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Old 19-01-2025, 22:15   #1
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O 5.10.2 Where is the Basemap?

I just discovered that I have no basemap in one installation of 5.10.2 of Windows, but it is there in another. I tried downloading the GSHHG charts using the Chart Downloader, and adding them as a Chart, and putting them in a ChartGroup by itsself, and still I don't see any basemap.

I dimly recall a recent discussion on the forum that talked about the switch to another basemap (and that WxRouting was still using the old basemap GSHHG?).

I reinstalled 5.10.2 but with "use existing settings". I don't see a file in my OpenCPN ProgramData folder either on the computer that has the basemap and the one that doesn't, that looks like a basemap.

I forced a rebuild of the entire chart directory, and that didn't fix it.

Ahhh, but looking in OpenCPN in ProgramFiles (x86), I do see a new basemap_shp folder, with today's date (presumably because I re-installed), but my OpenCPN doesn't seem to be using it. How do I make it use it?

I'm sure it's something simple!

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Re: O 5.10.2 Where is the Basemap?

Sherry...
Check the config file, looking for "BaseShapefileDir"


Should point to the basemap_shp directory you discovered.


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Re: O 5.10.2 Where is the Basemap?

Thanks, I looked at the ini file and it was pointing to a OSM shape file I had apparently downloaded using the chart downloader, and then likely deleted because I didn't see any chart in the list.
I deleted that line in the ini file and now I see a basemap.
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