From today's 'Lectronic Latitude, comes word of a French
software company that has created an amalgamation that should have all sailors saying, "It's about time!"
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"NOAA Charts on Google Earth
"June 6, 2008 – World Wide Web
The opacity of the chart overlay can be dialed down to see the features of the
satellite image below.
Photo Courtesy GeoGarage
© 2008 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc.
"Take a
Google Earth image, lay a NOAA chart over it, and you get the latest weapon in the arsenal of computer-aided
navigation. . . "
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