"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On 23 Oct 2006 15:57:50 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

Can it be? The entire inventory of NOAA charts now available for about
what we used to pay for one or two paper charts? If so, that would be
great.

Why would you pay $30 or $40 when you can download the exact same
charts for free?

*That* (free) is about as affordable as you can get. :-)

http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/download.htm

Because it is worth 30 bucks to have someone else download them and write
them on a DVD or two? How many hours would it take you to do it
yourself? And nothing stopping you from going into business selling
them for 25. The data is public domain, from the government, right?

del