Download

Here you find precompiled charts for download in various formats usable in different applications.

The downloadable files on this page are licensed under CC0.

Failure

The BSH changed its WMS server.
They do no longer provide vector data. Data for Germany cannot be updated!

Info

Raster charts are now encoded with WebP to reduce file size. This might not work in all applications. PNG based tiles are available, too.

Data Sources

The charts provided by this project are based on data by

• BSH
  • GeoSeaPortal (GeoNutzV)
  • Bathymetry (DL-DE->BY-2.0)
  • SKN Seekartenull (?)
  • Tidal Data (GeoNutzV?)
• RWS
  • ENC (?)
  • Vaarwegmarkeringen drijvend (CC0 1.0)
  • Vaarwegmarkeringen vast (CC0 1.0)

Warning

The german chart now includes spot sounding extracted from https://gdi.bsh.de/de/feed/Hoehe-Bathymetrie.xml which is from 2018 and was last updated 2023-05!
This is experimental, data can be wrong or missing. Spot soundings and contour lines are from different datasets, so they may mismatch in certain areas.

OsmAnd

Vector Charts

Vector charts and styles for OsmAnd can be installed by simply opening the obf or xml file with the OsmAnd app, it will automatically import the file and use it as part of the "offline vector chart". (also see usage)

• QMAP DE (nav aids) (2025-01-25/4.6MB)
• Depth Contours DE (2024-05-13/9.1MB)
• Spot Soundings DE (2025-02-10/16.0MB)
• Depth Data NL (2024-05-13/55.1MB)
• Light Sectors Worldwide (2025-02-15/11.6MB)
• Marine Rendering Style (2025-01-25/0.3MB)

Warning

The vector chart will not be rendered properly without the marine rendering style and render engine 2 (OpenGL)!

Raster Charts

The charts are imported by opening the sqlitedb files with the app. (also see usage)

• QMAP DE (2025-02-16/878.3MB)
• QMAP Soundings DE (2025-02-16/108.2MB)
• QMAP NL (2025-02-16/402.3MB)
• Tidal Atlas DE (2024-06-11/892.4MB)

Online Charts

• QMAP DE online http://waddenzee.duckdns.org/qmap-de/{0}/{1}/{2}.webp
• QMAP NL online http://waddenzee.duckdns.org/qmap-nl/{0}/{1}/{2}.webp

Tip

Select sqlitedb as storage format.

AvNav

AvNav uses raster charts in form of GEMF files, but it also supports mbtiles, just not on Android. Simply drop the files into AvNav's charts folder.

• GEMF
  • QMAP DE (2025-02-16/761.4MB)
  • QMAP Soundings DE (2025-02-16/89.5MB)
  • QMAP NL (2025-02-16/367.2MB)
  • Tidal Atlas DE (2024-06-11/886.5MB)
• MBTILES
  • QMAP DE (2025-02-16/871.7MB)
  • QMAP Soundings DE (2025-02-16/105.6MB)
  • QMAP NL (2025-02-16/401.2MB)
  • Tidal Atlas DE (2024-06-11/892.4MB)

OpenCPN

OpenCPN and other applications can display raster charts from mbtiles.

• QMAP DE (2025-02-16/1789.4MB)
• QMAP Soundings DE (2025-02-16/322.8MB)
• QMAP NL (2025-02-16/815.2MB)

Info

OpenCPN does not support WebP, so there are separate mbtiles files containing png tiles.

JOSM

The raster charts can be added to JOSM as imagery layers.

• QMAP DE tms:http://waddenzee.duckdns.org/qmap-de/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png
• QMAP NL tms:http://waddenzee.duckdns.org/qmap-nl/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png

You may also want to add this extra mapcss (as last entry) for improved rendering of seamarks.

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/quantenschaum/mapping/icons/extra.mapcss