NOAA Nav-cast

On April 1, 2021, NOAA's Office of Coast Survey released NOAA Custom Chart version 1.0, a dynamic map tool which enables users to create their own paper and PDF nautical charts derived from the official NOAA electronic navigational chart (NOAA ENC®), NOAA's premier nautical chart product. The online tool uses official NOAA ENC data to create nautical charts with customized scale and extent, which can then be downloaded as PDF files.

This webinar provides an background on the development of the NOAA Custom Chart. It includes a discussion of the various settings, a demonstration on how to make a chart with the application, and a review of some of the components of the NOAA Custom Chart output.

Comments may be submitted through NOAA's ASSIST feedback tool.

Recently, NOAA announced the start of a five-year process to end traditional paper nautical chart production.

This webcast provides an overview of the raster chart cancellation process including timelines, considerations for cancelling individual charts, the process for notifying the public of pending chart cancellations, and other impacts. Improvements to NOAA Chart Products, such as the NOAA Custom Chart are also discussed.

Comments may be submitted through NOAA's ASSIST feedback tool.

Recently, NOAA announced the start of a five-year process to end traditional paper nautical chart production. While NOAA is sunsetting its traditional nautical chart products, it is undertaking a major effort to improve the data consistency and provide larger scale coverage within its electronic navigational chart (NOAA ENC®) product suite. Over the next five years, NOAA will work to ease the transition to ENC-based products, such as providing access to paper chart products based on ENC data. The online NOAA Custom Chart prototype application enables users to create their own charts from the latest NOAA ENC data. Users may define the scale and paper size of custom-made nautical charts centered on a position of their choosing. Users may then download, view, and print the output. The application is an easy way to create a paper or digital backup for electronic chart systems.

This webcast provides an overview of the sunsetting process and a live demonstration of the NOAA Custom Chart prototype, including a discussion of the improvements that are planned for the prototype. Comments may be submitted through NOAA's ASSIST feedback tool.

This presentation describes the S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model and what navigation system developers need to know in order to implement various S-100 based product specifications. It also focuses on what NOAA is specifically working on in the S-100 product development space for S-111 surface currents. The key areas that are addressed include:

• S-100 data model and what developers need to know
• S-98 - S-100 interoperability specification
• S-111 surface current implementation