We will post files of waypoints we find on the internet or given to us for
the purpose of public dissemination. These files work with the LoranGPS
program and can also be read and printed by data base and spreadsheet programs.
as of: Jan 6, 2011
Volusia county calibration waypoints on artificial reefs
These waypoints on a variety of Florida east coast artificial reefs that
can be used for calibration waypoints in that area. This material generously
supplied by: John Lane, Volusia County Reef Research Dive Team, www.volusiareefs.org.
LORAN TDs and WAAS or DGPS GPS L/L waypoints were taken on separate
LORAN and GPS units when anchored over a ship, barge or large pile of
material on each site.
Brevard county calibration waypoints
These waypoints are on a variety of Florida east coast reefs off Sebastian
and Canaveral inlets. They consist of LORAN TDs and DGPS GPS L/L
waypoints taken on a Sitex XJ1 LORAN and GPS units.
Sea Hag Marina waypoints for Steinhatchee Florida. Sea Hag site
It's as simple as looking at a chart or running out of the channel
inside Steinhatchee marker 13 to realize why our offshore fishing is so
good. While we don't have lots of close-in deep offshore water, we do
have an abundance of limestone outcroppings, ledges, and offshore
springs. All attract gag and red grouper, American red and mangrove
snapper, king mackerel, cobia, sheepshead, and of course, black sea
bass and 'Florida snapper'.
This is a set of fishing holes posted by Sea Hag. Be advised, these have not
been converted by the LoranGPS program but are as listed on the web
site. It is unknown if they were originally Loran or GPS or both.
A listing of hundreds of artificial reef sites arranged by coastal county
(34 files). DISCLAIMER: The GPS and LORAN entries in the chain field
indicates which format the original coordinates were obtained (if known).
The other set of coordinates was calculated and is probably not as accurate
as the original set as only the government ASF tables were used. Where
both was indicated, I do not recommend that they be used as calibration
waypoints as I have seen problems with them. These were derived from:
http://www.floridaconservation.org/marine/ar/ARind.htm
A listing of wrecks for diving from a site called TravelByGPS.com . They say:
"The numbers below represent what I currently have from various sources
and are highly accurate. They were taken at the actual site by reliable
equipment, not calculated from LORAN or obtained from unreliable sources.
Some were given to me, and others I have collected myself, like the
PeeWee Vreeland; published Broward County numbers for this shipwreck
have proven inaccurate. I am NOT promoting them as dive sites, nor should
they be dove by anyone without the proper training, equipment, and experience
to do so" - Mark Zurl"
They say: "The GPS numbers listed on this site have been collected
using several sources through the years. Though many of the numbers
have been verified, all have not. USE THESE NUMBERS AT YOUR OWN RISK,
If numbers used from this site are found to be incorrect, please contact
us so changes can be made. These numbers are updated regularly to ensure
best possible accuracy and to add new numbers."
The sites waypoints were manipulated into the LoranGPS format and
loran numbers calculated from them without calibration using the governmant
ASF tables. Some of the waypoints may have originally been converted from
Loran with unknown accuracy.
Long bay Artificial Reef Association North Carolina reef balls project http://www.lbara.com/ Long Bay
is located at the southern end of North Carolina, from Cape Fear to the
South Carolina border. These do not represent all the artificial reefs on their chart.
Louisiana Reefs, Wrecks, and Rigs possibly from www.rodnreel.com
This list was fetched from the web some time ago and I have lost the original origin. It was possibly done from this site as they have a very extensive data base currently.
Wrecks and Hazards data from 1988 This data is from an old set of lists. It contains some good data and some suspect data. For example, if the lat/lon is rounded off to the nearest minute or degree, the data is useless. However, there may be gems in the list.
Mississippi Gulf Fishing Banks A list of offshore artificial reefs. The first is a list recently added from the site: http://www.dmr.state.ms.us/Fisheries/Reefs/offshore-reefs.htm with 69 GPS waypoints and the second is one downloaded in 2006 that has 236 waypoints, most of which are in Loran form.
WRECKS,
REEFS AND FISING HOT SPOTS ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY courtesy of The Chesapeak Angler magazine These waypoints are provided as is without conversion by the program. I don't know the accuracy of either the Loran or GPS data, so be advised that the data could be off the mark. click here to get Waypoints for Chesapeak Bay.dbf
The following was found on a site at: http://media.channelblade.com/boat_graphics/templatesites/dts/dealerlibraries/241/fishing_sites.pdf I don't know where the data came from, so I would assume that the lat/lon may be suspect. Certainly it is questionable for use as calibration data.
SaltWater FISHING waypoints for the North East US!
Selected Loran and Lat/Lon coordinates for shipwrecks and artificial reefs
in the New Jersey - New York - Long Island area some are duplicates
from different sources. Supplied by N. Hirsch at www.saltwaterfishing.com
This is an old government data base of wrecks and obstructions in the North
East US. It contains stuff that may no longer be there and also has
some waypoints that are too rounded off to be of any use. All the data
is in Lat/Lon. The original name was something like: DIGital Archive
of Wrecks and Obstructions
West Michigan Dive Center This site has closed but left a list of waypoints for us. Most are GPS coordinates, but some are possible calibration points as both Loran and GPS were given.
