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Please let us know if any links are out of date or if you know of other official and legal sources for downloading nautical charts. Download and Install for Free:. The StarNavPilot free nautical chart download center. Free nautical charts available in the download center: The french coasts of Europe: See the details of the nautical chart collection. Global charting workshop: Merging of screenshots and all types of documents: maps, plans, photos, scans of documents made with an insufficiently sized scanner, camera, phone, etc.

Assembly of screenshots taken from online nautical chart viewers. Download the charting workshop here. Cartographic services: Do not hesitate to contact us for any mapping work: georeferencing documents, mounting special charts, cutting, merging, georeferenced aerial views, creating charts from vector data, optimization, other areas, etc.

There have been three epochs used previously in the past century: through , through , and through Each organization that provides source data to be applied to the chart has data acquisition and data processing and survey parameters such as vertical and horizontal datums, and quality assurance standards.

The Marine Chart Division uses source data according to the policy and procedures specified in the charting manual for each source provider. The density of charting features depends on the scale of the chart or chart inset.

It is imperative to recognize that when a symbol, abbreviation, or policy changes, it does not require that all preexisting data on the charts change. Therefore, there are inconsistencies on the charts depending on policy at the time the feature was applied or updated. These data are constantly being collected and the charts are updated through these sources.

The Marine Chart Division evaluates source data, catalogues source data, extracts quality data which are navigationally significant to be applied to the charts. Charts are available in multiple mediums, lithographically printed charts, Raster charts on CDs with weekly updates for navigationally critical information, POD charts that are updated for navigationally critical information on a weekly basis.

Jump to Section Short Citation: Full Citation Examples. Item Identification. S territories None U. Exclusive Economic Zone None U. Physical Location. Data Set Information. Support Roles. While these charts cannot be used directly in OpenCPN, the chart-picture as such, can be extracted.

These charts consists of many picture tiles in pcx format, more than tiles is not unusual. The tiles can be merged to one big picture, and then used as any other picture, to make an OpenCPN compatible chart. For details on this process see the Chart Conversion Manual and Cruiser's Forum Post and the following posts in the forum. Script for merging PCX files to one picture. The HDR format is from an era when computer-memory and processing power were less powerful than today, as a consequence these charts are not of the same quality as more modern charts.

Furthermore, most of these charts are not using WGS 84 as reference datum. These charts should not be the first choice, but can be useful if nothing else is available. This is also due to proprietary encryption algorithms and copyright issues. Charts from Mapmedia , Navionics , C-map with the exception of CM93 version 2 , Garmin and various other private vendors, are not supported, for the same reasons as for the other proprietary charts.

It is not possible for users to convert these charts to an OpenCPN recognized format, but it is possible for these companies, to release OpenCPN plugins, if they wish.

RNC Listing. NOAA has already started to cancel individual charts and will shut down all production and maintenance of traditional paper nautical charts and the associated raster chart products and services by January The U. Government no longer prints paper copies of its raster nautical charts. Certified chart agents ensure that the charts are printed at the proper scale and quality to meet U. No other raster chart format meets USCG carriage requirements.