View source for BSB data

'''''More to come'''''

== GDAL's BSB driver ==

* http://www.gdal.org/frmt_various.html#BSB

== Charts for areas outside of the USA ==

* Comments on the [[S-57_data#Worldwide]] wiki page often also apply to RNC data, but perhaps to a lesser degree than to their ENC cousins.

== NOAA BSB Navigational Charts ==

See these mailing list posts for more detail:
: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.linux.gps/3920/focus=3937 
: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.linux.gps/3920/focus=3934 

=== Download ===

* NOAA BSB format raster data (RNC) 
: http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/download.htm 

* Nice previews / chart picker: 
: http://www.oceangrafix.com/o.g/search-nautical-charts.html

=== Import ===

* Convert BSB maps to GeoTiffs with gdalwarp. Essentially this step applies the embedded GCP data.
* Import these GeoTiffs with r.in.gdal

* '''There is some more information and links on the [[Export for GpsDrive]] wiki page'''
: (see the mailing list posts at the end of that page)

== See also ==

* [[S-57_data|Using vector electronic navigation charts (ENC) with GRASS]]
: working with S-57 data and S-52 rendering

[[Category:Geodata]]