Uhhhhhh, Larry?????

Could you please forward this on the to good folks at CHS, Candian
Hyrdological Service (or some variant of that attempted spelling.)

The situation for Canadian charts is much differnet, and MUCH more
expensive.

While I agree with all you say, the situation state-side is much better.
At least on this particular topic.

Howard


Larry wrote:

wrote in news:1141306157.505568.65190
@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:


The NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) are available for free
download over the Internet.


I'd like to correct the notion behind this, Dave.....

NOAA is not providing free charts. NOAA is providing its TAXPAYERS a
SERVICE for the money that has been extracted from them by force.

NO service provided to any taxpayer, in any country, should be fee-based.
The taxpayers have already paid through-the-nose for the service or data
and should not be charged twice for its delivery or use....

It's not you, Dave. It's the entire bureaucratic establishment that thinks
it's some kind of business that needs to sell something.....

Thanks for the information on its retrieval! Nautical chart delivery has
been long overdue, I suspect because of lobbying by commercial interests
that have always sold the taxpayers the data they continue to already pay
for. Weather data was also long sold for profit, but that has busted wide
open in the past few years.