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NOAA Historical Maps and Charts

Provided by: NOAA , part of the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program

NOAA Historical Maps and Charts

Provided by: NOAA , part of the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program

This product is part of the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program and contains data sets that are publicly available for anyone to access and use. No subscription is required. Unless specifically stated in the applicable data set documentation, data sets available through the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program are not provided and maintained by AWS.

Description

Historical Charts are not for Navigation. The collection primarily consists of historic charts and maps produced by NOAA's Coast Survey and its predecessors, especially the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and the U.S. Lake Survey (previously under the Department of War). The collection also includes bathymetric maps, land sketches, Civil War battle maps, aeronautical charting from the 1930s to the 1950s, and other drawings and photographs.

License

NOAA data disseminated through NODD is made available under the [Creative Commons 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0) license](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=chooser-v1\ ), which is well-known and internationally recognized. There are no restrictions on the use of the data. The data are open to the public and can be used as desired. NOAA has adopted the Creative Commons license to ensure maximum use of our data, to spur and encourage exploration and innovation throughout the industry. This license is applicable to each of the NOAA datasets made available by NODD. NOAA requests attribution for the use or dissemination of unaltered NOAA data. However, it is not permissible to state or imply endorsement by or affiliation with NOAA. If you modify NOAA data, you may not state or imply that it is original, unaltered NOAA data.

How to cite

NOAA Historical Maps and Charts was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-historicalcharts .

Update frequency
Periodic manual updates when historic charts are added to the collection.
Support information

Managed by: NOAA 

Contact: For any questions regarding data delivery not associated with this platform or any general questions regarding the NOAA Big Data Program, email noaa.bdp@noaa.gov. For general questions or feedback about the data, please submit inquiries through the NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS) ASSIST Tool at https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/customer-service/assist/ .

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Resources on AWS

Description

NOAA Historic Chart Datasets

Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::noaa-nos-historicalcharts-pds
AWS Region
us-east-1

AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)

aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://noaa-nos-historicalcharts-pds/

Usage examples