NOAA Electronic Charts Updates

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has launched an electronic chart update service via its Nautical Charts Internet site. Users may access chart updates published in the USCG Local Notice to Mariners, NIMA Notice to Mariners, and Canadian Coast Guard Notice to Mariners. Chart updates include information on aids to navigation changes, hazards to navigation, and other essential information for safe navigation. (5/29/03). (Source: Haight Gardner Holland & Knight, May 2003)