These maps were digitised, using AutoCAD, from a variety of Sea Charts at different scales. Often the depth lines are not continuous therefore filling with colour is a problem. Where maps overlap they are so different one might wonder whether they really are the same place. This means that they are not particularly accurate. There are instances where I've found the position of islands and reefs, on these official sea charts, to be 800m out of position compared with GPS readings. So be careful if you are sailing at night! After digitising, the maps were exported to MapInfo and to ArcView to pretty them up. I much prefer MapInfo.

The problem is that the full map is made to be plotted about 1m x 1m, so when I try to put it into a raster image to fit on your monitor the details disappear. You get a lot of sea with just very small islands and reefs. A GIS, like MapInfo or ArcView, is great, you can zoom in to any part you wish and have everything. Then when you click on an island, reef or dive site you can have a table of data associated with the island/reef or dive or whatever. It means you can keep your dive log incorporated in the map, Neat! Keep looking, I'm working on producing more of these screen sized images.

If you wish to use any of my maps in your web site you may, for a fee of GBP20 or US$30 per map per website. Let me know by email and post $30 to:

Hi Guys,

At present I'm in UK after after a break in Java after an assignment in The Philippines. Before that I was working in The Maldives, working with UNHCR in Timor, travelling around South East Asia, and even found time to sail across the Indian Ocean. More recently I have been working on a book of Northumbrian and Irish fiddle tunes, if you are into folk/traditional music, check it out.

For the next few months I'm at a loose end, so if your company, anywhere in the world, is looking for an MIS/GIS specialist please contact me.

For a while I haven't had much time to develop my maps of Indonesia. I've made a set of maps of the world in MapInfo format for commercial purposes. Check out my latest Digital Maps of the World, if your company needs to develop some digital maps, give me a call.

If any of you who visit my web site have access to any GIS data for Indonesia which will help me to improve my maps I would be delighted if you sent me a copy.

As an extra I have included a link to another webpage of mine Maps of The Bahamas which I prepared a while ago but never had the chance to complete. I hope to get back to it some day. The Bahamas is a great place, it has the most beautiful seas that I've ever seen. If you enjoy basking in the sun and drinking rum, or Kalik beer, it's unbeatable.

Recently I have found several web sites using using my maps without authority so I'm having to fiddle around with the maps to discourage this. I apologise if this creates a few problems. Please don't rip-off my maps without giving me credits, they represent a considerable amount of work.

Selamat Jalan

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Maps of Cuba	Maps of Afghanistan
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