DigFindR is a two dimensional Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) program tailored for use by contractors and primary operators in the 1715 Fleet salvage community. Its design is centered upon the pre-existing excavation maps which are authored in AutoCAD DWG file format. These two dimensional maps are re-built in the native DigFindR LCD (LiteCAD) file form, and the existing attributes of excavation symbology are exposed for exploration via dialogs which give the user the ability to isolate the symbols through their attributes.


Users of the program can build their own custom maps from scratch, or they may add data to the existing original maps provided to them by the 1715 Fleet lease holders. The program supports NMEA inputs from various GPS units in real time.


While not released with the general distribution of the program, DigFindR also can support mapping of magnetometer data supplied in ASCII format, particularly for the SeaSpy magnetometer and older proton magnetometers.


DigFindR is basically a front-end to a SQLite database, which is a corrected and normalized compilation of almost all excavation data found in the DWG files with the following limitations:


  • There is little data for the 1810 wreck.


  • There is no data supplied via the DWG files prior to 1983.


There are data added from additional contributors not found in the existing DWG files. There are more than 168,000 records in the database.


You can build your own maps using the database, restraining them to selected data types and/or restricted geographic areas based upon Latitudes, which gives you the best optimal performance for your particular computer's resources.