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Offline bhampton

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underwater maping software
« on: September 13, 2004, 08:40:53 AM »
I am a scuba diver and I am looking at making maps of specific areas where i dive by getting a fishfinder/gps and logging the XYZ data to a laptop and doing a grin with my boat.
the deps are shallow 0-150feet or so. I was wondering if anyone had any imput on what software would be good for this poormans cartography?
I am leaning tword one of garmins units which I have the most experiance.

Offline dbo

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underwater maping software
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2004, 03:58:30 PM »
Are you talking about underwater cartography or mapping the area above water?   GPS satellite signals won't penetrate more than a few feet of water (if you're lucky).  I did find this: http://www.wadespage.com/D800DS07RF00.shtml maybe it will help.