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

• Using vector electronic navigation charts (ENC) with GRASS

working with S-57 data and S-52 rendering