Carte marine Shom
The Shom, a decisive player in the hydrographic world
SHOM (Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy) is a public administrative establishment under the supervision of the Ministry of the Armed Forces. Heir to the repository of maps and plans of the navy, created in 1720, its head office is located today on the Atlantic coast, in Brest. The shom is in charge of describing and forecasting the oceans, from the coast to the open sea. The Shom thus actively contributes to the development of the maritime world in France. It provides numerous instructions, information and data on the subject of tides and navigation charts for example.
Shom charts, the marine chart reference
Shom publishes nautical charts for civil, military, fishing, commercial and even recreational sailors. Each shom nautical chart has a lot of information on the maritime space allowing you to best trace your navigation route. Shom nautical charts are published in paper format as well as in digital format. A paper nautical chart is one of the essential navigation elements. This format allows you to have your map easily at hand and to obtain information on the islands crossed, the port you wish to enter, etc. allowing you to improve the security of your browsing. In digital format, your map will be in the form of a database or GPS image. Each nautical chart has nautical information relating to the tide, ports, new dangers, etc.
Nautical information is collected, reported and disseminated thanks to the participation of numerous authorities, services and administrations. The charts published by the marine hydrographic oceanographic service are a database and nautical information which can be recovery as does Navicarte which uses these resources to publish simpler and more accessible charts.
Our Shom nautical charts
A very wide choice of shom card is available on our site. Each card offered is a very practical shom folded card which is easily transportable due to its format. A folded shom card is in A4 format and changes to A0 format once unfolded. The scale of each map is different depending on the size of the area covered. These documents are very important works for sailing to the Mediterranean Sea or the Atlantic. Our SHOM maps cover all the coasts of France and more widely from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, including the Atlantic Ocean. Each card is made from latex-filled paper for greater water resistance. Each product is a category bringing together numerous paper marine charts covering the named area.
For the northern area, the perfectly cover the North Sea area including the map from Calais to Dunkirk with its scale of 1:43139.
For Brittany and the west of the Channel, the allows you to sail off the Breton coast without constraints.
If you want to navigate the entire Atlantic area from the west southwest of France to the north of Spain, the groups together all the maps you will need for this area.
To leave France, the are a category bringing together the coastal maps of these countries.
Finally, the Mediterranean area is covered by several works including the You will find cities like Marseille, Toulon, Cassis and their port.
The nautical chart at Nautisports
From the Shom chart to the Navicarte marine chart, the documents that we offer on our page are official documents. Each product has numerous details on its dedicated page, such as its price, the areas covered, the scale, the material (mostly paper) of the map, its format (folded or not), etc. Do not hesitate to leave a review if you would like, for example, the integration of a marine chart that we do not offer again.
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