Thanks to all. This has gotten me going in a very useful direction. I have looked at the various options and am starting with the information from Natural Earth Data. I am entering the ship's location log into Numbers (Mac OS spreadsheet) then importing into qgis. I will also try to export the vector layer as KML data and import that into Google Earth. I have tried tests and the paths show up on both applications -- qgis and Google Earth.
This is really cool. On Mar 30, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Mike wrote: > For the chart - you might look here http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/ > > NOAA also has some shoreline datasets, as well as NGA. > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Fawcett, David (MPCA) > <david.fawc...@state.mn.us> wrote: > I don't know if 1:10,000,000 is a large enough scale for you, but if it is, > you might want to look at Natural Earth. Public Domain > > http://www.naturalearthdata.com/ > > You could also look at OpenStreetMap data. www.openstreetmap.org Most of > the coastline data was imported from the Prototype Global Shoreline dataset > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Prototype_Global_Shoreline. This data has > been improved in some areas. > > David. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Bob Kerstetter > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 11:07 AM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Correct List for Newcomers > > On Mar 29, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Peter wrote: > > > > > 4. Try to get an accurate vector layer of the same terrain, that has > > recognizable locations that match your raster, load that up, and then use > > the from map tool, itll be the easiest way. > > Any suggestions where to find vector maps? All the ones I have found are > somewhat squishy in their placement of islands and the details of coastlines. > I have tried geological survey websites plus the general commercial web. I > have some older maps I may scan in and trace the vectors myself. How do I > determine the projections of these > maps?_______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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