Hi everyone,

This is news to us here at the NOAA Central Library, but we're looking into
it to see what the deal is. I'll post back if I can confirm or deny ;-)

The standard procedure is that all chart printing is done on an on-demand
basis via certified printing agents.  These agents print the latest version
of the chart requested and some can also do user-specific overlays if
requested. More info here: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/pod/index.html.


You might be able to work with these same agents for slightly older
versions of current charts, although they would not meet carriage
requirements. In the same vein, historical charts are kept here, and are
generally public domain: https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/

Hope this helps,
Kara

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Dennis Matthews <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> All,
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> Last week I was visiting a local map store and I had a discussion with one
> of the sales associates about the NOAA nautical charts and how it was shame
> that NOAA decided to stop production in print.  The sales associates
> commented that a representative from NOAA was in earlier in the year and
> mentioned that NOAA had decided to re-start the printing of a select number
> of charts.  Which ones she couldn’t remember.  I’m wondering if anyone else
> has heard about NOAA possibly restarting some of their print run for some
> of the charts?
>
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> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Dennis
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>
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> Dennis G. Matthews
>
> Library & Archives Paraprofessional 6
>
> Western Washington University
>
> Western Libraries
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> 516 High Street
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> Bellingham, WA  98225
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> Email: [log in to unmask]
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> Telephone: 360.650.3098 (Collection Services--Cataloging Dept.)
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>                      360.650.3272 (Map Collection)
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> Fax: 360.650.3044
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