LF//Saint John River Charts

On Aug 6, 8:11 pm, Peter Bennett <pete....TakeThisOut@somewhere.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:41:10 -0300, "pgatoo" <coho....TakeThisOut@nbnet.out.nb.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >Anyone know of a website that has electronic version of the marine charts
> >for the Saint John River system. Thanks for any help
>
> >RC
>
> Canadian nautical charts are copyrighted, and should not be available
> for free download. You have to buy them from the Canadian
> Hydrographic Service or their authorised dealers.
>
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> Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
> peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca
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> Vancouver Power Squadron:http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca

Too bad CHS isn't as user friendly as NOAA. Here is an excellent site
from which you can navigate to view up-to-date charts, and even
Pilots. The charts are not very good for printing, but are easily
navigable and can be zoomed in and out. A fun tool, and useful for
planning and/or deciding which charts to buy.

Below the URL is a quote from the site.

Anybody from CHS reading this forum? If not, there should be. Is such
a service foreseeable for us?
kk

<http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/>

The nautical chart is a fundamental tool of marine navigation. It
shows water depths, obstructions, aids to navigation, channels,
shoreline, and more - hopefully all the information mariners need to
navigate safely.

NOAA's 1,000-plus U.S. coastal and Great Lakes nautical charts are
viewable here on-line. Each chart is up-to-date with the most recent
Notices to Mariners. Use these on-line charts as a ready reference or
planning tool. Use one of NOAA's printed or digital charts on your
voyage.
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On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:31:02 -0700, yogi22
<ken.kennedy.groups.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:


>Too bad CHS isn't as user friendly as NOAA. Here is an excellent site
>from which you can navigate to view up-to-date charts, and even
>Pilots. The charts are not very good for printing, but are easily
>navigable and can be zoomed in and out. A fun tool, and useful for
>planning and/or deciding which charts to buy.
>

The USA apparently has a policy that data collected at taxpayer's
expense should be freely available to the taxpayer. Unfortunately,
very few, if any, other countries have similar policies, so those of
us who cruise outside the USA must _buy_ the necessary charts, whether
digital or paper.


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Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca
new newsgroup users info : http://vancouver-webpages.com/nnq
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca
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I did not say it had to be free! I was looking for the charts

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On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 20:08:37 -0300, "pgatoo" <cohoon2.DeleteThis@nbnet.out.nb.ca>
wrote:

>I did not say it had to be free! I was looking for the charts

I doubt if Canadian charts are available for download. You can
purchase them on CDs from CHS authorised dealers, or from NDI
(http://www.digitalocean.ca/), who used to have an exclusive license
to distribute Canadian digital charts, but are now a CHS re-seller.


--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca
new newsgroup users info : http://vancouver-webpages.com/nnq
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca
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