navigational chart

Sailor's route guide

A navigational chart is a map designed for planning and tracking routes, especially at sea or in the air.

Unlike general maps, navigational charts show information critical to safe passage: water depths, hazards, currents, landmarks, and radio frequencies.

Mariners and pilots plot courses on them: The captain consulted the navigational chart before entering the harbor.

Related

sextant · nautical almanac · sea lane · shipping lane · wayfinding · hydrographic survey · coastal waters · compass rose · mariner · latitude · true north · magnetic north · sailing · shipping routes · cartography · seafaring · pilotage · tide tables

Opposites
domain of travel

navigational chartroad atlas

Bound collection of maps

road map · street map · highway map · trail map · topographic map

precision and purpose

navigational charttourist map

Illustrated area guide for visitors

mental map · wall map · globe

orientation method

navigational chartdead reckoning

Position-tracking via estimated motion

celestial navigation

Family

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G