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Subject: Re: Canadian Natuical Charts
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:31:18 -0500
From: Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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There may be a low cost option via GeoGarage
(http://marine.geogarage.com/). See brief article here:
<http://www.paddlinginstructor.com/blog/resources/item/3989-canadian-nautical-charts-now-available-online-via-geogarage-nautical-navigation.html>.
Joel Kovarsky
On 2/14/2011 11:24 AM, Angie Cope wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Canadian Natuical Charts
> Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:45:24 -0800
> From: Jon McConnel <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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> Rob,
> You've probably already found where the Canadian gov't sells charts:
> http://www.charts.gc.ca/index-eng.asp
>
> Scans of current charts of Canadian waters are not freely available
> since the data is protected by copyright.
>
> US federal vessels can get free data for their electronic nav systems
> at http://dnc.nga.mil/NGAPortal/DNC.portal and it looks like most
> anybody can download the data, if they have a way to use it. It
> includes much of the world, including Canada.
>
> NOAA's historical maps & charts project has charts that include some
> areas of Canada adjacent to US waters.
> http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov
>
> At DavidRumsey.com, 'nautical chart canada' nabs one result
> http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/80kv52
>
> The only other source of charts I used for my master's thesis was the
> New York Public Library's digital collections -- that same search
> gives two results:
> http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=nautical+charts+canada
>
>
>
>
> Jon McConnel
> Whatcom Community College
> Bellingham, WA
>
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Canadian Natuical Charts
>> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:40:07 -0800
>> From: Robert Lopresti <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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>> Is there a place on the web to find Canadian Nautical Charts for free?
>>
>> Thanks for your wisdom.
>> Rob
>>
>>
>> Rob Lopresti
>> Map Librarian, Liaison for Huxley College and Government Information
>> Librarian
>> Western Washington University
>> 360-650-3342 [log in to unmask]
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