Welcome! to the latest in underwater topographical charts.  See the ocean floor exposed, as never before, for your diving and fishing enjoyment. Windows compatibility ( Windows 98, ME, NT4.0, XP, 2000, 2003,Windows Vista & Windows 7 ).  We are dedicated to bringing you the latest in diving and fishing site information for Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties.  For the past three years we have been offering this service "free-of-charge" and approximately 9600 chart downloads have taken place. Unfortunately today's' economic conditions are forcing us to charge a nominal fee of $9.90 per visit to each County Chart Set folder.  One may & should download as many charts as desired during any one(1) visit to a particular County Chart Set folder. In this manner each Counties data will cost you less than $10.00.

Exiting the selected folder will terminate your purchasing session! 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Verify your computer meets or exceeds the operating system requirements on the "Requirements" web page by clicking on its hyperlink above.

2. Preview the charts for the selected County by clicking on one of the three "Preview ------ " boxes shown above.

2. Download & install the Google Earth program from http://earth.google.com/ (click on "Download Google Earth 5.0").  The Google Earth Plus (paid) version is not required. 

3. If you plan to navigate to dive sites using a GPS and an on-board laptop, then it is recommended that you also download the GoopsFree2.5 GPS software from http://goopstechnologies.com/download.html.

 Note: The "on-screen" cursor for this version is not adjustable in size which some users find objectionable.  GoopsPlus/Pro versions are available from their web site for $14.95/19.95 & both overcome this problem. (see their site for details). The Goops software can also be used to open Google with navigation enabled!

4. Navigate to the "Select/Purchase County Charts" web page by clicking on the hyperlink above.

 

5. Select the desired County and execute the "Purchase Agreement" associated with that County. This requires you having a PayPal account or a valid Credit Card.

6. Once you have successfully executed the purchase agreement, you will be connected to that Counties Web Page where you may "Download" or simply  "Run" the desired Google Earth overlays (in the form of executable files) by clicking on the applicable hyperlink such as"B01-02.kmz" on the Broward County web page. When run, each will install an appropriate Icon on your desktop and save the data to your hard drive.  When you click on one of these Icons, Google Earth will open and attach the corresponding data to a temporary "Places" folder within Google Earth. When closing Google you will be asked if you wish to save the "temporary folder" information.  Answering "Yes" will save the overlay data so one does not have to reload it.

NOTE: When opening the 1st "Files" folder one may experience a slight delay while a JAVA Script component is loaded!

Additional Notes:

1. To avoid server hang-ups, it is suggested that one downloads the large files overnight when internet service is less congested. (see appr. download times on each County page)

2. It is suggested that one use the "Run" option instead of "Save" option while still connected to the Floridanearshore site. This action will save the data as a *.KMZ fileon your desktop.

3. An Icon pointing to the executable is saved on your Desktop. We suggest you place all of one Counties icons in one folder so that you don't un-necessarily clutter your desktop.

4. Clicking on an icon will automatically execute Google Earth and zoom the globe to the site you have selected.