Kingfisher Charts

Submarine cable routes are available FREE OF CHARGE from here as:

• Paper Charts

• Adobe PDF files

• Fishing Plotter Files & Loading Instructions

• Route Position List - Microsoft Excel

In-service and recently Out-of-Service Systems (at the time of distribution) are included along with some systems containing power and telecoms.

Please check this website periodically for updates. The Kingfisher Fortnightly Bulletin and Admiralty Notices to Mariners should also be consulted.

The documents and files on this web-site have been created by the Kingfisher Information Service using source information provided by the UK Cable Protection Committee (UKCPC), and are provided as a guide only. Seafish, UKCPC or distributors cannot accept responsibility for any damage sustained as a result of error or omission.

This site is managed for the safety of seabed users by:

Kingfisher Information Service
Seafish
Humber Seafood Institute
Europarc, Grimsby, DN37 9TZ.
Tel: +44 (0) 1472 252307
Fax: +44 (0) 1472 268792

1. Select the charts you wish to receive

2. Enter your name and address

3. Click the "Please post me my selected cable charts" button

North Sea North & West	64°30'N	58°00'N	15°00'W	05°00'W
North Sea Central	58°00'N	53°00'N	02°30'W	10°00'E
North Sea South	53°05'N	50°58'N	01°00'E	04°50'E
English Channel	51°00'N	48°30'N	03°00'W	02°00'E
South Western Approaches	51°40'N	47°20'N	13°00'W	03°00'W
Irish Sea	55°40'N	51°38'N	07°36'W	03°00'W

Name

Vessel

Email address

Mail address

Use this option to download the chart files as documents directly into your computer. Then you can print the charts with your printer or view them on your computer screen. These charts are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. The files are quite large and may take up to ten minutes to download on a telephone modem. If your computer automatically displays the chart within the web-browser, you can left click to view the file or right click to save it without viewing. You can also use the floppy disk icon within the browser to save the file.

KISCA Data Version - Issue 11 / January 2009

North Sea North & West

523kB

64°30'N

58°00'N

15°00'W

05°00'W

North Sea Central

545kB

53°00'N

58°00'N

02°36'W

10°00'E

North Sea South

559kB

50°52'N

53°09'N

00°20'E

05°35'E

English Channel

473kB

51°00'N

48°22'N

04°02'W

01°55'E

South Western Approaches

676kB

46°42'N

52°12'N

09°42'W

03°54'W

Irish Sea

820kB

51°38'N

55°40'N

7°36'W

03°00'W

Note: Many computers are already configured to view Adobe Acrobat PDF files, but if you cannot display the files you will need to get the reader, free of charge, by clicking the icon below.

The GPS plotter files display the submarine cables as a user layer, and are compatible with the Litton Fishmaster, Transas NaviFisher 3000, Chartworx/Quodfish (ED50), TM Planner, Sodena Turbo 2000 (DOS & Win), TRAX, Maxsea, SIS Microplot, Penta and Winfish systems. You should select the appropriate file for compatibility with your plotter. These files are self-extracting. When you have downloaded the file, you should first click the downloaded file which will run the self-extractor. Then select the directory where you want to save the file contents. Finally, copy the extracted files to a floppy disk and insert the disk into your fishing plotter.

KISCA Data Version - Issue 11 / January 2009

Litton Fishmaster

Load the file cables09.cra as a user file and save to the system's internal hard disk. View the information symbols "I" for contact details of each individual cable.

TRAX
Import 'udb509' file into your plotter as per manufacturer's instructions.

Transas Navifish 3000
Load cables09.ai into your files directory.

TMPlanner/Quodfish
Quod/Chartworx: Copy 'Cables09.udb' file to charts sub directory. NB Qoud uses datum ED50. TM Planner will also import the cables09.udb and will automatically convert it to WGS84. for display. View the information symbols "I" for contact details of each individual cable

Maxsea
Load files cables09.ptf and cable_09_info.ptf into your file directory.

Sodena Turbo 2000 (Windows)
Load the data into directories named R_cables09 in the turbo sub directory.

Sodena Turbo 2000 (DOS)

Load the data into directories named R_cables09 in the turbo sub directory. Sodena Turbo Win System: select import dos file. Use point and click routine to display cable information.

SIS Microplot
Import the files cables09.lin & cables09.Mrk into your files directory. Cables are shown as wavy lines on this system.

Winfish
Load the file cables09.kef as per manufacturers instructions.

Penta
Load the file Penta_cables09.ptf and Penta_cables09_INFO.ptf into your file directory.

Fishing Plotter Installation Instructions

From CD

From the website or floppy disk

You can download the route position lists of the cables in the form of an Excel spreadsheet which contains listings of all the cables. These co-ordinates have been derived from our cable awareness charts. In order to reduce the number of co-ordinates, the list of positions has been reduced using a special method known as thinning. This method removes only those points which lie almost exactly in a straight line. The co-ordinate lists have been thinned to preserve an accuracy of 10 meters. The reduced list size means it is possible to manually enter these co-ordinates into your GPS plotter. Datum: WGS84.

Route Position Lists 244KB

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