NOAA Custom Chart 

1. Find your chart area 2. Determine the best scale for your custom chart

Typing into the Find address or

place field will will display a list of
suggested locations to choose
from. Click on a location to zoom
to that spot.

Use the Plus and Minus

icons or your mouse wheel
to zoom in and out of the
map.

Use the My Location icon to

center the map at your
current position.

Left-Click and hold mouse to

pan on the map.

Click the Default extent

icon to zoom to the full map
extent.

Use these map navigation tools to Use the Layer Settings panel to explore the Data extents and Intended uses
move around the map to an area information within the NCC Map Window.
where you want to build a chart.
In this example, the most detailed data available for Suwannee Sound is 1:40,000
as shown in the upper-left corner of the red Minimum Bounding Rectangle (MBR).
3. Enter your chart parameters 4. Add compass roses
Use the Add Compass Roses panel to add up to three
compass roses to your chart.

Use the Chart Settings panel to enter your

custom chart parameters. Once all are set,
click Create New Chart. If there is a need to
refine the position of the chart footprint, click It is best to place
Click Select Active Chart to choose the chart. Then, click
Move Chart. compass roses on land
the Add Compass Rose button and click inside the chart
or in deep open water
extent. If there is a need to refine the position of a rose,
In this example, a 1:38,000 chart named to ensure they do not
click Move Compass Rose to move a selected rose. If you
Suwannee Sound was created on a 22 x 34 hide any important
need to delete a rose, select it in either the menu or the
inch, portrait-oriented sheet with the default chart detail.
map and click Delete Compass Rose.
units and depth zone settings.
5. Export your chart 6. Examine your chart output 7. Save your chart

Use the Export Functions panel to

export your custom chart to a Once you are satisfied with your
printable PDF file. In the lower Chart chart, use the Add Selected Charts
Queue box, select the chart and click to Chart Catalog → button to open
the Export Selected Charts button the Chart Catalog Viewer dialog. In
below. Once the export succeeds, a the viewer window, click the Create
green Open button appears. / Save Chart Catalog button. The
web browser will open a Save As
Most web browsers will open the Clicking the Open button opens a new tab on your dialog. Name the catalog GeoJSON a
custom chart PDF in a new brows- web browser with the custom chart PDF file. If the memorable name and click Save.
er tab. If the file does not open, output is suitable to your needs, you may choose Any charts in the Chart Catalog will
check your browser settings. If a to download the file to your local device or print it. be saved to the GeoJSON file.
pop-up blocker is enabled, add the Catalog changes will be lost if you
NCC site to a list of exceptions, or A third option includes saving the chart to a
Personal Chart Catalog, which allows you to keep close the browser window before
right-click / command-click on the saving your Personal Chart Catalog
Open button to see other display your chart designs or share them with others in a
GeoJSON file. GeoJSON file.
or download options.
Load your personal chart catalog
Select one or more charts in the
Chart Queue and click Export Select-
ed Charts button.

At this time, you may add or remove

charts from the Chart Catalog.
Changes must be saved before
closing the web browser.

Once you open the application, open

the Export Functions panel. In the
Chart Catalog box, click the Open
Chart Catalog Viewer button. In the
viewer window, click the Open
Existing Chart Catalog button and
navigate to the location of your
Chart Catalog GeoJSON file. Select
one file and click Open. A list of
charts will populate the table. Click
the check boxes to select each chart
you wish to export. Click the ← Add
Selected Charts to Chart Queue.
Check your custom charts for updates
NOAA Navigation Updates website In the Advanced Search
panel on the NNU, click on
Open Chart Catalog Viewer.
Load the personal chart
catalog of your choosing by
clicking Open Existing Chart
Catalog. When the charts
populate the table, click
Select All, and then Search
Updates for Selected Charts.
You can then save an updated
catalog by clicking Save
Updated Chart Catalog. You
then can open the updated
catalog in the NCC and
reprint the updated charts.

Open the Chart Catalog Viewer and click on the NEW -

Check for Updates button. This will open the NOAA
Navigation Updates (NNU) website at https://distribu-
tion.charts.noaa.gov/navigation-updates/ .