{"id":4452,"date":"2017-06-07T18:44:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T22:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=4452"},"modified":"2017-06-07T18:44:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T22:44:41","slug":"noaa-to-move-away-from-paper-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/06\/noaa-to-move-away-from-paper-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAA to Move Away from Paper Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Baltimore Sun<\/cite><\/a>: “In a potential sea change for a nautical industry heavy on tradition, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s recent National Charting Plan suggested that, eventually, ‘the reduction or elimination of traditional paper nautical charts seems likely.'” (This is NOAA looking into the future, but note that private companies, rather than NOAA, already do the printing and distributing of paper charts; NOAA’s charts are, of course, available online<\/a> and can be printed.) [WMS<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Baltimore Sun: “In a potential sea change for a nautical industry heavy on tradition, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s recent National Charting Plan suggested that, eventually, ‘the reduction or elimination of traditional paper… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[292],"tags":[294,159,845],"class_list":["post-4452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-nautical","tag-charts","tag-noaa","tag-paper-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1808389,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/08\/ukho-to-discontinue-paper-nautical-charts-by-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":4452,"position":0},"title":"UKHO to Discontinue Paper Nautical Charts by 2026","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 August 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"The U.K. Hydrographic Office plans to withdraw its paper nautical charts from production by 2026, citing \u201ca rapid decline in demand for paper charts\u201d relative to their digital navigation products. 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