegaWide area size vary according to its geographical coverage and the number of navigation charts included within each area.

Wide areas are approximately 3 times smaller than MegaWide areas at some locations.

Let’s take the Mediterranean Raster charts as an example:

WRMEM32MAP6.1 Mediterranean Sea – West

This Wide area includes all the navigation charts available from Gibraltar to the west coast of Italy.

MWRMEM23MAP6.1 Mediterranean Sea

This MegaWide area includes all the Mediterranean Sea charts available.

In comparison, here’s the old area coverage of mm2 charts which were compatible with MaxSea v12 and previous versions:

Mediterranean MapMedia mm2 Navigation Charts

It takes almost 6 old mm2 charts to make the latest mm3d Wide chart.

The West Mediterranean Sea Wide area contains around 575 charts and maps whereas the MegaWide (covering the whole Mediterranean Sea) contains more than 1700 navigation charts and maps.

The level of detail is the same for both sizes as every area includes:

Route maps
Landing maps
Coastal maps
Detailed maps and all ports available

All navigation charts are updated at least once a year. For Raster charts, MapMedia orders all available charts from each local Hydrographic Service every year in order to scan them and convert them to its unique mm3d format. For Vector charts, MapMedia retrieves the cartographic data from its providers (currently Jeppesen and Navionics) and converts it to mm3d as well.