The TimeZero TZ Map: Eastern Mediterranean delivers comprehensive navigational coverage across a cruising region defined by thousands of islands, intricate coastal passages, and some of the highest-density yacht traffic in European waters. Built on the advanced TZ Maps platform developed by TimeZero, this chart pack integrates multiple chart types, official hydrographic raster charts, detailed vector data, high-resolution bathymetric data, and satellite imagery into a single navigational package supporting safe passage through the Eastern Mediterranean basin.
Coverage spans the Adriatic Sea from Croatia and Montenegro through the Ionian Islands, the entire Greek archipelago, including the Aegean, Cyclades, Dodecanese, and Crete, the Turkish coastline from the Aegean to the Eastern Mediterranean seaboard, Cyprus, and the Levantine basin. This region encompasses major commercial shipping corridors, over a thousand charted anchorages, and the most concentrated island-hopping cruising grounds in the world.
Raster data within the TZ Map is georeferenced, featuring digital images of official hydrographic office charts from the Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service (Greece), the Turkish Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography, and the Croatian Hydrographic Institute that provide the familiar appearance of traditional paper charts. Vector data complements this with a layered database recording every nautical feature, delivering queryable depth information and navigational object data across the full coverage area.
The BathyVision feature provides dynamic 3D bottom data display essential for navigating the steep-sided island approaches, narrow strait passages, and rock-fringed anchorages that characterize Eastern Mediterranean sailing. High-definition satellite imagery options are available for selected port areas and popular anchorage locations.
Compatible with TimeZero Navigator v5 and TimeZero Professional v5 software (sold separately).
Overview
Feature Highlights Strip
Navigate with integrated raster and vector chart data sourced from official hydrographic offices and enriched with detailed nautical features.
Visualize the bottom structure with high-resolution bathymetry and BathyVision 3D contour mapping for coastal and harbor approach navigation.
Overlay satellite photography with chart data for realistic visual identification of ports, anchorages, and coastal landmarks.
View realistic shoreline altimetry and perspective horizons to identify port entries and channel approaches from offshore.
Customize chart display by toggling between raster imagery, vector layers, bathymetric overlays, and satellite views within TimeZero software.
Compatible with TimeZero Navigator v5 and TimeZero Professional v5, purpose-built for recreational and professional navigation applications.
High-Resolution Bathymetry
Navigate Island Approaches with Confidence
High-resolution bathymetric data transforms chart contour lines into intuitive 3D bottom representations, providing essential depth awareness when navigating into Eastern Mediterranean ports, anchorages, and island passages. The graphic interpretation of contour data creates detailed bottom profiles invaluable for approach planning and anchorage selection.
The BathyVision feature displays bottom topography in color and contour line overlays, allowing mariners to dynamically adjust the visualization to suit their navigation needs. This capability is particularly critical in the Eastern Mediterranean, where volcanic island shelves drop steeply from shore, creating narrow anchoring windows, submerged rocks, and reef formations that line passages between Greek islands, and popular anchorages along the Croatian and Turkish coasts require precise depth knowledge for safe ground tackle placement in confined bays.
Mariners transiting the Cyclades, approaching harbors along the Dalmatian coast, or threading the narrow channels between the Dodecanese islands benefit from bottom structure visualization that flat chart views cannot replicate.
Raster and Vector Chart Fusion
Official Charts Enhanced with Intelligent Data Layers
TZ Maps combines two complementary chart formats to deliver maximum navigational confidence. Georeferenced raster data presents true-color digital copies of official hydrographic office paper charts, the same familiar chart view that mariners have relied on for decades. These images provide a reliable visual reference that experienced navigators can interpret immediately.
Vector data operates alongside raster imagery using a database-driven approach that stores information in discrete layers and records every nautical feature independently. This format enables interactive chart queries, object-based search, and depth value interrogation that static raster imagery cannot provide.
The Eastern Mediterranean benefits from hydrographic coverage produced by Greek, Turkish, Croatian, and other national services, each with distinct chart styles and update cycles. TZ Maps integrates this multi-national chart data into a seamless navigational package, eliminating the need to manage separate chart folios when crossing between national hydrographic jurisdictions during island-hopping passages or Adriatic crossings.
TZ Maps combines two complementary chart formats to deliver maximum navigational confidence. Georeferenced raster data presents true-color digital copies of official hydrographic office paper charts, the same familiar chart view that mariners have relied on for decades. These images provide a reliable visual reference that experienced navigators can interpret immediately.
Vector data operates alongside raster imagery using a database-driven approach that stores information in discrete layers and records every nautical feature independently. This format enables interactive chart queries, object-based search, and depth value interrogation that static raster imagery cannot provide.
The Western Mediterranean benefits from strong official hydrographic coverage produced by Spanish, French, and Italian national hydrographic services. TZ Maps integrates this multi-national chart data into a seamless navigational package, eliminating the need to manage separate chart folios when crossing between national hydrographic jurisdictions during a single coastal passage.
Satellite Photo Overlay
See the Real Landscape Behind the Chart
TZ Maps fuses satellite photography with raster and vector chart data, presenting only the visual information essential for safe navigation. Standard-resolution satellite images are included in every TZ Maps data pack, with high-definition options available for selected areas.
This overlay capability proves especially valuable across the Eastern Mediterranean, where visual identification of bay entrances, harbor moles, and anchorage positions against rugged island coastlines aids safe approach navigation. Mariners arriving at unfamiliar Greek island harbors, navigating the narrow inlets of the Turkish Turquoise Coast, or approaching the walled harbors of the Croatian islands can correlate chart data with actual terrain appearance before committing to the approach.
Realistic Shoreline Views
Identify Port Entries and Coastal Features from the Horizon
TZ Maps employs altimetry to render shorelines with realistic elevation perspective, creating 3D views that simulate the visual horizon as seen from the bridge. This perspective rendering aids instant identification of port entrances, marina channels, and specific shoreline landmarks during approach.
In the Eastern Mediterranean, where mountainous islands and high coastal terrain dominate the visual horizon, realistic shoreline rendering provides valuable situational awareness. Multiple islands may present similar profiles from offshore, and distinguishing the correct harbor entrance from adjacent bays requires the kind of visual preview that altimetric rendering delivers. Mariners approaching the Ionian Islands, the Saronic Gulf, or the Lycian coast can preview their destination profile before arrival.
Detailed Land Information
Understand the Coastline and Nearby Infrastructure
Beyond waterway navigation data, TZ Maps integrates detailed land information that enhances understanding of coastlines and nearby infrastructure. Road networks, settlement locations, and coastal facility positions are rendered alongside maritime chart data.
This integrated land detail supports voyage planning across the Eastern Mediterranean, where mariners frequently coordinate shoreside logistics at ports ranging from major commercial hubs like Piraeus and Istanbul to small island harbors with limited fuel, provisioning, and customs facilities.
Software Compatibility
Purpose-Built for TimeZero Navigation Software
The TZ Map: Eastern Mediterranean is designed for use with TimeZero navigation software platforms. Compatible applications include:
TimeZero Navigator v5: Full-featured navigation software for recreational and professional mariners
TimeZero Professional v5: Advanced navigation platform with commercial vessel capabilities
TZ Maps are delivered as data packs that load directly into compatible TimeZero software installations. This chart pack is not compatible with standalone chartplotters from other manufacturers. Mariners using Garmin, Raymarine, Simrad, or other hardware-based chartplotters should consult the ANS digital charts catalog for compatible chart products.
Need assistance determining the right chart format for your bridge electronics? Contact the ANS navigation team for personalized guidance on matching chart products to your vessel equipment.
Complete Setup
Need Help Choosing the Right Charting Solution?
The ANS navigation team provides personalized guidance on chart selection, software compatibility, and compliance requirements for vessels of all types. Whether outfitting a yacht for Greek island-hopping or equipping a commercial vessel for Eastern Mediterranean trading routes, ANS specialists match chart products to your vessel, cruising plans, and bridge electronics.
Phone: +1 (954) 522-3321
WhatsApp: +1 (954) 292-4212
Email: sales@amnautical.com
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FAQs
Q1. What areas does the TZ Map: Eastern Mediterranean cover?
This chart pack provides navigational coverage across the Eastern Mediterranean basin, including the Adriatic Sea (Croatia, Montenegro), the Ionian and Aegean Seas, the full Greek archipelago (Cyclades, Dodecanese, Crete, Sporades), the Turkish Mediterranean and Aegean coastlines, Cyprus, and the Levantine basin.
Q2. What software is required to use TZ Maps?
TZ Maps require TimeZero Navigator v5 or TimeZero Professional v5 software installed on a compatible computer system. TZ Maps do not operate on standalone chartplotters from other manufacturers.
Q3. Can TZ Maps be used for SOLAS chart carriage compliance?
TZ Maps are designed for navigation planning and situational awareness. Vessels subject to SOLAS Chapter V carriage requirements should verify that their chart products and navigation equipment meet applicable flag state standards. Contact ANS for guidance on SOLAS-compliant chart solutions.
Q4. What chart data types are included in the TZ Map pack?
Each TZ Map pack integrates georeferenced raster charts (official hydrographic office imagery), vector chart data, high-resolution bathymetry with BathyVision 3D display, satellite photography overlay, and detailed land information, including coastline features and infrastructure.
Q5. Can multiple TZ Map regions be used simultaneously?
Multiple TZ Map data packs can be installed within the same TimeZero software environment, providing seamless coverage transitions when navigating between regions. Combining the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Mediterranean packs delivers complete basin coverage for full Mediterranean passages from Gibraltar to the Levantine coast.
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