NGA Sailing Directions, URLs for direct downloads

[TradewindSailing]

Cam pointed out in http://www.sailnet.com/forums/privat...wpm&pmid=31028
what a wonderful resource www.nga.mil 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Please report any broken or outdated links via PM, I will then edit and correct the original post to keep the list current.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/St...0/120setup.zip
Pub. 140 - North Atlantic, Baltic Sea, North Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea (Planning Guide), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...0/140setup.zip

Pub. 160 - South Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean (Eroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...0/160setup.zip

Pub. 180 - Arctic Ocean (Planning Guide), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...0/180setup.zip

Pub. 200 - Antarctica (Planning Guide and Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...ub200setup.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), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...3/123setup.zip

Pub. 124 - East Coast of South America (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...4/124setup.zip

Pub. 125 - West Coast of South America (Enroute), 2004
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...125/pub125.zip

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

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

Pub. 131 - Western Mediterranean (Enroute), 2004
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...131/pub131.zip

Pub. 132 - Eastern Mediterranean (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...132/pub132.zip

Pub. 141 - Scotland (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...1/141setup.zip

Pub. 142 - Ireland and the West Coast of England (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...2/142setup.zip

Pub. 143 - West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa (Enroute), 2005
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...143/pub143.zip

Pub. 145 - Nova Scotia and the Saint Lawrence (Enroute), 2005
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...145/pub145.zip

Pub. 146 - Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudson Bay (Enroute), 2005
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...146/pub146.zip

Pub. 147 - Caribbean Sea - Volume I (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...147/pub147.zip

Pub. 148 - Caribbean Sea - Volume II (Enroute), 2004
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...148/pub148.zip

Pub. 153 - West Coasts of Mexico and Central America (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...3/153setup.zip

Pub. 154 - British Columbia (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...4/154setup.zip

Pub. 155 - East Coast of Russia (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...5/155setup.zip

Pub. 157 - Coasts of Korea and China (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...7/157setup.zip

Pub. 158 - Japan - Volume I (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...8/158setup.zip

Pub. 159 - Japan - Volume II (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...159/pub159.zip

Pub. 161 - South China Sea and The Gulf of Thailand (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...1/161setup.zip

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

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

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

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

Pub. 172 - Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...2/172setup.zip

Pub. 173 - India and The Bay of Bengal (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...3/173setup.zip

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

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

Pub. 181 - Greenland and Iceland (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...181/pub181.zip

Pub. 182 - North and West Coasts of Norway (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...2/182setup.zip

Pub. 183 - North Coast of Russia (Enroute), 2005
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...ion/pub183.zip

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

Pub. 192 - North Sea (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...2/192setup.zip

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

Pub. 194 - Baltic Sea - Southern Part (Enroute), 2007
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...4/194setup.zip

Pub. 195 - Gulf of Finland and Gulf of Bothnia (Enroute)
http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...ion/pub195.zip

[camaraderie]

I am making this a sticky so it will always be easily available! thanks TWS!

[sailingdog]

Thanks TWS...

[xort]

Why aren't Sailing Directions for the east & west coast of the US included?

[TradewindSailing]

xort

what you are looking for is the "United States Coast Pilot", available in several chapter from NOAA, not NGA. I'll try to compile a list of links for that too.

[xort]

Ahh, of course, forgot about the coast pilot.
Thanks

[bigoceans]

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

[btrayfors]

Nick,

If you'll shoot me an email I'll send you the PDF.

bill at wdsg dot com

Bill

[sailingdog]

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.

Originally Posted by bigoceans

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

[bigoceans]

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