Links to public navigation documents.
These links change with time,
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Bowditch - American Practical Navigator
Atlas of Pilot Charts
Chart No. 1
Distances Between Ports
International Code of Signals
NGA List of Lights
Radar Navigation and Maneuvering Board Manual
Radio Navigational Aids
Sailing Directions Enroute
Sailing Directions Planning Guides
Sight Reduction Tables for Air Navigation (Pub 249)
Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation (Pub 229)
USCG Light List
World Port Index
chart of world magnetic variation
book on compass corrections
more...
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NGA Nav Pubs
They keep changing this link.
Last time we looked (6/26/10) this goes direct to pub list (then choose Select), other times you have to to press "Publications" first.
Our original direct link no longer works.
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Coast Pilots for US Waters
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Free Raster echarts (RNC, BBS format) for all US waters
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Free Vector echarts (ENC, S57 format) for all US waters
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Marine Weather Services Charts
(Printed versions available at Starpath MSC page)
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Chart No. 1 with single document option. NGA has only parts
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Wonderful collection of old navigation books compiled by Frank Reed
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Learn about wwv and wwvh + phone numbers for GMT
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Set of Navigation Calculators compiled by Starpath, originally from NIMA
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Bowditch Tables for Vertical Sextant Angle Measurements
(calculators are available in the link above)
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Navigation Rules ebooks and resources
(see bottom of linked page)
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Worldwide magnetic variation chart 2010, high res
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• Work Forms for the Stark Tables for clearing lunar distances
• Steven Wepster's Precomputed Lunar Distance Tables (Annual, by month)
• Frank Reed's Precomputed Lunar Distance Tables (user designed) |
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| Custom link to RNC and ENC downloads. Also check out the useful table we made on the names. ENC_from_RNC.pdf |
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| Direct link to celestial navigators dream page |
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starpath school of navigation, seattle, www.starpath.com
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