NOAA Offers Free Nautical Charts

For the three-month trial period, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) is providing about a thousand high-resolution printable nautical charts—almost the entire NOAA suite of charts—as PDF files. The PDF nautical charts, which are exact images of the traditional charts currently printed by lithography, will be available for free download beginning October 22 through January 22. Coast Survey will then evaluate usage and user feedback to decide whether to continue the service.

For more information or to download charts, go to this NOAA link.

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