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Digital nautical charts

The Department has released two new digital chart products designed to give boat owners easy access to the most thorough and up to date information in a range of digital formats:

Western Australian digital nautical chart images (for use on personal computers)

WA digital nautical chart images

This CD, for use on personal computers, contains raster (ECW and TIFF) and PDF (Adobe Acrobat) formats of the Department's Nautical Charts, covering Perth local waters from Lancelin to Dawesville.

The charts on the CD are not geo-referenced, however the images contain Latitude and Longitude values relating to the Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA94). Chart Scales range from 1:25,000 to 1:50,000 with individual insets supplied at larger scales. File sizes range from 1 to 15 Megabytes.

The chart images supplied on this CD are not intended for navigational use. Official paper charts are available from the Department and it's approved chart agents.

These images are suitable for use as background images for computer and GPS Mapping.

Charts Included (July 08) Chart Number Edition File Formats Supplied
Lancelin WA 1276 Edition 1 - Jan 2004 TIFF, ECW, PDF
(Not Geo-Referenced)
Seabird WA 1119 Edition 1 - Jan 2004
Guilderton WA 1110 Edition 1 - Aug 2003
Two Rocks WA 1071 Edition 2 - May 2007
Yanchep WA 1076 Edition 2 - Jan 2007
Quinns Rocks WA 986 Edition 4 - June 2006
Trigg WA 957 Edition 3 - Jan 2007
Rottnest Island WA 412 Edition 4 - Jan 2005
Swan and Canning Rivers WA 898 Edition 5 - Dec 2005
Ocean Reef to Cape Peron WA 001 Edition 15 - May 2006
Cape Peron to Dawesville WA 913 Edition 6 - Jan 2008
Peel Inlet & Harvey Estuary WA 848 Edition 4 - Mar 2006

Product Recommended Retail Price (2009/10)
Western Australian Digital Nautical Charts $98.40 inc GST

The Department's charts not included on this CD may be available individually from the Department's chart sales counter at Fremantle.

Examples of compatible software

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Western Australia raster nautical charts (for use with a compatible Electronic Charting System)

Rastar nautical chartsThe Western Australian Raster Nautical Chart series consists of digital facsimiles of the Department's published paper charts on CD ROM designed for use with a compatible Electronic Charting System (ECS). It provides faithful and reliable high quality images designed to aid and improve navigation.

The Western Australian Raster Nautical Chart images have been designed and created to closely replicate the paper chart. This means that all raster nautical charts have the same familiar image and use the same internationally recognised symbols as the paper chart series, produced to the Department's exceptional standards of quality and accuracy.

You can perform all the traditional navigation functions such as bearing and distance calculation, waypoint insertion and route planning. Most Electronic Chart Systems (ECS) will allow a link to GPS to show real time vessel position.

The Western Australian Raster Nautical Chart series is compatible with many Electronic Charting Systems (ECS) including:

  • Endeavour®
  • C-Plot
  • MaxSea
  • OceanVision
  • Seafarer ® Viewer
  • Transas ® Navi-Sailor

Pricing and order forms are available from HSA Systems (external link).

Activating charts on CD

A licence permit is required to activate the Charts contained on this CD through your ECS software. An information pamphlet is available in the Publications.

WA RNC authorised resellers

HSA - Product Sales
Contact: Phil O'Neil
PO Box 5422
Wollongong NSW 2500
Phone: (02) 4226 6899
Fax: (02) 4226 5253
Email: phil@hsa.com.au

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 Publications

Raster nautical charts information brochure

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For all enquiries contact the Coastal Data Centre.


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