=== RASTOW === DESCRIPTION RASTOW (raster-stow contraction) classify your raster charts collection (*.kap files) creating 96 subdirectories divided by timezone (15° steps, without any country exception), north and south, above and below 45° of latitude. Two modes of creation are available: -copy- or symbolic -link-. At the end of operation, a chartlist.txt containing a catalog of your charts is automatically created. Using command, you can create only a chartlist from your database. In copy mode, the created database may be bigger than the original base because a map can have a part in more than one timezone or <45° to >45° in latitude, and it resides in all the timezone subs covered. So, use symlinks if your space storage is critical. Two others commands are useful to organize your collection with datas founded in the file header: change the file date to the last update edition. change the filename by the chart title. It's a good practice to make an update before a copy or rename command: if two files are equals, only the most recent will be handle. About raster charts: these charts are not so powerfull and practical than vector charts (no more details zooming, more bigger size), but generally come from original charts edited by officials hydrographics services, the source of vectors charts, so, sometime they may have more details than commercial vector charts (see example) or it is usefull to consult its in case of doubt. Some others people have the homesickness of paper chart look and feel, and these charts keep the same aspect. CLASSIFICATION Example of subdirectory: N45+TZ+02 * N/S: Norht/South hemisphere. * 45+: between 45° and 90° of latitude ; 45-: between 0° and 45°. * TZ+: Time Zone east ; TZ-: Time Zone west ; TZ=: particular case of TZ00 and TZ12, witch have 7°30' at east and west. * 02: Time Zone; in this case TZ00+TZ01 to TZ00+TZ01+TZ02 => 7°30'+15°=22°30' to 37°30' (22°30'+15°) of longitude. COMMANDS rastow.sh COMMAND SOURCEDIR [DESTDIR] command is: copy copy all files from SOURCEDIR to DESTDIR. link create symlinks from SOURCEDIR to DESTDIR. update set the timestamp of files from SOURCEDIR at edition creation. rename rename all files from SOURCEDIR with the header's title. bsbfix rewrite the index table from SOURCEDIR, editing it in place. chartlist create only a chartlist from SOURCEDIR into this directory. help this help. SOURCEDIR: the directory path which contains your charts. This directory may contain subdirectories. DESTDIR: the directory path for destination. If it not exist, it will be created. DEPENDS Require awk or derivate. Require bsbfix from libbsb package, only for bsbfix option. Suggest OpenCPN by David S. Register. Suggest MXmariner by Will Kamp, Marine Navigator by Ronald Koenig and OpenCPN on Android. INSTALL Shell script, compatible with any Linux distribution. Decompress the archive in /usr/local/bin/. Type '/usr/local/bin/rastow.sh' and choice your operation. AUTHOR Written by Frank Baudet. Feedbacks, corrections, suggestions, derivatives are welcome. COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT 2010-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GNU. GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to use, change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Navigation beta software, tested with Ubuntu 14.04, use it as your own risks ! Frank Baudet .