Apparently I sounded this alarm to the list three years ago [subject =
NIMA/NGA nautical charts online??] when I noticed the first group of charts
had been removed from the NOAA/OCS site. Kent Lee of Eastview responded
with a lengthy and useful explanation.

mf

On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Angela R Cope <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Thanks for sharing Michael.
>
>
>  ​I don't recall hearing about this. We treat nautical charts like
> they're not copyrighted (giving high resolution tiffs to anyone who wants
> them). Can someone explain why NOAA/NGA maps are copyrighted? ​
>
>
>  This is another reason to be careful about weeding collections
> simply because maps are online. These online map collections are so
> ephemeral.
>
>
>  Angie
>
> AGSL
>
>
>  opinions are my own
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf
> of Fry, Michael <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 3, 2015 10:11 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* [MAPS-L] NGA Nautical charts
>
>  Maybe this isn't news to you all, but I just discovered that the online
> index and chart viewer that gave the public access to hi-res versions of
> NGA's nautical charts of non-US coastal waters worldwide have been taken
> down from NOAA's site. (A couple of years ago they removed most charts due
> to copyright restrictions. Now they've removed them all.)
>
>  See my correspondence with NOAA/OCS below...
>
>  For the moment, some charts are still viewable online at
> www.nauticalchartsonline.com. Not sure how long that'll last if copyright
> is the obstacle to free online access.
>
>  mf
>
>   Original message: Hi,
>  Not too long ago, the nauticalcharts.noaa.gov website hosted indexes to
> NGA nautical charts of non-US waters and hi-res versions of charts from the
> handful of regions (1, 5 and 9?) that they still had permission to make
> freely available.
>
>   I don't see this resource available anymore. Has it moved, or has NGA
> removed all of their nautical charts from free public access?
>
>   Thank you.
>  Michael Fry
>  Map Librarian and Map Editor
>  National Geographic Society
>  [log in to unmask]; 202.857.7098
>
>   OCS response: Thank you for contacting NOAA. Due to copyright
> restrictions, we had to remove all NGA charts from our web site.
>
>
>
>  --
>   Michael Fry
> Map Editor and Senior Map Librarian
> National Geographic Society
> 1145 17th St. N.W.
> Washington, D.C. 20036
> 202.857.7098 and 202.791.1892
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>



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National Geographic Society
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