Our Chart Coverage
Orca charts are built on top of data from official hydrographic offices, private entities, and our own data collections.
You can explore where Orca has chart coverage in a map here.
We also strongly recommend downloading the free version of our app from the App Store or Play Store so you can verify the quality of the chart coverage in the region that specifically interests you.
Our chart coverage by country, and their respective external data suppliers, is as follows:
Australia
Coastal: Australian Hydrographic Office (Australian Hydrographic Service)
Belgium
Coastal: Flemish Hydrography
Inland waterways: VisuRIS
Canada
Coastal and inland: Canadian Hydrographic Service
Cook Islands
Coastal: Cook Islands Hydrographic Service – Managed by the Ministry of Marine Resources
Croatia
Coastal: Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia (HHI)
Inland: CRUP – Inland Navigation Development Centre Ltd.
Denmark
Coastal: Geodatastyrelsen (DGA)
Estonia
Estonian Transport Administration (ETA)
Finland
Coastal: Traficom
Inland: Various custom lake data and navigation ways
France
Coastal: Service hydrographique et océanographique de la Marine (SHOM)
Inland: Voies navigables de France (VNF)
Germany
Coastal: Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)
Inland: Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes
Great Britain
Coastal: U.K. Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
Greece
Coastal: Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service
Ireland
Coastal: Geological Survey Ireland (GSI)
Italy
Coastal: Hydrographic Institute - Marina Militare - Ministero della Difesa
Latvia
Coastal: The Hydrographic Service, Maritime Administration of Latvia
Netherlands
Coastal: Hydrographic Service of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Inland: Rijkswaterstaat
New Zealand
Coastal: New Zealand Hydrographic Office at LINZ
Niue
Coastal: Niue Hydrographic Services
Norway
Coastal: Sjøkartverket
Papua New Guinea
Coastal: Papua New Guinea Hydrographic Office
Poland
Coastal: Hydrographic Office of the Polish Navy
Portugal
Coastal: Instituto Hidrográfico
Samoa
Coastal: Samoa Hydrographic Office
Solomon Islands
Coastal: Hydrographic Branch of the Solomon Islands Maritime Safety Authority
Spain
Coastal: Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina
Sweden
Coastal and main inland waterways: Sjöfartsverket
Tonga
Coastal: Tonga Hydrographic Department
Turkey
Coastal: Turkish Navy Hydrographic Service (Deniz Harp Okulu)
UAE
Coastal: U.K. Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
United States
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
USACE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Our Routing Coverage
You are able to create automatic routes in most of the regions where we have at least partial chart coverage. However, there are a few exceptions, which include but are not limited to:
Ascension Island
Azores
Cape Verde
Crozet Islands
Falkland Islands
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Gough Island
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Lake Constance
Madagascar
Maldives
Mauritius
Saint Helena
Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands
Senegal
Seychelles
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Sudan
The Gambia
Tristan da Cunha
UAE
We once again strongly recommend downloading the free version of our app from the App Store or Play Store so you can verify the availability of automatic routing capabilities in the regions that specifically interest you.
Automatic routing is not possible in areas of the map where we do not have chart coverage.
Manual routes are not limited by geography and you can create a manual route anywhere in the world. To do so, create a route as usual and then change route type to Manual.
Boating outside our area of coverage?
To request chart or routing coverage for a region where we don't currently have charts or routing capabilities, use our in-app customer support by following these steps:
Go to Main Menu > Guides and Support > Send us a message
Click I'd like to report an issue > Charts > No chart coverage in specific area
Let us know the specific area you'd like us to provide charts for
We'll log your feedback, and if we develop charts for that area in the future, you'll be notified.
Important notes:
Submit separate messages for multiple countries or regions
There are currently no plans to expand chart coverage or routing capabilities to new areas - our focus is on improving existing coverage