NOAA Nautical Chart User’s Manual 1997 - NOAA [1997, PDF]

NOAA Nautical Chart User's Manual 1997

Year: 1997
Language: english
Author: NOAA
Genre: Manual
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Number of pages: 304
Description: Many products are sold with user’s manuals.
Some, such as those for an aircraft, automobiles,
or pieces of electronic equipment,
are quite voluminous and complex. Others are
more modest. A “patented insect destruction”
novelty device sold several years ago consisted
of only two small wooden blocks. Even
this novelty device came with a user’s manual;
it consisted of a single sheet of paper with the
following instruction, “place insect on face of
one block and firmly place second block on
top of first block.”
Generally speaking, the more sophisticated
and important the item, the more elaborate
the user’s manual. The modern nautical
chart is reasonably complex and certainly an
essential tool for the mariner. Yet, aside from
passing mention in textbooks on navigation
and the publication of Chart No. 1, no user’s
manual had been published for the nautical
chart. Arguably, such a publication is long
overdue.
This manual explains what is presented
on the nautical chart, highlights the utility
of this information, describes the charting
conventions used to depict features and items
of interest, and provides some practical
pointers on how this information is used. It
is written to serve many types of users, ranging
from operators of recreational vessels to
those who drive “heavy iron.”