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> If you need really detailed bathymetry then the only place to go
> is the International Hydrographic Organisation in Monaco. They have
> worldwide coverage on CD data sets that are not too expensive (though
> perhaps rather more than those in the USofA are used to).
 
Another source that folks interested in detailed nautical charts and
other bathymetric products should keep in mind is the publishing arm
of the Russian (former Soviet) Navy, GUNiO.  (GUNiO = Main
Directorate for Navigation and Oceanography.)  These people produce
fantastic charts on a worldwide basis, and they are kept very up to
date as a rule.  Most are in Russan, but increasingly more are fully
bilingual in English-Russian.
 
Virtually all navigable water bodies in the world are covered,
including many inland waterways.  The scales range from the very
small (1:2 million) to the very large (over 1000 port plans at scales
1:5000 and 1:10,000).  Although GUNiO is supposed to deposit
everything it publsihed with the IHO in Monaco, this does not happen
in practice.  And for many parts of the world (especially Russian
Arctic and Pacific waters, as well as the Caspian) GUNiO charts may
be the only ones available.
 
We sell them all, and have about three years of experience with
these products.  Please contact us for additional information at
[log in to unmask] or see our website at www.eastview.com.
 
Thanks,
 
Kent D. Lee
East View Cartographic
 
 
Kent D. Lee
President
East View Publications, Inc.
http://www.eastview.com