The tan and blue paper nautical charts that line wheelhouses and galleys on Alaska ships will soon be a relic of the past. In an effort to increase automation and adapt to digital navigation, the ...

The death of the paper chart may finally be coming to fruition, as the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) announced its intention to develop options for the withdrawal from global paper chart production by ...

The author, a self-professed "paper-chart girl," strongly prefers traditional paper charts for in-flight navigation over modern electronic systems, citing their simplicity, reliability, and ease of ...

A Colorado company develops an iPad app that will deliver electronic aeronautical charts to airline cockpits, and some airlines are testing tablet use in the cockpit. Kent was a senior managing editor ...

In a recent column I wrote about options for nautical charts, including "print on demand" charts. But since GPS based chartplotters are so common—I even have a small portable unit on my 18-foot ...

Mariners have relied upon paper charts supplied by the UKHO for nearly 400 years – but that might soon be coming to an end (Credit: UK Hydrographic Office) The world's gone digital and yet many ...

It won't be long before mariners and the boating public will have a wider choice of options and special services when they purchase NOAA paper nautical charts, thanks to NOAA's expanded ...

Sailors will now have to use digital versions in a move described as ‘quite sad’ and might disadvantage older people Henry Bodkin is The Telegraph’s Jerusalem Correspondent, based in Israel. He has ...