OpenSeaMap
Sign in to saveOpenSeaMap is a software project collecting freely usable nautical information and geospatial data to create a worldwide nautical chart. This chart is available on the OpenSeaMap website, and can also be downloaded for use as an electronic chart for offline applications.
Key facts
- Website.name
- OpenSeaMap
- Website.logo
- 180px|OpenSeaMap logo
- Website.url
- &
- Website.commercial
- No
- Website.license
- CC BY-SA (map), ODbL (data)
- Website.type
- Wiki to create a free world map.
- Website.language
- English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic
- Website.registration
- only required for contributors
- Website.owner
- Community-owned
- Website.author
- members of the OpenSeaMap and OpenStreetMap community
- Website.launch_date
- 2009
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Contents of the chart
- Applications
- Internationalization
- Timelines
- Editing tools
- Harbor pilots
- Weather information
- Bathymetric data
- Water depths by crowdsourcing
- Wikipedia articles on the map
- See also
- References
- External links
OpenSeaMap is a software project collecting freely usable nautical information and geospatial data to create a worldwide nautical chart. This chart is available on the OpenSeaMap website, and can also be downloaded for use as an electronic chart for offline applications.
The project is part of OpenStreetMap. OpenSeaMap is part of the OpenStreetMap database, and complements the spatial data with nautical information. Such data may be used in accordance with the Open Database License. This ensures integration into printed materials, websites and applications is possible, without being limited by restrictive licenses, or having to pay fees.