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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 Fjord and Coastal Approaches with Confidence
High-resolution bathymetric data transforms chart contour lines into intuitive 3D bottom representations, providing essential depth awareness when navigating into Norwegian ports, fjord anchorages, and island passages. The graphic interpretation of contour data creates detailed bottom profiles invaluable for approach planning and anchorage selection in waters where glacially carved fjords routinely exceed 300 meters in depth within a few hundred meters of shore.
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 along the Norwegian coast, where fjord floors present extreme depth gradients that make conventional anchoring impractical in many locations, underwater sills and thresholds at fjord entrances create sudden depth changes that affect vessel draft clearance, and the skerry-lined outer coast presents submerged hazards between navigable channels.
Mariners entering Sognefjorden, approaching Lofoten anchorages, or threading the narrow leads between the Helgeland coast 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 Kartverket paper charts, the same familiar chart view that mariners navigating Norwegian waters 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.
Norway benefits from exceptionally strong official hydrographic coverage maintained by Kartverket, with systematic resurvey programs covering commercial shipping lanes, fishing grounds, and popular recreational cruising areas. TZ Maps integrates this comprehensive national chart data with enriched vector layers, delivering seamless navigation coverage from the commercially dense waters of the Oslofjord to the remote anchorages north of the Arctic Circle.
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 along the Norwegian coast, where visual identification of harbor entrances, fjord mouths, and anchorage positions against mountainous terrain aids safe approach navigation. Mariners arriving at unfamiliar fishing harbors along the Helgeland coast, identifying the correct approach channel through Lofoten’s island maze, or entering the narrow inlet harbors of the Stavanger region can correlate chart data with actual terrain appearance before committing to the approach. In northern Norway, where winter daylight is limited and coastal terrain blends into snow-covered backgrounds, satellite overlay provides visual confirmation that chart interpretation alone may not deliver.
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, fjord openings, and specific shoreline landmarks during approach.
Along the Norwegian coast, where mountains rise steeply from the waterline, and multiple fjord openings may present similar profiles from seaward, realistic shoreline rendering provides critical situational awareness. The visual distinction between a navigable fjord entrance and a blind valley requires the kind of perspective preview that altimetric rendering delivers. Mariners approaching the western fjord district, the complex island groups of Nordland, or the fjord approaches of Troms can preview their destination profile and match it against the real-world horizon during the approach.
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 along the Norwegian coast, where mariners coordinate shoreside logistics across a vast coastal distance. Understanding which settlements offer fuel, repair facilities, provisioning, and emergency services is essential when planning passages through remote sections of the coast where the distance between full-service ports may span hundreds of nautical miles.
Software Compatibility
Purpose-Built for TimeZero Navigation Software
The TZ Map: Norway is designed for use with TimeZero navigation software platforms. Compatible applications include:
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TimeZero Navigator v5: Full-featured navigation software for recreational and professional mariners
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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
Complete Your Scandinavian Navigation Setup
TimeZero Navigation Software
TZ Maps require compatible TimeZero software. Choose TimeZero Navigator v5 for recreational cruising or TimeZero Professional v5 for advanced commercial navigation features.
Additional TZ Map Regions
Extend coverage with TZ Map: Iceland | Greenland for Arctic crossings, TZ Map: Skagerrak & Kattegat for the Danish straits and Swedish approaches, or TZ Map: Baltic Sea for full Scandinavian basin coverage. Multiple TZ Map packs load seamlessly within the same TimeZero software installation.
Norwegian Coast Cruising Guides
Supplement digital chart data with detailed anchorage descriptions, approach instructions, and local facility information from dedicated Norwegian coastal cruising guides available through ANS.
ADMIRALTY Paper Charts: Norwegian Waters
Commercial vessels subject to SOLAS chart carriage requirements should maintain official paper chart backup for primary navigation areas. ADMIRALTY charts covering Norwegian waters are available through the ANS Chart Selector.
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 an expedition yacht for a Norwegian coastal passage or equipping a commercial vessel for Scandinavian 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
Hours: Mon-Fri 8 am-5 pm | Sat 9 am-5 pm EST
FAQs
Q1. What areas does the TZ Map: Norway cover?
This chart pack provides navigational coverage for the entire Norwegian coastline from the Skagerrak and Oslo Fjord in the southeast through the western fjord district, Lofoten and Vesteralen archipelagos, and the North Cape region. Coverage includes approximately 25,000 kilometers of mainland shore and over 50,000 islands and skerries.
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 from Kartverket), 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 Norway pack with TZ Map: Iceland | Greenland or TZ Map: Skagerrak & Kattegat extends coverage for extended Scandinavian and Arctic passage planning.