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NOAA Custom Chart Version 3.0
Choose your own chart scale and location
Save charts to a personal chart catalog
Use these links to open the two-page Quick Start Guide or the detailed-instructions in the User Guide. U.S. Chart No. 1 describes the meaning of symbols used on nautical charts.
"Using NOAA Custom Chart"VideoTranscript
"Updating Custom Charts"VideoTranscript
Use this link to ask a question, comment or report an error in the NOAA Custom Chart application.

New in NOAA Custom Chart Version 3.0

Enhancements

  • Users now control the placement and number of compass roses shown on a chart.
  • The NOAA Custom Chart application now works with the new NOAA Navigation Update Application to determine the number and type of changes that have been made to ENC data since a chart was exported.
  • Added 42” x 60” Plotter page size.
  • Removed a chart catalog limit that only allowed adding five charts to the chart queue at a time.
  • Continuous improvements to use more traditional paper chart symbology.
  • Removed "_ags_" prefix on exported PDF files.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bar scale display problem that existed for some paper sizes.

Updates

  • Changed default scale in Chart Settings to 1:22,000.
  • Removed SCAMIN toggle and set application to not honor Scale minimum values. This will ensure that all ENC features are displayed on the chart.
  • Removed Show compass rose toggle now that users may place their own compass roses.
Use these settings to enter your chart parameters. More information about chart scale, depth zone shades and other settings is in the User Guide.
Name:
Scale:
Page size:
Orientation:
Depth zones shallower than the entered values are tinted in the shade of blue shown. If no contour for the value exists in the ENC data, the next deeper contour is used. Depth zones deeper than the “Deep” value are displayed as white.
After populating all fields, click Create New Chart, then click the map once at the center of your chart. Click Move Chart, then click and drag the chart outline to refine its position.
New charts and charts retrieved from your Personal Chart Catalog are shown in this list. To export, delete, or move selected charts into your catalog, click the associated button.

Chart Catalog

Active Catalog
(none)

Chart Queue

Add Compass Roses

Click on a chart to add a compass rose. Each chart can have up to three roses. Use buttons below to add, move, or delete compass roses on the selected chart.
Active Chart
Users must use the Select Active Chart button to show the compass roses associated with the chart. If you wish to add, move or delete a compass rose, a chart must be selected.