Inland Sea Kayakers

Navigation Links
General

Brunton Compasses
www.brunton.com (manufacturer's site)

Canadian Notices to Mariners
www.notmar.com/eng/index.html

Navigational Rules (USCG)
www.uscg.mil/vtm/pages/rules.htm - Inland and International rules

Navigational Rules (Inland)
www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/33/ch34.html - U.S. code

NOAA Center for operational Oceanographic Products and Services
co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/ - historical and real-time observations and predictions of water levels, coastal currents and other meteorological and oceanographic data

Silva Compasses
www.silva.se/index.html - Manufacturer's site

USCG Navigation Center
www.navcen.uscg.mil - General information on navigation services

GPS

Blue Hills Innovations
www.blue-hills-innovations.com/ - Power and data connectors and cables for GPS units

CommSystems Intermountain
gps-stuff.commsysin.co - Power data cables, antennas, and GPS software

Garmin Outdoor and Marine
www.garmin.com - Official Garmin GPS site

Tom's Garmin GPS Page
www.gpstom.de/GPS/index.htm - Unofficial Garmin GPS site with links to other sites

Joe and Jack's GPS Information Site
joe.mehaffey.com/ - The most complete source of GPS news, links, and reviews GPS Nuts
www.gpsnuts.com/ - News, links, and reviews with a Magellan bias

Magellan Recreational Products
www.magellangps.com/frames/frame2.htm - Official Magellan GPS site

Sam Wormley's GPS Resources
www.cnde.iastate.edu/staff/swormley/gps/gps.html - Mostly background information

GPS Resource Library
www.gpsy.com/gpsinfo/ - GPS products for Macintosh computers

GPS Navigation Programs

The following programs can all upload and download GPS routes and waypoints to/from most GPS units:

Delorme Maps
www.delorme.com/ - Proprietary format road and topo map programs

Fugawi
www.fugawi.com/ - Can import and print scanned maps, USGS DRG maps, and nautical BSB charts

OziExplorer
www.powerup.com.au/~lornew/oziexp.html - Same as above, but shareware

TOPO!
www.topo.com/ - Uses standard topo maps in a proprietary format

Waypoint Plus
www.tapr.org/~kh2z/Waypoint/ - Waypoint and route management utility

MapTech web server
www.maptech.com

Topozone.com
www.topozone.com

Maps and Charts

Canadian Maps
www.canadianmapsales.com

Federal Publications
www.fedpubs.com/ - Canadian maps and charts

Gecko Software
gecko-sw.com/ - USGS DRG digital maps

John R. Borchert Map Library
www-map.lib.umn.edu/- University of Minnesota Map Library info

Nautical Data International
www.ndi.nf.ca/ndi99/products/cabsbcd_list.htm - Canadian nautical charts in BSB CD format.

Oddens' Bookmarks
oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html - Cartographic links

Pathfinder Maps
www.pathfindermaps.ca/ - Canadian topo maps and Canadian and American nautical charts

TerraServer
terraserver.microsoft.com/advfind.asp- Aerial photos and topo maps of many places on earth.

U.S. Chart Series
www.uscharts.com/index.html - Digital and paper charts, navigation programs

USGS Global Land Information System
edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/webglis/- USGS map information, including Map Finder

USGS National Mapping Information
mapping.usgs.gov/esic/to_order.html - How to order USGS mapping products

World of Maps
www.worldofmaps.com/ - Canadian topo maps and nautical charts