Surely you jest.......

Just because your taxes paid for the damned charts, cartography that
drew them and all the research that went into them....that doesn't
mean you actually can USE or download them without paying some 3rd
party who's bribed your government for exclusive rights to them......

Dammit all....Someone should hang!



Larry W4CSC
POWER is our friend!





Good news, Larry

NOAA has released electronic charts, free.

Here's the secret handshake:

http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/index.htm

These are ENC format charts, and they require a "viewer". A viewer can be
downloaded, free, at www.fugawi.com/viewenc/viewenc.html

I don't know what I was thinking.
"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 19:47:10 -0500, "mcorwin"
wrote:

Hi- does anyone know of a web site where I could view charts of the ICW?
TIA, Michael



Surely you jest.......

Just because your taxes paid for the damned charts, cartography that
drew them and all the research that went into them....that doesn't
mean you actually can USE or download them without paying some 3rd
party who's bribed your government for exclusive rights to them......

Dammit all....Someone should hang!



Larry W4CSC
POWER is our friend!

I don't know what I was thinking.
"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 19:47:10 -0500, "mcorwin"
wrote:

Hi- does anyone know of a web site where I could view charts of the ICW?
TIA, Michael



Surely you jest.......

Just because your taxes paid for the damned charts, cartography that
drew them and all the research that went into them....that doesn't
mean you actually can USE or download them without paying some 3rd
party who's bribed your government for exclusive rights to them......

Dammit all....Someone should hang!



Larry W4CSC
POWER is our friend!

Thank you for the info.
"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
Surely you jest.......

Just because your taxes paid for the damned charts, cartography that
drew them and all the research that went into them....that doesn't
mean you actually can USE or download them without paying some 3rd
party who's bribed your government for exclusive rights to them......

Dammit all....Someone should hang!



Larry W4CSC
POWER is our friend!





Good news, Larry

NOAA has released electronic charts, free.

Here's the secret handshake:

http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/index.htm

These are ENC format charts, and they require a "viewer". A viewer can be
downloaded, free, at www.fugawi.com/viewenc/viewenc.html

Thank you for the info.
"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
Surely you jest.......

Just because your taxes paid for the damned charts, cartography that
drew them and all the research that went into them....that doesn't
mean you actually can USE or download them without paying some 3rd
party who's bribed your government for exclusive rights to them......

Dammit all....Someone should hang!



Larry W4CSC
POWER is our friend!





Good news, Larry

NOAA has released electronic charts, free.

Here's the secret handshake:

http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/index.htm

These are ENC format charts, and they require a "viewer". A viewer can be
downloaded, free, at www.fugawi.com/viewenc/viewenc.html

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 04:15:10 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 19:47:10 -0500, "mcorwin"
wrote:

Hi- does anyone know of a web site where I could view charts of the ICW?
TIA, Michael



Surely you jest.......

Just because your taxes paid for the damned charts, cartography that
drew them and all the research that went into them....that doesn't
mean you actually can USE or download them without paying some 3rd
party who's bribed your government for exclusive rights to them......

Dammit all....Someone should hang!

I'm surprised to hear you complain about the gumint actually recouping
some of it's cost, a savings to the taxpayers, and even using private
industry to affect it. Is it because this just happens to be an area
that you'd like to benefit from even though the vast majority of
taxpayers have no use for free nautical charts?

Steve

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 04:15:10 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 19:47:10 -0500, "mcorwin"
wrote:

Hi- does anyone know of a web site where I could view charts of the ICW?
TIA, Michael



Surely you jest.......

Just because your taxes paid for the damned charts, cartography that
drew them and all the research that went into them....that doesn't
mean you actually can USE or download them without paying some 3rd
party who's bribed your government for exclusive rights to them......

Dammit all....Someone should hang!

I'm surprised to hear you complain about the gumint actually recouping
some of it's cost, a savings to the taxpayers, and even using private
industry to affect it. Is it because this just happens to be an area
that you'd like to benefit from even though the vast majority of
taxpayers have no use for free nautical charts?

Steve

Now, how about releasing the high resolution .tif files of the chart
scans...

With the, now, reasonable cost of scanner/reproduciton costs at copy shops,
we could download and print our own charts..

Oh! I think I hear that they are going to do that but we will have to go to
a licensed chart agent to print them out.. Sounds like another under the
table arrangement between NOAA and a group of chart agents.

The always skeptical,

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

Now, how about releasing the high resolution .tif files of the chart
scans...

With the, now, reasonable cost of scanner/reproduciton costs at copy shops,
we could download and print our own charts..

Oh! I think I hear that they are going to do that but we will have to go to
a licensed chart agent to print them out.. Sounds like another under the
table arrangement between NOAA and a group of chart agents.

The always skeptical,

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

Now, how about releasing the high resolution .tif files of the chart
scans...

Would be nice.

The original poster asked for a "website with ICW charts to view". Done. :-)