An easy way to create Satellite Overlays for OpenCPN - Tips on Tuesday

This is an easy way to create Satellite overlays for OpenCPN with a Mac or a PC in 30 minutes or less. That is the set up time, once you are set up, you can create a Satellite overlay in about 5 minutes start to finish. Anyone can do it now quickly, and easily before a crossing with a decent internet connection. Below is a link to download the QGIS Program https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html Please leave them a tip for making this software available! Below are URL's for sources of XYZTiles data ESRI Imagery -http://server.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x} Google Road - http://mt1.google.com/vt/1yrs=m&x={x}&y={y}&z={z} Bing Satellite - http://ecn.t3.tiles.virtualearth.net/tiles/a{q}.jpeg?g=1 Google Satellite Ru - http://www.google.ru/maps/vt?lyrs=s@189&gl=ru&x={x}&y={y}&z={z} Google Satellite - https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=s&x={x}&y={y}&z={z} Mapzen Global Terrain - https://s3.amazonaws.com/elevation-tiles-prod/terrarium/{z}/{x}/{y}.png Open Street - https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png Thanks so much for watching 🙏 Stay tuned as next Friday 12PM EST we release a new video 🎥 We do our best to keep you entertained and informed and if you find it fun, enjoyable or informative, consider becoming part of our team and ➡️ join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/svaquarius ➡️ want to support us, but not sure about long term commitment? Make a one time donation: https://bit.ly/3uvFMmZ More about us: https://www.sailingaquarius.com/ Our boat tour video: https://youtu.be/Ey1FX9icWv8 YouTube is our main focus, but on Instagram or Facebook we post more frequent updates: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SailingAquarius/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sailingaquar... #sailingaquarius 0:00 Introduction 0:23 Tips On Tuesday Intro 1:01 Bullet Points for this video 2:00 MBTiles vs XYZTiles 3:14 XYZTiles work with OpenCPN 3:30 Raster vs Vecter 5:29 View Satellite overlays of the Golf of Aden 7:32 Entrence to Maupiha'a 8:16 Download QGIS 8:38 Install QGIS 8:49 Links to XYZFiles Data 9:06 Open QGIS and input Links to data 10:33 Test the data links 11:03 Make a Satellite Overlay 16:00 Make a Satellite overlay with 17 levels of zoom 17:21 Open OpenCPN and load the new overlays 17:49 View the new XYZTiles to Music 19:33 Outro -------- Thanks so much for watching! Stay tuned as next Friday 12PM EST we release a new video! We do our best to keep you entertained and informed and if you find it fun, enjoyable or informative, - consider becoming part of our team and join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/svaquarius - want to support us, but not sure about long term commitment? Make a one time donation on PayPal: - https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=QPe6AVtQFpIQ42fBXkddmewqWGQ0itMs7pXfLaV_Pt8WMLbSSQYuPVZFkXgYuYNPkAZABXRiA4xA2mNY More about us: www.sailingaquarius.com Our boat tour video: https://youtu.be/Ey1FX9icWv8 YouTube is our main focus, but on Instagram or Facebook we post more frequent updates: Facebook: www.facebook.com/SailingAquarius/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/sailingaquarius/ #sailingaquarius