This is a technical post. It follows posts on a set of New Zealand OpenCPN waypoints and another on an associated set of KAP 'charts'. Here we put the waypoints in GoogleEarth itself, providing another means of visualising the places and their surroundings.
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Here are links to the preceding posts:
Here are links to the three folders holding this data on our Dropbox site:
None of this information is for use in navigation!
To use GoogleEarth you can either install the Google Earth Pro app or run Google Earth in your browser. In either you can load our KMZ file. Then you can explore the ~400 anchorages, moorings and marinas in our set.
The waypoints are shown using two icons, each in two colours:
Anchor: Green => swing or rig own shore line(s); and Red => shore line(s) provided.
Marina/Mooring: Green => marina; and Red => mooring or moor to hawser.The need for shore lines is described in the text associated with each waypoint. This text is identical to that in the GPX file.
The screenshots below show the waypoints in various popular cruising areas.
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| Northland |
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| Hauraki Gulf |
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| Abel Tasman and Marlborough Sound |
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| Fiordland |
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| Stewart Island |
The GoogleEarth Tour below gives an idea of the detail available, moving from Three Kings Islands in the north to Stewart Island's Port Pegasus in the south via Opua, Auckland, Nelson, Milford Sound and Preservation Inlet.
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