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Old 28-07-2010, 08:03   #1
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Soundings Numbers WAY Off

I just started using OpenCPN.

It's great except. . .

The number given for the soundings make no sense. I does not matter if the chart depth units are feet, metres, or fathoms. There seems to be no consistancy either but the numbers are often off by a factor of 10.

Am I missing something.

I'm running Version 2.1.0 Build 624a on Windows.
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Can we have a couple of examples? Pos + chart, maybe a screendump.?
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Sounding example

I have attached an example showing Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

Look at the sounding 204 just north of the island. An object query shows. . .

Feature Class: DEPARE

Attributes
DRVAL1 18.2(m)
DRVAL2 27.4(m)

The 234 next to it shows exactly the same thing. This is typical of every sounding.
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Ah...The subscripted number is 10ths. The 204 is 20.4 meters.

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Oh. . . duh. I feel stupid. That makes perfect sense.
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