Bob 423 track download

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how to download Bob 423 tracks to coastal explorer

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Hello,

I’m sorry but I don’t know what “Bob 423” is. If you can explain further perhaps I can help more.

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The BOB 423 track is maintained by a small team that I believe is associated with Navionics software. They maintain a track that gets folks down the Intercoastal Waterway in a manner to avoid shoaling which is common. They provide links to GPX files where someon with coastal explorer can import the track and convert to a route! too cool!

http://bobicw.blogspot.com/p/bob423-long-tracks.html

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ooops…not Navionics, maybe Aqua Map Master.

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Bob doesnt have anything to do with either Navionics or AquaMap. Bob’s users tend to like AquaMap becuase of the way it displays the Army Corps of Engineers survey data - which is important for the ICW areas his tracks cover.

Hint, hint - Rosepoint. Look at the way AquaMap integrates the Corps of Engineers depth surveys into the ICW charts. Great stuff.

Bob 423 maintains a set of ICW cruising tracks that help you avoid shoaled areas. His tracks are updated regularly, based on reports from users in the field, sonar data collected and sent back in, and directly from info obtained from Army Corps of Engineers, including the Corp’s very detailed and very frequent depth surveys for the Western Rivers and the ICW.

For those interested in the waters he covers, his tracks are navigational gold. Great stuff.

Here is the info on downloading the tracks.

You download the track, then import into Coastal Explorer.

The tracks are .gpx files, and so a standard format.

Robert

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Actually, I’m closely associated with Aqua Map and Waterway Guide publications. I maintain the Bob423 tracks with the most popular ones being four GPX tracks from Norfolk, VA to Miami, FL following the ICW for the deepest water. They are updated throughout the year, sometimes several times a month, depending on shoaling in the ICW.

They are available free for personal use at
Bob423 ICW Tracks and Routes: Bob423 Long Tracks

The tracks are included and updated automatically in all navigation software by Aqua Map (Android, Apple) and Nobeltec (Android, Apple, and PC). There’s a switch in both products to display the tracks. Any navigation software that can import GPX tracks can display them.

They are maintained by me using a team of boaters (Bob423 Explorers) with sounding equipment interfaced to Aqua Map which embeds a depth reading, date, and time in every track point in the recorded track. The tracks are sent to me as they progress down the ICW. I examine the tracks to find the least depth seen and whether a deeper path through a shallow area can be found. If so, the track for that area is updated,

My 22,700 member ICW Cruising Guide Facebook group are the eyes and ears for instant feedback on any sudden shoaling and for ICW navigation in general. I routinely interface with USACE, NOAA, and the Coast Guard on shoaling areas (who are also members of my forum).

Bob423
Waterway Guide Contributing Editor

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There are a couple of ways to import data from GPX files:(from a post elsewhere in this forum)

  1. You can create a new Voyage Plan Document and then import any number of GPX files into that using “Layers > Dots Menu > Import from device or file…”. This option will result in the objects from each file you import being added to the Voyage Plan Document (.NOB file).
  2. Or you can import GPX files into Cloud-Synchronized Layers by using “Layers > Import…”. This option will result in a new layer being created for each imported file which might make it easier to manage the data (depending on how many files you’re importing and what they contain).