Comments on: Print Your Own NOAA Charts

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:45:31 +0000

Thanks, Don. You can share the link. You might also like this NOAA chart converter.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:36:34 +0000

This is AWESOME!!! It is exactly what I was looking for and had spent a good bit of time unsuccessfully attempting this.
My intent is to mark my fishing spots in the Chesapeake Bay on the charts each year. May I share your link with others?

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:47:29 +0000

I verified the scale using the chart’s distance scale with a ruler. I mainly printed 1:120,000 scale charts when I wrote this. At that scale, 1 inch equals 1.89394 miles. So, I verified that I was getting that on the chart’s distance scale. Two questions:

1. Did you check the distance on the chart using the chart’s distance scale?
2. Are you using statute miles on Google Maps and nautical miles or latitude on the chart? The difference is about 7%.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:37:38 +0000

These are some great directions, worked perfectly. Just one question Bryan, after printing off the chart, I did some distance measurements to compare to Google Maps. I’ve done everything correctly as far as I can tell (300 dpi and the printer is NOT resizing the image) but the distances are all off a bit. I am using Chart #18484. The chart I printed is reporting distances that are ~7% shorter than the ones I get from Google maps using the line draw tool. Can I ask how you arrived at the 300 dpi you specified in the article?

By: CJ

CJ — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:30:41 +0000

You’re the man… easy, and clear directions… It worked the first time.

Thanks,
CJ

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:40:04 +0000

As far as I know, there isn’t. The British government doesn’t release the charts for free, which the U.S. does.

By: Dick

Dick — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:02:30 +0000

Is there a way to get British charts electronically. They have the best charts for most of the world, but they are expensive.

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:13:40 +0000

Try the Danish Ministry of Environment. I don't know where you'd find free NW Greenland charts.

By: Jean-Luc Bellieud

Jean-Luc Bellieud — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:00:51 +0000

Hello

I am looking for North West greenland charts. But I have some difficult to found them.
Do you know where I can find ?

Thanks
Jluc

By: NOAA Marine Chart Converter

NOAA Marine Chart Converter — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:17:20 +0000

[...] program designed to read the BSB format. To make the charts usable in any graphics program or to print your own NOAA charts, you need to convert them from the native BSB format to a graphics format like PNG, JPEG or [...]