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(1) Interactive chart viewer (Best starting point for ENC or RNC) (2) Print on demand (POD) paper chart sources (The few that are left) (3) List of discontinued charts and those soon to go (4) Chart Requirements When Traditional Paper Charts Are Gone
ENC — The charts of the future (5) Download individual ENC (By chart number) (6) Download ENC chart groups (By state or USCG district. See #7) (7) Chart groups, file counts, and sizes (8) Seamless ENC Online Viewer (Practice reading ENC) (9) List of all ENC with latest editions (10) New interactive way to overview latest ENC updates (11) Progress with the new ENC rescheming plan (12) MACHC Online Viewer (Same as #8, for a few MesoAmerican ENC)
RNC — There are not many left. (13) List of paper charts that still exist (with a quick view of each) (14) Download individual RNC (By chart number) (15) Download RNC chart groups (By state or USCG district; See #7) (16) How to get a copy of discontinued charts (They are outdated) (17) Catalogs of RNC by Region (How to make one)
Miscellaneous charting links (18) Where to report charting errors to NOAA (19) Army Corps of Engineers Inland Charts (iENC) Western Rivers. (20) NGA paper charts. These that are available to the public are an anomaly in the nautical chart world, being now the remnants of the once updated NGA (DMA) paper charts of international waters. There are thousands of these still available from NOAA print-on-demand outlets at normal chart prices, but these are some 30 years out of date, which is not noted prominently on most outlets. Aids on them are likely changed (check with NGA Light Lists) but they could still be useful for navigation with caution. Chart No. 1 does have a column for unique symbols on these charts, but again they are very old and may not apply. Here is one functional graphic index we have found. They typically cost a bit less than official updated charts, but it could be worth checking what else is available. (21) Graphic index RNC, paper, and ENC Dates of latest editions: [ENC] [RNC/paper] (22) IHO Chart Catalogs (International charts, ENC and paper) (23) Alternative viewer from IC-ENC (Same as IHO with more chart info) (23) International chart programs (Links from the IHO) (24) Hydrographic Offices that produce nautical charts (25) ChartWorld (An efficient international chart source) (26) East View Nautical source of POD nautical charts from five nations. Additional source of HO charts from several other nations via East View Geospatial. (27) Economic official charts for OpenCPN only. (28) Economic official ENC for qtVlm only. (29) Practice with the new Printable NCC charts. By Dec, 2024, this will be the only type of printed charts available, which is already true for many US waters. See also starpath.com/NCC (30) View international chart data online from Navionics and i-Boating. These are not official charts, but they do indicate the level of charting available at various international locations. Note there is no virtue to these sites for US waters as we have free official charts from NOAA (see #8). (31) Base maps for ocean route planning or weather plotting: Atlantic, Pacific (32) Great Circle plotting charts, compliments of Starpath: Atlantic, Pacific
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