A nautical chart or hydrographic chart is a graphic representation of a sea region or water body and adjacent coasts or banks. Depending on the scale of...

surround) for a specific purpose are often known as charts, such as a nautical chart or aeronautical chart, typically spread over several map sheets. Other...

monuments. It is particularly common in navigation systems, including nautical charts, non-directional beacons (NDB), VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) systems...

Portolan charts are nautical charts, first made in the 13th century in the Mediterranean basin and later expanded to include other regions. The word portolan...

system. As a result, nautical miles and knots are convenient units to use when navigating an aircraft or ship. On a standard nautical chart using Mercator projection...

A chart datum is the water surface serving as origin (or coordinate surface) of depths displayed on a nautical chart and for reporting and predicting tide...

Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Cambridge University Press. p. 37. Nautical chart: International no. 1205, SE61, Baltic Sea, North, Sea of Åland. Jeppe...

navigator is in charge of maintaining the aircraft or ship's nautical charts, nautical publications, and navigational equipment, and they generally have...

This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water...

the color pattern of the compass rose found on many nautical charts. Insignia including nautical stars: United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia...

worldwide. Hydrographic/nautical chart – Topographic map of a maritime area and adjacent coastal regions General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans – Publicly...

Admiralty charts are nautical charts issued by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and subject to Crown Copyright. Over 3,500 Standard Nautical Charts...

Look up charting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Charting may refer to: Chart, graphical representation of data Nautical chart, process of building...

reference on the sea or on land, usually with reference to a nautical chart or aeronautical chart to obtain a fix of the position of the vessel or aircraft...

authority on hydrographic surveying and nautical charting. When referring to hydrography and nautical charting in conventions and similar instruments,...

cylindrical projection List of map projections Mercator 1569 world map Nautical chart Omission of New Zealand from maps – often believed to be caused by the...

The least charted depth is 9 m (30 ft) above the reef. This sounding was one of only a few that were ever incorporated into US nautical charts, having been...

such as the seabed topography. Soundings were traditionally shown on nautical charts in fathoms and feet. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

best-known projection is the Mercator Projection, originally designed as a nautical chart. Mercator projection (showing between 82°S and 82°N) Mollweide projection...

An aeronautical chart is a map designed to assist in the navigation of aircraft, much as nautical charts do for watercraft, or a roadmap does for drivers...

the Earth, a curve) that can be both identified on a chart (nautical chart or aeronautical chart) and translated to the surface of the Earth. The intersection...

included on many maps and nautical charts from as early as the late 19th century. It was removed from French hydrographic charts in 1974. The island gained...

mariner's handbook of written sailing directions. Before the advent of nautical charts, rutters were the primary store of geographic information for maritime...

rectangular island in the 1424 portolan chart of Zuane Pizzigano. Thereafter, it routinely appeared in most nautical charts of the 15th century. After 1492,...

needed] Most modern nautical charts indicate depth in metres. However, the U.S. Hydrographic Office uses feet and fathoms. A nautical chart will always explicitly...

alternative to paper nautical charts for navigation by ships. IMO refers to similar systems not meeting the regulations as Electronic Chart Systems (ECSs)....

were the conduction of hydrographic surveys and the publication of nautical charts. In many countries, various navigation-related services are now concentrated...

tide chart is not available, most nautical charts have "tidal diamonds" which relate specific points on the chart to a table giving tidal flow direction...

map, nautical chart, engineering drawing, or architectural drawing. A scale bar is common element of map layouts. On large scale maps and charts, those...

This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water...