Guide to using NOAA chart downloads.

From: BOAT/U.S. Magazine | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Free Charts! Download any or all of NOAA's 1,000 U.S. nautical charts from the Internet without charge!

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Sound too good to be true? Fortunately, it is true. Anyone with a Macintosh or a PC (Windows) computer and a reasonably fast Internet connection can download official nautical charts that can be used with a variety of charting software. And since the charts are direct from NOAA, the U.S. government's hydrographer, they are "official"--there is no need for the usual chartplotter warning that the chart is not legal for navigation.

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