-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: Is anyone using the Digital Nautical Chart (DNC(R)) that
would care to comment on it?
Date:   Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:33:15 -0500
From:   Gregory Curtis <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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I just had occasion to use them last week.  They work well.  I was able
to manipulate them and size them for the client's needs.


On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

     -------- Original Message --------
     Subject: Is anyone using the Digital Nautical Chart (DNC®) that would
     care to comment on it?
     Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:52:42 -0500
     From: John A Stevenson <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
     Organization: University of Delaware
     To: MAPS-L <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>


     Dear Colleagues,

     Apologies in advance if I've overlooked a review of the current
product.
     Have MAPS-L readers have seen or used the Digital Nautical Chart (DNC®)
     at http://dnc.nga.mil/NGAPortal/DNC.portal ?

     The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) describes their DNC®
     as "an unclassified, vector-based digital database containing maritime
     significant features essential for safe marine navigation."

     As U.S. depository libraries no longer receive printed charts on
deposit
     and no charts have been distributed since late 2008, would anyone
     comment as to whether this online resource is a good substitute?

     Thanks for any comments people are willing to share.
     --
     John A. Stevenson
     Associate Librarian
     Coordinator, Government Documents and Maps Processing Unit
     University of Delaware Library
     181 S. College Ave.
     Newark, DE 19717-5267
     302 831-8671
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--
Gregory Curtis
Librarian
Government Publications, Maps, and GIS
Fogler Library
University of Maine
V: (207) 581-1681
F: (207) 581-1653

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