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  Nautical Charts & Products  
     •   Traditional Paper Charts  
     •   Print-on-Demand Charts (POD)  
     •   Raster Navigational Charts: NOAA RNCs  
     •   Electronic Navigational Charts: NOAA ENCs®  
     •   PocketCharts  
     •   BookletChart™ (Experimental)  
     •   Chart Updates (LNM and NM Corrections)  
 
  Nautical Charting Publications  
     •   United States Coast Pilot®  
     •   U.S. Chart No. 1  
     •   Chart Catalogs  
     •   Dates of Latest Editions (DOLE)  
     •   Upcoming New Editions (SON)  
 
  Nautical Charting Utilities  
     •   NOAA's On-Line Chart Viewer  
 
  Historical Products  
     •   Historical Maps and Charts  
     •   Historical Coast Pilots  
 
  Learn About Charting Products  
     •   Obtain Charting Products  
     •   How a Chart is Updated  
     •   Differences Between Maps & Charts  
     •   Learn About Nautical Charts  
     •   DGPS & Your Chart  
     •   Differences Between NM and LNM  
     •   Differences Between RNCs and ENCs  
     •   Differences Between NOAA ENCs® and DNCs®  
     •   Differences Between ENC and ENC®Direct to GIS  
 
  Data Portals  
     •   Tides and Currents (General)  
     •   nowCOAST: Real-Time Coastal Data Map Portal  
     •   Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS)  
     •   Nautical Charting Links  
 
  Resources  
     •   Coast Survey Partners  
     •   Chart Carriage Requirements  
     •   Report a Charting Discrepancy  
     •   Chart Inquiries (questions/comments)  
     •   Cartographic Automation  
     •   Nautical Chart Calendars  
 

Obtain Charting Products
PAPER CHARTS ELECTRONIC CHARTS PUBLICATIONS HISTORICAL
Paper Charts NOAA ENC®s U.S. Coast Pilot Historical Maps and Charts
Print on Demand Charts NOAA RNC®s  (raster) Catalog of Nautical Charts Historical Coast Pilot
PocketCharts ChartViewer Dates of Latest Editions  
BookletCharts Chart Corrections/Updates U.S. Chart No. 1, Chart Symbols  
Foreign Charts   Distance Between Ports  

Traditional Paper Charts
NOAA Charts can be ordered easily through the FAA Internet site
Find a nautical chart agent in your area to purchase charts in person
Purchase charts or e-mail a question
From FAA
by Mail 
FAA, National Aeronautical Charting Office
Distribution Division, AJW-3550
10201 Good Luck Road
Glenn Dale, MD 20769-9700           (FAA distributes NOAA nautical charts)
By Phone
(800) 638-8972 (toll free)
Call with questions or help identifying a chart
Print On Demand (POD)
Nearly all NOAA paper charts are available in Print on Demand (POD) format. Charts are fully corrected up until the time of purchase. Purchase through OceanGrafix at http://www.OceanGrafix.com. 
Nautical Charts in booklet format that you can print at home for free. They are currently still considered experimental as NOAA evaluates the usefulness of this product.
PocketCharts
From an Agent  NOAA charts reduced in size. A product designed for the recreational boater
Chart Viewer
ChartViewer View all NOAA Charts on-line for free. Charts being viewed contain latest updates.


Electronic Charts

Raster Navigational Charts (NOAA RNC®s) 
NOAA's entire suite of over 1,000 nautical charts is available for free as Raster Navigational Charts in the BSB format. Commercial electronic charting software is required to use them.   Weekly digital upates are also available.
Electronic Navigational Charts (NOAA ENC®s)
NOAA ENC® cells are available for free download. These are electronic vector data sets in the international S-57 standard.   Updates are also available.  Commercial software is required to view ENCs and to apply updates.


Charting Publications

U.S. Coast Pilots
Easy new online ordering system
Purchase U.S. Coast Pilots and other nautical charting products from a local chart agent.
Mail / Email / Phone
FAA, National Aeronautical Charting Office
Distribution Division, AJW-3550
10201 Good Luck Road
Glenn Dale, MD 20769-9700
(301) 439-8301 or toll free (800)638-8972
9-AMC-chartsales@faa.gov
Download from NOAA Web Site
Nautical Chart Catalogs
Find a NOAA chart by viewing chart catalog online.
Free Catalogs from FAA
FAA, National Aeronautical Charting Office
Distribution Division, AJW-3550
10201 Good Luck Road
Glenn Dale, MD 20769-9700
9-AMC-chartsales@faa.gov
Locate nearby chart agent to pick up free catalog
Latest Editions / Printing Schedule

Real Time Listing of Charts

Current listing of all NOAA charts generated in real time; shows latest editions and dates

Dates of Latest Editions Online
*** Dates of Latest Editions is no longer printed quarterly. Please refer to the online version.
U.S. Chart No. 1
Download for free in Adobe PDF format
Download for free in Adobe PDF format (Select Chart No. 1 from pulldown menu)
Distance Between U.S. Ports
Download for free in Adobe PDF format.
Chart Corrections/Updates
Get the latest U.S. Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners and NGA Notice to Mariners corrections for all charts.


Historical Products

Historical Maps and Charts
The Office of Coast Survey's Historical Map and Chart Collection contains over 20,000 maps and charts from the late 1700s to present day. The Collection includes some of the nation's earliest nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys, geodetic surveys, city plans, and Civil War battle maps.
Historical U.S. Coast Pilots
NOAA's Office of Coast Survey, in conjunction with the NOAA Climate Database Modernization Program and the NOAA Central Library, is in the process of imaging the entire collection of historical U.S. Coast Pilots.



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