WELCOME TO COOPERATIVE CHARTING
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The Cooperative Charting Program of the United States Power Squadrons is conducted in close coordination with the Marine Chart Division, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S.
Department of Commerce. The Program is a major public service of USPS. Under it, members supply information to the Marine Chart Division of NOS/NOAA leading to corrections to nautical charts, small craft charts, and Coast Pilot publications. USPS also supplies data on depth surveys, range status, geodetic marks, and aeronautical charts.
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HOW TO GET STARTED
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NEW TO COOP CHARTING? THINK YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE?
As a first step, call or EMAIL Bill Holub, Cooperative Charting Chairman for
CFSPS. Give him your name, member number and EMAIL address. He will enter this in CCWEB and you will receive a password from NOAA by EMAIL After that you can log on to CCWEB using the link below. There is a bounty of information on this site about COOP Charting.
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WORKING WITH NOAA CHARTS
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Two items are needed if you want to work
with Free NOAA Nautical Charts on your own computer.
One, you need a chart viewer that opens
NOAA BSB charts. Most Navigation software would be ok. A
FREE Navigation Chart viewer is available on the MapTech website.
To download Chart Navigator, click on this link.
Two, you need FREE NOAA BSB
Charts. You can select charts for the area you are interested and they
will be downloaded to your computer. Follow the procedure detailed
in his link.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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For additional information and links to tools, click on the following link.
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Revised 20 January 2010
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