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On February 28, 2017, NOAA released their National Charting Plan. It's a
document describing their outlook for nautical charts in the future.
It's worthwhile reading - just search on: National Charting Plan.
Four months passed and not much was said about the 31 page document.
Then all of a sudden, a paper chart producer surmised that NOAA was
saying that paper charts would no longer be possible and even gave a
date when raster charts would not exist any longer. This ember was given
a little fuel when the director of NOAA's OCS was quoted in the media as
saying, "the paper era is finished."
I applaud NOAA for helping to move a few last holdouts away from their
paper addiction. It should be noted that in 2018, Solas ships will all
be required, yes, required, to have electronic nautical charts in use.
Paper by itself is no longer considered safe enough on ships.
But this isn't about the paper debate which, to be honest, is
irrelevant. If you love using paper charts, then by all means keep using
them.
This newsletter is about a single word that cannot be found anywhere in
the National Charting Plan. It is a word that is so obviously central to
life today that its omission should shake the authors into rethinking
their entire plan. That word is: Internet.
The Internet has taken over much of our lives. It is the mechanism
through which we communicate today. We research information, find
products and services, and share our lives with others. I can remember
the early days of purchasing products over the Internet. How funny it
felt. And yet today, most of us make more purchases over our keyboards
and tablets than we make face-to-face.
Originally there were paper charts. The widespread use of GPS, just a
couple of decades ago, marked the beginning of the end of paper charts.
And it's now the Internet that marks the beginning of the end of
electronic nautical charts.
This is why the paper debate has become irrelevant. The real debate is
about the end of ENC's caused by the widespread acceptance of the
Internet. It's like arguing that rotary dial phones are better when
we've moved past push button phones and now live in the cellular world.
The Internet has affected nearly every part of our lives. It certainly
has affected boating in numerous ways. Why shouldn't it affect
navigation?
And of course it will. And it will add fantastic capabilities for
cruising boaters.
NOAA's main charter is to serve the commercial and military uses of our
waterways and coastlines. The recreational areas are a minor concern and
with budget cuts, the surveying of our cruising areas is not getting
attention. Taking all nautical charts today, it has been reported that
40% of the soundings in the charts were last surveyed before 1940. Of
course there are large parts of the sea floor that don't change. But
we're talking about 40% of the soundings being very old and collected
through techniques that we wouldn't even recognize today.
So paper, raster, vector, ENC's? Will it really matter in the future?
Consider instead that we're close to global, inexpensive, satellite
Internet. It is the last electronic horizon to conquer. Does anyone
think it's not coming in our lifetimes?
The capabilities of ubiquitous Internet will impact our cruising much
like GPS affected it in the early 90's.
When I read the National Charting Plan, I'm not concerned about whether
there are hidden signals about plans for paper charts. Instead, I wonder
how any document looking into the future doesn't consider the Internet
as a central theme. And yet, that one word remains completely missing
from the plan.
document describing their outlook for nautical charts in the future.
It's worthwhile reading - just search on: National Charting Plan.
Four months passed and not much was said about the 31 page document.
Then all of a sudden, a paper chart producer surmised that NOAA was
saying that paper charts would no longer be possible and even gave a
date when raster charts would not exist any longer. This ember was given
a little fuel when the director of NOAA's OCS was quoted in the media as
saying, "the paper era is finished."
I applaud NOAA for helping to move a few last holdouts away from their
paper addiction. It should be noted that in 2018, Solas ships will all
be required, yes, required, to have electronic nautical charts in use.
Paper by itself is no longer considered safe enough on ships.
But this isn't about the paper debate which, to be honest, is
irrelevant. If you love using paper charts, then by all means keep using
them.
This newsletter is about a single word that cannot be found anywhere in
the National Charting Plan. It is a word that is so obviously central to
life today that its omission should shake the authors into rethinking
their entire plan. That word is: Internet.
The Internet has taken over much of our lives. It is the mechanism
through which we communicate today. We research information, find
products and services, and share our lives with others. I can remember
the early days of purchasing products over the Internet. How funny it
felt. And yet today, most of us make more purchases over our keyboards
and tablets than we make face-to-face.
Originally there were paper charts. The widespread use of GPS, just a
couple of decades ago, marked the beginning of the end of paper charts.
And it's now the Internet that marks the beginning of the end of
electronic nautical charts.
This is why the paper debate has become irrelevant. The real debate is
about the end of ENC's caused by the widespread acceptance of the
Internet. It's like arguing that rotary dial phones are better when
we've moved past push button phones and now live in the cellular world.
The Internet has affected nearly every part of our lives. It certainly
has affected boating in numerous ways. Why shouldn't it affect
navigation?
And of course it will. And it will add fantastic capabilities for
cruising boaters.
NOAA's main charter is to serve the commercial and military uses of our
waterways and coastlines. The recreational areas are a minor concern and
with budget cuts, the surveying of our cruising areas is not getting
attention. Taking all nautical charts today, it has been reported that
40% of the soundings in the charts were last surveyed before 1940. Of
course there are large parts of the sea floor that don't change. But
we're talking about 40% of the soundings being very old and collected
through techniques that we wouldn't even recognize today.
So paper, raster, vector, ENC's? Will it really matter in the future?
Consider instead that we're close to global, inexpensive, satellite
Internet. It is the last electronic horizon to conquer. Does anyone
think it's not coming in our lifetimes?
The capabilities of ubiquitous Internet will impact our cruising much
like GPS affected it in the early 90's.
When I read the National Charting Plan, I'm not concerned about whether
there are hidden signals about plans for paper charts. Instead, I wonder
how any document looking into the future doesn't consider the Internet
as a central theme. And yet, that one word remains completely missing
from the plan.
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