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SeaChart :: Britannia Sea Map

(c) 2008, Sébastien Santoro aka Dereckson, some rights reserved.

Released under BSD license

Presentation

This software prints a Britannia map, sea centered to help sea travels.

It's:

  • a sea-centered north-oriented default map provided, allow you to concentrate yourself to the most important thing, the sea

  • a roleplay product, it's the projection of a map you lie on your boat deck to prepare your course, putting red or blue plots, and calculating positions with sextant or compass.

Instructions

Left   click on the map		prints point coordinates on the title bar
Right  click on the map		adds a blue dot on the chart

Left   click on a dot		lifts the dot, click again on the map to put it again at its new position
Right  click on a dot		removes the dot
Double click on a dot		swaps the dot between red and blue
   
Key x						deletes all the dot
Key o						adds a red square at current position in UO

What dot to use, blue or red ?

It allows you to identify different kind of positions.

For example, you can use the red square to mark your boat position and the blue squares to mark SOS positions to visit.

Another example is to use red squares for boat depart and arrival, and blue squares for points of interest on the followed course.

Credits

  • Alazane, the map drawer
  • Gronaldo, to teach me the UO sea joys
  • Dereckson, development