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Ahoy, Mateys! US To Stop Printing Nautical Charts
Source: Associated Press
Ahoy, Mateys! US To Stop Printing Nautical Charts
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
October 22, 2013 5:43 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is going into uncharted waters, deep-sixing the giant paper nautical charts that it has been printing for mariners for more than 150 years.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday that to save money, the government will stop turning out the traditional brownish, heavy paper maps after mid-April.
The agency will still chart the water for rocks, shipwrecks and other hazards, but sailors, boaters and fishermen will have to use private on-demand printing, PDFs or electronic maps to see the information, said Capt. Shep Smith, head of NOAA's marine chart division.
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Nowadays, most people instead use the on-demand maps printed by private shops, which are more up-to-date and accurate, Smith said.
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by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
October 22, 2013 5:43 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is going into uncharted waters, deep-sixing the giant paper nautical charts that it has been printing for mariners for more than 150 years.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday that to save money, the government will stop turning out the traditional brownish, heavy paper maps after mid-April.
The agency will still chart the water for rocks, shipwrecks and other hazards, but sailors, boaters and fishermen will have to use private on-demand printing, PDFs or electronic maps to see the information, said Capt. Shep Smith, head of NOAA's marine chart division.
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Nowadays, most people instead use the on-demand maps printed by private shops, which are more up-to-date and accurate, Smith said.
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Read more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=239738698
