Raster Charts eXcluding Land (RCXL) are electronic versions of the familiar nautical paper charts and ideal for use as a base map or simple nautical chart background. These charts have had the land removed and are ready to be paired with the users preferred land mapping dataset (Google Maps, OpenStreetMaps, Bing, etc.).
Raster Charts contain all the same information as paper charts including, for example, depth soundings, buoy numbers, basic land features etc. Providing familiarity for users who work with nautical charts and pre-symbolised so that they are ready for immediate use in GIS or other applications.
Raster Charts XL are perfect for those looking to add a familiar authoritative source to proposals, GIS projects and Web Mapping Applications.
Land mapping datasets tend to fill bodies of water with a shade of blue, because maritime information isn’t useful for the majority of their users. In the same vein, Nautical Charts fill land with a mustard shade. These datasets are suitable for someone navigating a car, or a ship, but what happens when your use case requires harmonised land and maritime information? RCXL is developed to solve this exact issue.
By removing the land from Nautical Charts, users are now able to combine the useful aspects of both datasets for a harmonious mapping experience across land and sea. Finally, as Nautical Charts are designed without any context of the surrounding charts, land from one chart will often overlap valid maritime data from another – a by-product of removing the land is that issue is also resolved in RCXL.
Do you want to try it out for yourself? Please see all our mapping products on our demo site here.
Raster Charts XL can be supplied as individual charts or as a Web Map Tile Service (WMTS). Prices vary depending on the area of interest, service and scale required. Raster Charts are priced per chart. Prices vary depending on the area and scale required.
Commercial customers can purchase Marine Themes DEM and our other mapping products via our network of Licensed Partners who resell our data products. If your needs are more complex, you need help in choosing your product or you are Government/Academia/ NGOs please contact us.
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