AT5-OpenSeaMap-Chart for Lowrance Simrad B&G

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Here you can download OpenSeaMap-charts in AT5-format.

AT5-charts work with seachart-plotters from Lowrance, Simrad and B&G. It is also possible to use them with Insight Planner which is a tool for marine navigation .

Disclaimer

Not to be used for navigation. Users should be aware that the available data is sometimes defective and/or incomplete. OpenSeaMap is for use with other charts and can not replace official charts. Use is at your own risk.

Combination

The structure of the charts is modular which enables compositions of any desired areas and combinations with other charts.

OpenSeaMap on Lowrance Elite Ti 7

Seamarks

Global map with almost all seamarks from the OSM database.

Coastal Waters

Blue colored coastal waters of the respective areas.

Land Area

Land areas of whole continents or (depending on the size) smaler subregions.

Depth Areas

Work in progress. You can support us with your sonar logs!

Just select “Log Sonar” in the sonar settings during your trip and upload the .sl2 or .sl3 files from your SD card to https://depth.openseamap.org

Hints for the download

Atlas version 10, 12 or 13?

Higher Atlas versions enable more features. Choose the highest possible version for your device. See "List of devices" below.

You can find the versions as v10, v12 and v13 in the download section below.

Coverage

You can display the coverage of the regions and subregions when you click on the "coverage" next to the name.

Combination

Combine the modular charts from left to right. You will need to download the Seamarks, Coastal Waters and Land Area for your desired area.

Remember to select the highest Atlas version which is compatible with your device per row and column. See "Atlas version" above.

Example download for Florida:

Seamarks + Coastal Waters “North America” + Land Area “US South”

Updates

The charts are updated twice a month. The process starts at the first and third monday of the month and takes up to four days including the synchronisation to the FTP server.

Download

Region Subregion Seamarks Coastal Waters Land Area
Africa coverage v10v12v13, Rawdata v10, v12, v13Rawdata v10v12, v13, Rawdata
Antarctica coverage v10, v12, v13Rawdata v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
Asia coverage CentralAsia v10, v12, v13, Rawdata v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
EasterAsia v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
NorthernAsia v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
SouthEasternAsia v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
SouthernAsia v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
WesternAsia v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
Australia and Ozeania coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata v10v12, v13, Rawdata
Central America coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata v10v12, v13, Rawdata
Europe coverage Central Europe coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata v10v12, v13, Rawdata
East Europe coverage v10v12, v13, Rawdata
North Europe coverage v10v12, v13, Rawdata
SouthEast Europe coverage v10v12, v13, Rawdata
South Europe coverage v10v12, v13, Rawdata
West Europe coverage v10v12, v13, Rawdata
North America coverage Eastern Canada coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
Northern Canada coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
Western Canada coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
Greenland coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
Mexico coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
US Midwest coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
US NorthEast coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
US Pacific coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
US South coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
US West coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata
South America coverage v10, v12, v13, Rawdata v10v12v13Rawdata

Chart installation

The download is in form of a ZIP file. Unpack all files on an SD card.

Be aware: Some devices expect the files in the root directory. But some devices support subdirectorys. See "List of devices".

Device settings

The right map type has to be chosen in the map menu. Depending on the device "Lowrance", "Insight" or "OpenSeaMap" is the right setting.

Usually you can find the selection menu in the chart options. See manual of the respective plotter.

List of devices

Everything we know about the peculiarities of the devices can be found in this list.

coverage If a type of device is missing, we don't have information about it yet. coverage If a cell is empty, we don't have this information yet. coverage If you found something out: Write us, and we will amend it! coverage ... or even better: Fill it in here yourself.

Meaning of the columns

Atlas version: Maximum compatible Atlas version.
SD size: Maximum size of the SD card in GB
Root: Yes: Files have to lie in the root directory.
No: Files may lie in a subdirectory.
Name: The file name can only have a maximum of 8 or 16 characters before the file extension.

Lowrance

Device type Atlas version SD size Root Name Remarks
Elite 10
Elite Chirp 12 32 GB No
Elite HDI 10 32 GB
Elite 5 HDI 10 No 1 GB SD used
Elite Ti 13 32 GB No
HDS Gen1 12 32 GB No
HDS Gen2, Gen3, Carbon 13 64 GB No
Hook 13
LMS-332 Yes
Mark 10
Mark-4 HDI 10 8 GB No Thus far unable to load > 1 map simultaneously

Simrad

Device type Atlas version SD size Root Name Remarks
NSS12 Yes
NSS7 EVO2 13 16gb Yes
GO7 XSE 13 16 GB Yes
GO7 XSR 13

B&G

Device type Atlas version SD size Root Name Remarks
Vulcan 5 FS 13 No
Vulcan 7 FS 13 32 GB Yes
Zeus 12 Yes Yes No map version displays. V10 map crashes the Zeus. V12 Seamarks works.
Zeus2 W7 13 Yes No Used a 16 GB card
Zeus T7 12

Support, Feedback and improvement suggestions

Please use the OpenSeaMap Forum: https://forum.openseamap.org/viewforum.php?id=11

Sources

The data originates from OpenSeaMap and OpenStreetMap.
Map creation via https://openseamap.org/ by Sven Schönhoff https://schoenhoff.org