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On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:16:41 -0700, Royer, Doug wrote:

>OUTSTANDING George!!! You just answered what was to be my next question(and
>ultimate goal)after this question was tabulated.You are the 1st to say you
>correct your charts!!I know that was not in the original question but Bully
>on you!
>Part of my duties were to correct all the charts,and log all corrections in
>the ships log,as required.
>

I did not discuss this point, but perhaps should have. From about 1984
to the mid 1990s, we faithfully updated charts from printouts generated
by the Automated Notice to Mariners system of the US Hydrographic
Office. This was relatively easy because it was a text-based
direct-dial modem (or SSB for those at sea) and I could write a script
that I could start with a keystroke and ignore while it took down
corrections sorted by chart number.

Before that we used the paper Local Notices. These were not as
convenient, because each correction was printed once, with a list of
chart numbers following.

SInce the world-wide web became universal, just getting the updates is
a manual hassle. I have been much sloppier. We have gotten away with
this because of the GPS, which lets us identify renumbered ATONs by
location.

If anyone knows a way to automate the current system, I hope s/he will
post it.







Rodney Myrvaagnes J36   Opinionated old geezer

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

   

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