Digital vs. Paper Charts

Digital vs. Paper Charts

New digital charts are gradually replacing paper, but they have their issues. Critics want to see improvements right away.

For the past half dozen years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been telling boaters that it plans to sunset its paper and raster nautical charts. That process was completed this past December when the last of NOAA’s paper charts was canceled.

Click to read “Digital vs. Paper Charts” from Soundings, written by Kim Kavin.

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