Northeast Marine Electronics has asked me to discuss the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) new online offering of free Raster Navigational Charts (RNCs). Although I am not a fisherman (well, not much of one anyway) or a nautical navigator of any type, I am sure that this is a great benefit to everyone who plans on navigating the waters surrounding the good old USA. According to Charles Challstrom, acting assistant administrator for NOAA’s oceans and coasts, the NOAA will also be delivering weekly updates to their maps, which will no doubt serve to make nautical navigation that much safer.

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