Comments on: Print Your Own NOAA Charts

By: Free Topo Maps for Your Garmin GPS | Nessmuking.com

Free Topo Maps for Your Garmin GPS | Nessmuking.com — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:43:03 +0000

[...] you’re feeling like tackling a bigger project, in addition to printing your own NOAA charts you can put NOAA charts on your GPS. You’ll need to purchase Moagu and follow the steps [...]

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:43:27 +0000

I’m glad you found the article useful.

It’d be great if bsb2png would assemble the multiple part charts. I ended up using photoshop.

By: Alex Wetmore

Alex Wetmore — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:27:12 +0000

Thanks for the article Bryan. I found the NOAA files, but your article provided the missing link in doing something useful with them.

It would be nice if bsb2png could assemble the multiple part charts into a single one, but that is a fairly minor complaint.

Gary — For about 20 minutes worth of work I just got the full charts for the Washington State coast. I consider that a pretty good return on investment.

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:44:59 +0000

It is a lot of work, but the charts are as up-to-date as you can get, detail the exactly where you need it, and for someone like me with eyes that are failing, I need the larger print.

Plus, this method is cheaper. If you have a party of 4 kayakers going to an area that requires 2 charts, buying them, even in a reduced size, will cost $48. Using the method outlined in this article, you’ll only spend $2.50 or less if your printer goes to 11″x17″. $45 saved is a good chunk of change in my wallet.

By: Gary Gronberg

Gary Gronberg — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:54:02 +0000

Seems like a lot of work. You can buy a water-tolerant print-on-demand up-to-date chart, sized down specifically for the small boat mariner (13″ X 19″) for $5.95 with free shipping from Official NOAA Agent at http://www.noaachartsonline.com.