Obtain Charting Products

PAPER CHARTS	ELECTRONIC CHARTS	PUBLICATIONS	HISTORICAL
Paper Charts	NOAA ENC®s	U.S. Coast Pilot	Historical Maps and Charts
Print on Demand Charts	NOAA RNC®s (raster)	Catalog of Nautical Charts	Historical Coast Pilot
PocketCharts	ChartViewer	Dates of Latest Editions
BookletCharts	Chart Corrections/Updates	U.S. Chart No. 1, Chart Symbols
Foreign Charts		Distance Between Ports

Traditional Paper Charts
Online	NOAA Charts can be ordered easily through the FAA Internet site
Through an Agent	Find a nautical chart agent in your area to purchase charts in person
Via Email	Purchase charts or e-mail a question
From FAA by Mail	FAA, National Aeronautical Charting Office Distribution Division, AJW-3550 10201 Good Luck Road Glenn Dale, MD 20769-9700 (FAA distributes NOAA nautical charts)
By Phone	(800) 638-8972 (toll free) Call with questions or help identifying a chart
Print On Demand (POD)
From a Local Agent	Nearly all NOAA paper charts are available in Print on Demand (POD) format. Charts are fully corrected up until the time of purchase. Purchase through OceanGrafix at http://www.OceanGrafix.com.
BookletCharts	Nautical Charts in booklet format that you can print at home for free. They are currently still considered experimental as NOAA evaluates the usefulness of this product.
PocketCharts
From an Agent	NOAA charts reduced in size. A product designed for the recreational boater
Chart Viewer
ChartViewer	View all NOAA Charts on-line for free. Charts being viewed contain latest updates.

Electronic Charts

Raster Navigational Charts (NOAA RNC®s)
Free RNC Downloads and Weekly Updates	NOAA's entire suite of over 1,000 nautical charts is available for free as Raster Navigational Charts in the BSB format. Commercial electronic charting software is required to use them. Weekly digital upates are also available.
Electronic Navigational Charts (NOAA ENC®s)
Free ENC Downloads and Weekly Updates	NOAA ENC® cells are available for free download. These are electronic vector data sets in the international S-57 standard. Updates are also available. Commercial software is required to view ENCs and to apply updates.

Charting Publications

U.S. Coast Pilots
Purchase Online	Easy new online ordering system
From a Local Agent	Purchase U.S. Coast Pilots and other nautical charting products from a local chart agent.
Mail / Email / Phone	FAA, National Aeronautical Charting Office Distribution Division, AJW-3550 10201 Good Luck Road Glenn Dale, MD 20769-9700 (301) 439-8301 or toll free (800)638-8972 9-AMC-chartsales@faa.gov
Free Download	Download from NOAA Web Site
Nautical Chart Catalogs
View Catalogs Online	Find a NOAA chart by viewing chart catalog online.
Free Catalogs from FAA	FAA, National Aeronautical Charting Office Distribution Division, AJW-3550 10201 Good Luck Road Glenn Dale, MD 20769-9700 9-AMC-chartsales@faa.gov
Free Catalogs from Local Agent	Locate nearby chart agent to pick up free catalog
Latest Editions / Printing Schedule
Real Time Listing of Charts	Current listing of all NOAA charts generated in real time; shows latest editions and dates
Dates of Latest Editions Online	*** Dates of Latest Editions is no longer printed quarterly. Please refer to the online version.
U.S. Chart No. 1
Free Download from NOAA	Download for free in Adobe PDF format
Free Download from NGA	Download for free in Adobe PDF format (Select Chart No. 1 from pulldown menu)
Purchase from GPO	Purchase from Government Printing Office (Search for "Chart No. 1")
Distance Between U.S. Ports
Free Download	Download for free in Adobe PDF format.
Chart Corrections/Updates
Chart Updates	Get the latest U.S. Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners and NGA Notice to Mariners corrections for all charts.

Historical Products

Historical Maps and Charts
Free Downloads	The Office of Coast Survey's Historical Map and Chart Collection contains over 20,000 maps and charts from the late 1700s to present day. The Collection includes some of the nation's earliest nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys, geodetic surveys, city plans, and Civil War battle maps.
Historical U.S. Coast Pilots
Free Downloads	NOAA's Office of Coast Survey, in conjunction with the NOAA Climate Database Modernization Program and the NOAA Central Library, is in the process of imaging the entire collection of historical U.S. Coast Pilots.