Saw this article in Maritime executive: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/noaa-plans-to-stop-producing-traditional-paper-charts 3rd party companies will apparently still offer print on demand. I can’t wrap my head around all the possible implications; probably more an indication of my lac…

[image] Lemurian2: 3rd party companies will apparently still offer print on demand. Yes but they will not be raster charts. They will be ENC based charts. I tried out the “custom chart application” they have in prototype phase. It’s a pretty neat tool.

[image] Raster navigational chart (left) and electronic navigational chart of the same area at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. NOAA produces raster navigational charts by scanning electronically at high resolution the original color separates that are used to print the paper charts. Electronic navigat…

Growing up with paper charts may have something to do with feeling more comfortable with raster charts than with ENCs. They may appear unnecessarily cluttered to someone who started playing with electronic devices in their crib.

Maybe, but I suspect you’d see the see the same "discomfort’ for some switching between say NOAA and BA or DMA charts.

https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/updates/category/navigation-products/nautical-charts/ It looks like NOAA is seeking public comments. But it doesn’t sound like keeping traditional charts is one of the options. Just seeking comments on timing of implementing the change.

From, “Sunsetting Traditional NOAA Paper Charts” (linked in the various articles) “traditional charts and chart numbers will no longer exist. Defining a standard set of references, such as the extents of inlets, bays, harbors, etc., that are associated with the physical environment in lieu of chart…

It’s my view that switching from paper to ECDIS is like sky diving. You have to either jump or stay on the plane. You have to fully commit. Just jump, it’s the only way. It’s not going to work to stand in the door of the plane asking “what if my chute doesn’t open.” etc. Of course the paper chart…

That is me! I literally started learning paper charts around 3rd grade. I instantly translate paper/RNC to reality and vice versa. I am really going to miss the paper and RNCs.

I see a major flaw in printing from ENCs - who decides how to set the options. The RNC is what it is. [rnc1] The ENC probably has 100 different settings, the depth color coding not the least of it! [enc1] [enc2]

[image] yacht_sailor: I see a major flaw in printing from ENCs - who decides how to set the options. The RNC is what it is. You can either fight it or embrace it. With the ECDIS the various depth contours can be set at the desired depths. Ships with different drafts have differing “good wate…

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