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NGA Sailing Directions, URLs for direct downloads

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#1 · (Edited)
Cam pointed out in http://www.sailnet.com/forums/private.php?do=showpm&pmid=31028
what a wonderful resource National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is. But I find it rather annoying how they hide the links for downloads, especially if I want more than one file.

I have been maintaining a list of URLs to the files and thought I would share them here.

Unfortunately you still have to unzip the files and run the executable to get to the PDF files.

Please report any broken or outdated links via PM, I will then edit and correct the original post to keep the list current.

Links tested and valid as of 20071124

Sailing Directions Planning Guide
Planning Guides include relevant physical, political, industrial, navigational and regulatory information about the countries adjacent to a particular ocean basin in a single volume.

Pub. 120 - Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia, 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub120/120setup.zip
Pub. 140 - North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, North Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea (Planning Guide), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub140/140setup.zip

Pub. 160 - South Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean (Eroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub160/160setup.zip

Pub. 180 - Arctic Ocean (Planning Guide), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub180/180setup.zip

Pub. 200 - Antarctica (Planning Guide and Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub200/Pub200setup.zip

Sailing Directions Enroute
Enroute include detailed coastal and port approach information, supplementing the largest scale chart of the area. Each publication is subdivided into geographic regions, called sectors, which contain information about the coastal weather, currents, ice, dangers, features and ports, as well as a graphic key to the charts available for the area.

Pub. 123 - Southwest Coast of Africa (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub123/123setup.zip

Pub. 124 - East Coast of South America (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub124/124setup.zip

Pub. 125 - West Coast of South America (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub125/125setup.zip

Pub. 126 - Pacific Islands (Enroute), 2005
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub126/pub126.zip

Pub. 127 - East Coast of Australia and New Zealand (Enroute), 2004
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub127/pub127.zip

Pub. 131 - Western Mediterranean (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub131/131setup.zip

Pub. 132 - Eastern Mediterranean (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub132/132setup.zip

Pub. 141 - Scotland (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub141/141setup.zip

Pub. 142 - Ireland and the West Coast of England (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub142/142setup.zip

Pub. 143 - West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub143/143setup.zip

Pub. 145 - Nova Scotia and the Saint Lawrence (Enroute), 2005
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub145/145setup.zip

Pub. 146 - Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudson Bay (Enroute), 2005
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub146/146setup.zip

Pub. 147 - Caribbean Sea - Volume I (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub147/147setup.zip

Pub. 148 - Caribbean Sea - Volume II (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub148/148setup.zip

Pub. 153 - West Coasts of Mexico and Central America (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub153/153setup.zip

Pub. 154 - British Columbia (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub154/154setup.zip

Pub. 155 - East Coast of Russia (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub155/155setup.zip

Pub. 157 - Coasts of Korea and China (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub157/157setup.zip

Pub. 158 - Japan - Volume I (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub158/158setup.zip

Pub. 159 - Japan - Volume II (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub159/pub159.zip

Pub. 161 - South China Sea and The Gulf of Thailand (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub161/161setup.zip

Pub. 162 - Philippine Islands (Enroute), 2004
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub162/pub162.zip

Pub. 163 - Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi, and Nusa Tenggara (Enroute), 2005
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub163/pub163.zip

Pub. 164 - New Guinea (Enroute), 2004
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub164/pub164.zip

Pub. 171 - East Africa and the South Indian Ocean (Enroute), 2004
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub171/pub171.zip

Pub. 172 - Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub172/172setup.zip

Pub. 173 - India and The Bay of Bengal (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub173/173setup.zip

Pub. 174 - Strait of Malacca and Sumatera (Enroute), 2004
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub174/pub174.zip

Pub. 175 - North, West, and South Coasts of Australia (Enroute), 2004
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub175/pub175.zip

Pub. 181 - Greenland and Iceland (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub181/pub181.zip

Pub. 182 - North and West Coasts of Norway (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub182/182setup.zip

Pub. 183 - North Coast of Russia (Enroute), 2005
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub183_new_edition/pub183.zip

Pub. 191 - English Channel (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub191/pub191.zip

Pub. 192 - North Sea (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub192/192setup.zip

Pub. 193 - Skagerrak Kattegat (Enroute), 2004
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub193/pub193.zip

Pub. 194 - Baltic Sea - Southern Part (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub194/194setup.zip

Pub. 195 - Gulf of Finland and Gulf of Bothnia (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub195_new_edition/pub195.zip
 
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#3 ·
Thanks TWS...
 
#7 ·
Hi! Is anyone able to do me a really big favour, and copy the PDF's which are embedded in the .exe setups for 120setup.zip? I desperately need to read the contents of the file, but I'm on a Mac. God, I have no idea why the NGA make it so difficult - Why not just distribute the PDF? Why make an installer/wrapper just to show what is a PDF on the inside anyway?

Nick
bigoceans.com
 
#9 ·
If I get enough requests for this, I could host the PDFs on one of my webservers. BTW, if you rename the file .zip, Stuffit or many of the other decompression utilities should open the file without much trouble. I'm on a mac too.. ;)

Bill-

Be aware that many mail servers don't accept attachments over 5 mb in size.
 
#10 ·
TradeWind.. I made a very stupid mistake - I said 120.zip, but I actually meant 160.zip - I will need 120.zip, but right now I need to get across the Atlantic before the South pacific pilot becomes any use :)

Sorry mate, is it possible to help me out again with the contents of 160.zip? I tried to PM you, but I'm restricted as a new user...

-sorry, nick
 
#12 ·
BTW, IIRC, that trick only works if they were using a Zip file self-extracting file. If they're using some other compression algorithm, I doubt it'll work.
 
#13 ·
Ah ok, I figured that might be the case about the .exe.. Anyway, thanks Tradewind, all sorted now!

I had another question - Someone mentioned there are big raster based pilot charts of the South Atlantic from NOAA, or NGA, which you could actually download and get printed for navigation. I have no idea if this is true, or what the implications are, but that's one I've been told. Can any Americans enlighten me on the subject?

nick
 
#14 ·
bigO...pilot charts are planning charts...not navigational charts. There are pilot chart links here...just enter into search...and you will find many that have been added in the last week or so.
If it is REAL navigational charts you are looking foor, then I am not aware of any free ocean charts BUT the entire USA coast and PR and the USVI are available for both viewing and download for free. Here's a pdf of what you can get for free:
http://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/chartcatalogs/Sailing-General_10_Jan_06.pdf
 
#15 ·
Nick-
"I have no idea why the NGA make it so difficult"
Very simple, really. I had a discussion with someone there some years ago and asked why they were doing something in a particularly cumbersome way. I was told "that's because we're a government agency and we are here to serve the military and other agencies not civilians" and the way it was said made it clear that the huge civilian presence (and burden) was something they had a great distaste for.
If NGA (which really should be called NGSIA or NGIA, but no, they have to compete with the other 3-letter agencies) had their way, they'd cut off access to everyone who wasn't coming from a .mil or .gov address. There's a lot of that mindset in too many agencies, who forget the damned hoi-poloi pay the bills.
 
#16 ·
Ok, well that clears things up for me re navigation charts. As I said, someone informed me the NGA kept high resolution (45mb images) which showed navigational routes, wind statistics, and a lat+long grid which one could navigate on. This was after I told him I was going to spend $90 on gnomic charts for the South Atlantic. Clearly I was excited about the prospect of spending that $90 on something else... However, you seem to have burst that myth - I was somewhat suspect myself.

As for the NGA. Well, that seems like pretty childish behaviour - Intentionally making things difficult. In fact, packaging up PDF's in .exe's would be more work for the agency... If they had any sense at all, they'd simply dump everything in a public FTP folder, and let the public scavenge the bits without complex drop down menus, installers and other oddities. This would be far simpler for everyone concerned.

nick
 
#20 ·
This is fantastic!

I wanted to point out that the links to the Carribean Sea I & II are both not working. If I understood the root website well enough, I would offer new links, but unfortunately I am not able to yet.
 
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