NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, which creates and maintains the nation’s suite of over a thousand nautical charts of U.S. coastal waters, today announced major changes ahead for mariners and others who ...

It’s not intended to be used on paper,” Smith said. Right now, NOAA produces new editions to nautical charts periodically.

The federal government is going into uncharted waters, deep-sixing the giant paper nautical charts that it has been printing for mariners for more than 150 years. The National Oceanic and ...

U.S. mariners have relied on paper nautical charts — displaying water depth, coastlines, obstacles and other navigational information — produced by the government since President Thomas ...

"All charts sold by NOAA-certified agents are NOAA charts, and fully meet navigational standards." For the last 150 years, the federal government produced nautical charts using lithographic ...

The federal government is going into uncharted waters, deep-sixing the giant paper nautical charts that it has been printing for mariners for more than 150 years.

The federal government is going into uncharted waters, deep-sixing the giant paper nautical charts that it has been printing for mariners for more than 150 years. The National Oceanic and ...

The days of rolled-up nautical charts lining boat cabinets might be numbered, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced a plan to cease the printing of its paper charts ...

The tan and blue paper nautical charts that line wheelhouses and galleys on Alaska ships will soon be a relic of the past. In an effort to increase automation and adapt to digital navigation, the ...

Since 1862, those lithographic nautical charts -- available in marine shops and other stores -- have been printed by the U.S. government and sold to the public by commercial vendors.

A 30-page plan says it seeks 'comprehensive improvements across the entire suite of NOAA nautical chart products' for the 3.4 million square nautical miles of water and 95,000 miles of U.S ...