NOAA authorizes the production of two types of paper charts. The traditional paper chart is a lithographic version that is printed at a specific point in time and does not contain critical updates that were published in the United States Coast Guard’s Local Notice to Mariners (LNM) or in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Notice to Mainers (NM) since the chart publication date.

A Print on Demand (POD) chart is printed within a day or two of the date it is ordered and contains all of the critical chart corrections published in the LNM and NM within a week of the order date.

To purchase a Print on Demand chart, visit www.oceangrafix.com

To purchase a traditional paper chart:

1. Find a local NOAA chart agent at: http://aeronav.faa.gov/agents.asp (Note that this is an FAA site that lists both aeronautical and nautical chart agents). NOAA recommends that you call and verify the availability of the latest paper edition from the vendor you select.
2. Order online or over the phone by contacting one of the following retailers*

Retailer	Phone
Armchair Sailor	800-875-0852
Bluewater Books and Charts	800-942-2583
Captain's Nautical Supplies	800-448-2278
Chartdealer.com	888-315-4354
Discount Nautical	941-587-2462
East View Cartographic	952-252-4552
Explorers Guide LLC	920-733-5500
Landfall Navigation	800-941-2219
Lynn Marine Supply	781-631-1305
The Map Shop	704-332-5557
Maryland Nautical Sales, Inc.	800-596-7245
Metsker Maps of Seattle	800-727-4430
Nauticalcharts.com	800-726-2870
Paradise Cay Publications	707-822-9063
West Marine	800-262-8464
W.T. Brownley Company	757-622-7589

* This list is not comprehensive. Charts may also be purchased over the counter at a number of locations. (Check with your local marine supply store for availability.) Please submit questions, updates, additions, or corrections regarding this list.
Links to non-federal websites do not imply endorsement of any particular product, service, organization, company, information provider, or content.

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.

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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.

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.