NEW!
GIS Products and Services	Electronic Navigational Charts	Cooperative Charting (CCWEB)
Coast Survey offers Products and Services for Geographic Information Systems	NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts Now Available for Download	Cooperative Charting Program-US Power Squadrons Input

Print on Demand	Coast Pilot	NOS Specifications and Deliverables
The World's Most Up-To-Date Nautical Charts	Recently released and historical Coast Pilots are now available for download!	The New NOS Specifications and Deliverable 2003

Chart Updates	NowCOAST	Historical Charts
NOAA's Comprehensive Listing of Notice to Mariner Chart Updates	Internet Mapping Portal of real-time coastal observations & forecasts	Visit Coast Survey's recently expanded Historical Chart Collection

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The Office of Coast Survey (OCS) produces nautical charts for United States waters, including its possessions and territories. OCS is an office within the National Ocean Service, NOAA, a United States Government Agency. It is, in fact, the oldest U.S. scientific organization dating back to Thomas Jefferson who established the office in 1807 to encourage commerce and to support a growing economy in a safe and efficient manner.

Accurate, reliable, and up-to-date nautical chart information is more important today than at any time in the past. As margins of safety narrow, consequences loom greater as cargo capacities are pushed to the limit. To meet this challenge, more current and precise information is required. New electronic navigation systems can meet the demands for greater protection of life, property, and the environment, as well as significantly improve the efficiency of maritime commerce. Today the Coast Survey manages the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's nautical chart data collection and information program to Promote Safe Navigation, a NOAA strategic goal.

Revised Monday October 04 2004by OCS Webmaster