Paul D Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 I ordered some old charts for Poole Bay / Weymouth / Solent from the following site :- Marine Chart Services The ones I ordered were old cancelled ones ( not that old ). ( as I only wanted to plot fishing marks ). Bought 4 charts at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 OK Paul - which chart numbers would you recomend - having got them? I struggled with their descriptions a bit without a map! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Duncan, For starters :- 2175 = Poole Bay 2219x = Westerm approaches to Solent 2255 = Approaches to Portland and Weymouth ( but I havent got this one ) 2611 - Poole Harbour and Approaches 2615 = Portland to Needles ( havent got this either ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Paul what type of Chart are they? If they ae admiralty charts you can get a list of numbers Duncan Paul just check that they are using the correct Datum, before plotting numbers from them. If you need a hand plotting from the chart give me a call some time Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted April 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Charlie, Regarding datums. They are on OS1936 datum. No despair, I have a handy spreadsheet which converts between this and WGS84 and viceversa and has all sorts of handy conversions. I have sent an e-mail to the author and if he allows, will post this here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Thanks Paul. For others, who don't have a personal spreadsheet, this online conversion tool (which was originally a link from Bob F I think) is great to use. I have found it invaluable with coordinates of unknown origion to quickly give me alternative positions to check on my plotter; as well as straight forward conversions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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