[OSGeo-Discuss] Correct List for Newcomers

[Village Hiker]

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/
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> NOAA also has some shoreline datasets, as well as NGA.
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> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Fawcett, David (MPCA) <david.fawcett at 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
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> http://www.naturalearthdata.com/
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> 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.
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> David.
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> On Mar 29, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Peter wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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?_______________________________________________
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