nautical-charts

A pure JavaScript library for reading nautical chart files. In particular, for reading BSB-formatted (.bsb and .kap) files.

Installation

$ npm install nautical-charts --save

API Reference

Classes

MemoryStream

A readable stream for an in-memory byte array.

Functions

parseChart(stream) ⇒

Parses a BSB chart from a readable (e.g. file) stream.

parseMetadata(textSegment) ⇒

Parses the text segment of a BSB chart and returns well-known metadata, if present.

writeRasterSegment(rasterSegment, palette, buffer, bufferWidth)

Writes the RLE encoded raster data of a BSB chart to a bitmap.

MemoryStream

A readable stream for an in-memory byte array.

Kind: global class

new MemoryStream(contents, options)

The constructor for the MemoryStream

Param	Description
contents	The array from which to read.
options	An optional set of readable stream options.

parseChart(stream) ⇒

Parses a BSB chart from a readable (e.g. file) stream.

Kind: global function
Returns: A BSB chart.

Param	Description
stream	The stream from which to read the chart data.

parseMetadata(textSegment) ⇒

Parses the text segment of a BSB chart and returns well-known metadata, if present.

Kind: global function
Returns: The metadata parsed from the chart.

Param	Description
textSegment	The text entries of the chart.

writeRasterSegment(rasterSegment, palette, buffer, bufferWidth)

Writes the RLE encoded raster data of a BSB chart to a bitmap.

Kind: global function

Param	Description
rasterSegment	The rows of raster data for the chart.
palette	The palette from which to obtain pixel values.
buffer	The bitmap buffer in which to write the chart raster data.
bufferWidth	The width of the bitmap buffer.

License

MIT (see LICENSE.md)