New or Changed Links
Advanced Coastal Navigation Course (Free and online)
American Nautical Services (Charts, electronic charts, IMO publications, books, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
The Atlantic Neptune Online (A guide to the historical details of J. F. W. DesBarres and his atlas of 18th century nautical charts)
Andres Ruiz 's Navigation Home Page (Information about celestial & coastal navigation, weather & tides)
Appalachian Arts (Antique sailing and coastal charts)
Art Source International (Nautical charts, antique and rare maps, Boulder, Colorado)
The Astrolabe ("An instrument with a past and a future")
Backstaff Instruments (Accurate replicas of 15th-19th century navigational instruments)
Bellingham Chart Printers (Discount nautical charts & chart reproductions, electronic charts, navigation software and cruising guides)
Bluewater Books & Charts (Charts, software, instruments)
Boating and Sailing Videos (Navigation instructional videos)
The Canadian Hydrographic Service (Official marine navigation charts and nautical publications)
Canadian Notices to Mariners (NOTMAR)
The Canadian Space Geodesy Forum (Scientists and engineers working with the techniques of space geodesy: Navstar, GPS, Glonass, Transit, very long baseline interferometry, satellite laser ranging, satellite altimetry, etc.)
Cape Compass (Complete magnetic compass service, West Falmouth, Massachusetts)
Capella ECS (Electronic vector chart system and free electronic chart viewer)
The Cap'n, Nautical Technologies (Electronic charting and navigation software)
Captain Brent Forsberg's Piloting Tips (Plus Columbia and Willamette River piloting information)
Captain Van's Homepage (Article by Captain H. F. Van Der Grinten on the accuracy of celestial navigation)
Celestaire Marine and Air Navigation Instruments
Celestial Navigation for the Complete Idiot (Video)
The Celestial Navigation Net (Celestial navigation resources and links)
C. G. Edwards, Boxell's Chandlery (Nautical charts, Boston, USA)
Charlie's Charts Cruising Guides (West Coast, Hawaii and Polynesia)
Charter and Sailing Guide Greece (Featuring an online advanced marine navigation course by Diederik Willemsen)
The Chart Shop (Canadian Hydrographic charts, NDI charts on cd-rom)
Charts, Maps & Graphics (Oregon coast shipwreck and recreational maps by Ned Reed, Bandon)
C-MAP Electronic Charting Center
The Company of Proprietors of the Rivers Wye and Lugg Navigation and Horse Towing-Path (Navigation authority for these rivers in England and Wales)
CruisingServices.net (Digital NOAA charts and sailing directions on CDs and DVDs)
CustomWare Embedded Hardware/Software Engineering (Manfacturer of the MiniPlex-41 four channel NMEA multiplexer, Netherlands)
The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (18th and 19th century historical North and South American maritime charts and other maps)
Deben Entrance & Orford Entrance (Navigation information and charts for these Suffolk bars)
Des Newman's OziExplorer GPS Mapping Software (Shareware)
Discount Nautical (Discount NOAA/NIMA charts and Maptech digital products)
dKart Navigator Maritime Navigation Software (Uses C-Map and S-57 vector maps)
DRGMapCal (Program which generates map calibration files for Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) map images)
D-Tech Navigation (Raster digital charts of the UK)
EasyNav (Low cost software for marine navigation)
Eric's GPS Page (Help obtaining and using USGS topographical maps with a GPS receiver)
E. S. Ritchie (Manufacturer of marine compasses)
Experimental Free NOAA Chart Viewer Using Google Earth
Explorer Chartbooks (Bahamas and Exumas chart books and tide tables)
FineEdge Productions (Pacific Coast nautical guides, GPS navigation and waypoint books)
Fishingmap.com (Digital and paper lake and fishing maps)
Friends of Hydrography (A group of retired Canadian Hydrographic Service employees preserving the historical highlights of Canadian hydrography)
Fugawi Navigation Software for GPS Receivers
Garmin International (GPS receivers)
Global Navigation Software Co. (PC chart plotter, GPS, celestial, ARPA, Free-ware demo chart plotter for the navigator who can find his/her way around using a sextant and compass)
A Global Positioning System Overview
GPSBabel (Software to convert waypoints, tracks, and routes from one format to another)
GPSdb (Shareware application to help maintain waypoints, tracks, routes, etc. for Garmin GPS systems)
GpsDrive (Free navigation software for Linux)
GPSInformation.net (Receiver information, software and hardware reviews)
The GPS Nuts (Practical guides, tips, tricks, equipment & software reviews and other related information provided by actual GPS users)
GPS Receiver Manufacturers, System Integrators, Equipment Suppliers, and Service Providers (Listing provided by the Canadian Space Geodesy Forum and the University of New Brunswick)
GPS Utility (A shareware program for manipulating GPS information)
GPS Utility's GPS Related Links
GPSy™ (Macintosh GPS communications and GIS mapping program)
Greenwich 2000 (Home of Greenwich Mean Time, GMT)
gvSIG (Free tool for managing digital geographic information)
Hamilton Global Management (Navigation equipment wholesaler, Latvia)
The Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service
IBIS (Shareware GPS/Mapping Software)
ICAN (Electronic charting software, electronic charting systems)
Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd. (Publishers of nautical books, pilots and charts, England)
International Maritime Consultancy - VTS Specialists (VTS centres, legislation, news, research, training, papers, marine casualties)
International Navigation School (Coastal & celestial navigation correspondence courses)
Island Marine Instrument Co. Inc. (Repairs, service and sales of optical and mechanical marine navigation instruments, Lake Stevens, Washington)
JDMCox Software (USA Photo Maps creates scrollable/zoomable, GPS compatible aerial photo or topo maps from data from Microsoft's Terraserver)
Jenifer Clark's Gulfstream (Realtime ocean charts for the Gulf Stream area and all the major currents of the world using infrared imagery, satellite altimetry data, and surface isotherm data)
Jeppesen Marine (Electronic charting software & charts)
Joe Mehaffey and Jack Yeazel's GPS Information Website (GPS receiver information, software, and hardware reviews)
Kettlewell Publishing (Intracoastal Waterway chartbooks, GPS waypoint guides, and Bahamas and Bermuda weather cards)
Knotstick Sailboat Speedometers (Simple, inexpensive strain measuring chip logs)
KVH Industries (Navigational and satellite communication products)
Lake Champlain Publishing Company (publisher and distributor of books and charts for the Hudson River, Champlain Canal, Lake Champlain, Richelieu River, Chambly Canal, & St. Lawrence River)
Landfall Navigation (Charts, offshore safety and navigation equipment)
Larry's Garmin Connector (Shareware hardware for GPS receivers)
Laser Plot Inc. (Maker of the ChartNav chartplotter and Sea-D electronic charts)
Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth-Century Navigation
Linden Software (Navigation and tide prediction software)
Litton Guidance & Control Systems (G&CS, a developer and producer of inertial navigation systems for military applications)
Local Knowledge (Real-time navigation software from Goflow)
Lowrance Electronics, Inc. (Sonar, GPS, and aviation electronics)
Magellan Systems (GPSs)
Magic Instinct Software (Linux and MacOSX software for navigation, real time seafloor mapping and georeferenced underwater digital video)
Map Masters (Waterproof nautical charts, NOAA charts)
Map Seal Map Waterproofing By AquaSeal
Maptech (Digitized charts and navigation software)
Maptech MapServer (Free online topo maps, nautical charts, aero charts, and nav photos)
Maptech's Free Nautical Chart Downloads (Complete raster digital charts)
MarediCarta-Libreria Nautica (Italian & other European charts, navigation supplies, Venice)
Marine Computing International Ltd. (Navigation software and hardware)
Marine Exchange Los Angeles Long Beach Harbor (VTS service)
The Marine Navigators' Chart Agency (International suppliers of charts and cruising guides)
MarinePlanner.com (Voyage planning tools and data, online charts, light lists, chart sales, more)
Maryland Nautical Sales (Charts, cruising guides, books, supplies)
MaxSea Marine Software (Navigation software)
MightyGPS (Seller of navigation software, GPS maps, antennas, accessories)
The Mississippi River Home Page (Travel guides by Pat Middleton, books, charts, travel, weather and navigation links)
Morintech Navigation AS (Design and distribution of dKart navigational and cartographic software)
The National Imagery & Mapping Agency Marine Navigation Department (NIMA)
The National Imagery & Mapping Agency's Online Navigation Publications (Including The American Practical Navigator)
National Ocean Service's MapFinder (NOS, direct Internet access to primary NOS imagery and data holdings for coastal photography, nautical charts, coastal survey maps, environmental sensitivity index maps, hydrographic surveys, water level stations, and geodetic control points)
Nautical Charts.com (Sells a broad selection of navigational charts, books, and guides for recreational and professional mariners)
Nautical Software, Inc. (Tides and currents on electronic charts)
Nautic Systems AS (Manufacturer of nautical instruments & compasses, Norway)
Nautisk Forlag (Charts and navigation publications, Norway)
NavAid™ Software for Mariners (Software package which simulates the light flashing sequences of all major buoys and lightstations)
The Navigation Aid Course Conversion Calculator (A circular sliderule)
Navigation by the Stars (A year 2000 star chart specially compiled for the off-shore yachtsman)
Navigation Center (Nautical chart and book agent, Florida)
Navigator Light (Navigation software, online almanac, celestial navigation fundamentals)
Navman (New Zealand based GPS manufacturer)
NetSea, Inc. (MaxSea Navigator North American distributor)
NOAA Charts in PNG Format (Free downloads)
The NOAA Historical Map and Chart Collection (Free downloads)
NOAA PocketCharts™ (Small boat charts)
Nobeltec Corporation (Marine navigation software)
Nomad Electronics (Pocket Stars celestial navigation software for Pocket PCs)
North Sea Navigator, Inc. (Magnetic compasses, compass adjusting service, clocks, barometers, sextants, plotting tools, charts, binoculars, radar reflectors, etc.)
OceanGrafix (Up to date NOAA nautical charts printed on demand)
Ocean Navigator Magazine ("The magazine of marine navigation and ocean voyaging")
The Office of Coast Survey (NOAA, the US official chartmaker)
The Office of Coast Survey Free Raster Charts (Downloadable from NOAA)
The Office of Coast Survey Historical Map and Chart Collection (300dpi scans of US coastal charts from the 1800s & early 1900s)
The Office of Coast Survey Navigation Services Division
The Office of Coast Survey United States Electronic Coast Pilot (Free downloads)
Office of Coast Survey Wrecks and Obstructions Searchable Database
Oregon Geographic Names (Index associating each name with its latitude, longitide, elevation, and 7.5' quadrangle name)
Oregon's Coastal Rivers & Bays (Bar information from the Oregon State Marine Board)
PDAsupport.com (Links to navigation software for PDAs)
Peter Bennett's NMEA-0183 and GPS Information (Also tide and current prediction programs and navigation programs)
Pinpoint Systems International (Navigation hardware and software, electronic nautical charts)
Plastimo (French manufacturer of compasses)
Portnoy's Ponderables (Navigational brain games)

Positions Explorer (AIS processing and display software)
ProMar Software (Waypoint for Windows navigation software)
Raytheon Marine (RayTech Navigator software)
The Royal Institute of Navigation Home Page
Sam Wormley's Global Positioning System (GPS) Resources
Sea Chest Nautical Bookshop (Admiralty, Imray & Stanford charts, navigational instruments, online catalog, Plymouth, Devon)
SeaClear (Freeware PC navigation software)
Sea Information Systems & Thomas Gunn Navigation Services (Navigation software, charts, Admiralty Notices to Mariners. UK)
Seamans Secrets (Transcription of a 17th century navigation text by John Davis)
Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (French hydrographics service)
Shipwrite Productions (Books about electronic navigation by Kevin Monahan and Don Douglass)
Shipwrite Productions GPS Links
Small Boat GPS (Downloadable practical guide for the average boater)
SoftChart International (Enhanced raster digital charts)
Southern Seas Marine (Australian distributor of Nobeltec navigation software, digital charts & maps)
South Pacific & Caribbean Charts (Used)
Starpath School of Navigation (Classroom and home study, software, books, Seattle)
Stentec Software (Navigation software, digital maps)
Suunto (Manufaturer of compasses)
Telson Communications (GPS navigation equipment)
Thomas Born's Garmin GPS Pages
Thomas Reed Publications (Home of Reed's Nautical Almanacs)
The Traffic Center for Inland Shipping on the Amsterdam Rijnkanaal (Navigation information for the canal that connects Amsterdam with Rotterdam and Germany)
Transas (Maker of electronic charts & navigation systems)
A Treatise on The Astrolabe (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Trimble Navigation Limited ("The GPS Solution")
JDMCox Software (USAPhotoMaps creates scrollable/zoomable, GPS compatible aerial photo or topo maps from data from Microsoft's Terraserver)
US Charts (Free Florida charts)
The US Coast Guard Auxiliary District 14 Aids to Navigation Page
The US Coast Guard Auxiliary's 1999 Coast Guard Light Lists (Uncorrected)
US Coast Guard Navigation Center
US Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service Puget Sound
VTS at Traffic Centre Hook of Holland
VTS International Consultants Inc. (Port/state VTS operations management)
Waterproof Charts ("The original Waterproof Charts")
Waypoint (Charts, computers, navigation equipment, software, books)
The Web's First Animated Guide to Marine Navigation
Weems & Plath (Navigation tools and instruments, Annapolis, Maryland)
West Marine Books & Charts (Sausalito, California)
TheAgeofSail.com (Photos of liners taken in the '60s)
Bosman & Bosman Nautische Uitgevers (Prints of ocean liners)
Brian Hawley's RMS Olympic and RMS Caronia Pages
Canadian Pacific Railway Great Lakes Steamships
The Classic Liners of Long Ago (The "superliners" of the 20th century)
The Crow's Nest (A site dedicated to the liner SS Canberra)
The Debris Field (Ocean liner history, articles and modeling)
Encyclopedia Titanica (Passenger and crew biographies and comprehensive Titanic history)
Fraser Darrah's Blue Star Line Page (History, reminiscences and photos)
Gigantic Concepts...Titanic Dreams... (To build a new Titanic?)
Great Eastern Salvage Co. (Dedicated to the preservation and restoration of antiques and collectibles generated by the steamship Great Eastern)
The Great Ocean Liners - From the Great Eastern to the QE2
Great Ships (The postcard and ocean liner ephemera collection of Jeff Newman)
The Harland and Wolff Archive Department (Builders of the Titanic)
Joseph's Titanic Site (Artwork, White Star history and more)
The Last Ocean Liners (Ships and 1962 sailing schedules of the Interchange Lines)
Linerslist (Discussion related to ocean liners of the past and present)
Maritime Matters (Ocean Liner history and cruise ship news)
A Memorial to the Wilhelm Gustloff (Former German Labor Front cruise liner sunk by a Soviet submarine while carrying refugees in 1945)
The Messageries Maritimes Page (Dedicated to the French steamship line)
The Official RMS Republic Website
Philip Baxter's Ships Photo Archive (Images of liners drawn from family archives)
Postcards Ocean Liners (Antique & collectible ship postcards for sale, Zurich)
The Queen Elizabeth 2 Home Page
The Queen Mary 2 (New Cunard transatlantic liner)
The Queen Mary Enthusiasts' Page
Rêve de France (History of the liner France and Norway)
The RMS Titanic Revisited! (Get your own lump of coal!)
Roel Zwama's Shiplovers Homepage (Photo's and data of Dutch passenger ships from 1870 to the present)
The Royal Mail Steamship Scotia (A history of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's last Atlantic paddle steamship)
Ship Aficionado Magazine ("Reviewing great liners and cruise ships of yesterday and today")
Simplon Postcards (Galleries of postcards and photographs of ocean liners, cruise ships, ferries and excursion vessels)
The SS Australis (The life of the luxury cruise liner, formerly the SS America/West Point)
ss Maritime (Photos and articles featuring both great and lesser known liners of yesteryear)
The SS United States Foundation (Save the United States!)
Stephen Card Maritime Artist (Paintings of liners and cruise ships)
The Titanic Homepage ("The Titanic sinks into the Internet")
Titanic Resources (From NASA)
Titanic Titanic! (All about the Titanic, including the Titanic Titanic discussion forum)
A Tribute to the Swedish American Line
VBPictures (Paintings and colored profile drawings of Dutch liners by C. E. A. van Boeckel)
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