On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:19:40 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I don't know - I'd be willing to pay that for a data base of all the
NOAA charts. I like maps and refer to them all the time - it would be
kind of neat to have them all in one place

I agree that the price is reasonable and having all of the charts is
nice (been there, done that). On the other hand, being able to
download them all for free is a nice concept, especially since our tax
dollars paid for them in the first place.

It always frosted my butt when I had to pay Maptech's high prices for
electronic charts when they had their sweet heart deal with the
government.