Article: NOAA Raster Charts now available on the Web.(NEWS BITTS)

Article: MARINERS CAN CHART COURSES AT NO CHARGE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 5, 2006 ;     698 words ... ... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Raster Navigational Charts. A raster chart is a digitally scanned ... used by mariners for navigation. "The raster navigational charts contribute to safe, efficient ...

Article: IMO approves standards for raster chart display systems
Sea Technology;  September 1, 1998 ;     633 words ... ... vector ENCs and meets agreed IMO performance standards. RCDS is a navigation system capable of using official raster navigational charts. These are created by scanning original film materials used to produce printed (official) paper charts ...

Article: Australia's seafarer electronic charts now official for ECDIS
Sea Technology;  October 1, 2002 ;     454 words ... ... known as Seafarer ENC and Seafarer(R) RNC. ENC stands for electronic navigational charts, RNC stands for raster navigational charts. While Seafarer electronic charts have been compiled specifically for use in ECDIS, they can also be ...

Article: Soapbox
Sea Technology;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... is no standard method of representing uncertainty on the most common form of nautical chart in use today, the raster navigational chart (RNC). Source diagrams usually display the date and scale of the survey. RDs give an assessment of accuracy ...

Article: Guide to using NOAA chart downloads.
BOAT/U.S. Magazine;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Terms. To download charts select the Coastal Map and Vector Shoreline tab, then choose the link to the NOAA Raster Navigational Charts, (http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/index.htm) or the link to Electronic Navigation ...