List of Marks/Buoys and Positions, Solent Area

[mattnj]

does anyone know if there is, or does anyone have a list of buoys/marks/cardinals, ideally in some sort of GPX/GPS/digital format?
I'm looking at making a map/chart/art project with marks/lights in the right place...

Its all digital so transposing off a chart I would like to avoid if possible

 

[RobbieW]

Solent Marks - SCRA - a little way down is a list in GPX format

 

[mattnj]

Solent Marks - SCRA - a little way down is a list in GPX format

that will do for now, thanks!

 

[Chiara’s slave]

that will do for now, thanks!

Don’t forget to download it again in spring, some of the marks do get relaid slightly differently, and as they are sponsored, they are regularly renamed.

 

[RobbieW]

Don’t forget to download it again in spring, some of the marks do get relaid slightly differently, and as they are sponsored, they are regularly renamed.

As an aside, I wonder if the renaming detracts from the sponsorship. I now remember the two character names better than the names, in my head the names are what they were 20 years ago

 

[Chiara’s slave]

As an aside, I wonder if the renaming detracts from the sponsorship. I now remember the two character names better than the names, in my head the names are what they were 20 years ago

We came to grief in Cowes week over a renaming. We now find Cowes Harbour Services, and Cowes Harbour next door to each other. The shame of it?

 

[Arbu]

The GPS link didn't give what I expected - I was hoping for a file that I could just open up in Google Earth and see the buoys easily in that. This file just has some codes for each buoy. I can get the latitudes and longitudes from the Mark Designations file but it would take some time to input them all. Is there anywhere I can simply get a gps/kml file to use in Google Earth?

Thanks.

 

[RobbieW]

The GPS link didn't give what I expected - I was hoping for a file that I could just open up in Google Earth and see the buoys easily in that. This file just has some codes for each buoy. I can get the latitudes and longitudes from the Mark Designations file but it would take some time to input them all. Is there anywhere I can simply get a gps/kml file to use in Google Earth?

Thanks.

This should help ... Importing Global Positioning Systems (GPS) data in Google Earth Desktop

 

[Arbu]

This should help ... Importing Global Positioning Systems (GPS) data in Google Earth Desktop

Thanks. It was my fault for clicking on the link rather than following the instructions to right click and then save the link. Surprised that that extracts more information than following the link though.