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Navigation Software & Charts, many are free for the Downloading.

 

 
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) web site has Electronic charts that my be downloaded. There is also a freeware program that can be downloaded to use the downloaded charts. These are the charts that will be used when we begin doing chart work for USACE.

http://chart.tec.army.mil/ChartServerV2.0/jsp/index.jsp

 

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GPS Recreational Reference Points at Area Boat Launches
 are provided by the Northeast Chapter of the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors.
These are conveniently located very close to boat launches so that boaters can quickly check
their GPS performance. 
Below is what they look like:

              

The monuments have brass circular surfaces roughly 4 inches in diameter encased in an eight inch diameter concrete cylinder that is buried in the ground so that the brass surface is just below the level of the surrounding landscape.  The Green Bay and the Sturgeon Bay ones do not show the coordinates.

 LOCATION NAME  CITY    ADDRESS  LATITUDE   LONGITUDE Elevation
    dd mm.mmm dd mm.mmm feet
Oconto Public Boat Launch Oconto C.T.H. Y  N 44°57.773'  W 087°46.935' 584
Green Bay Metro Boat Launch Green Bay 100 Bay Beach Rd.  N 44°32.217' W 088°00.227' 585
Sawyer Park Sturgeon Bay    N 44°49.686'  W 087°22.809' 585
Kewaunee Public Boat Launch Kewaunee S.T.H. 29 N 44°27.830'  W 087°30.228' 582
Two Rivers Public Boat Launch Two Rivers    N 44°08.758' W 087°33.923' 584
Sheboygan Public Boat Launch Sheboygan 619 Brouhton Dr.  N 43°45.085'   W 087°42.193' 584
         

The Sturgeon Bay, Sawyer Park Boat Launch, Marker Location
is 50 feet SE of the ramp right near a staging area for boats about to launch

The Green Bay, Metro Boat Launch, Marker Location
is 200 feet NE of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary Station in a parking lot end island.



The Kewaunee Public Boat Launch, Marker Location
is to the left of the east side ramp (Lake Michigan is to left).

The Two Rivers Boat launch Marker Location
appears to be adjacent to the Seagull Marina and the Water Works
.

The Sheboygan Boat launch Marker Location
is just north of the yacht club