Add Nautical Charts to your Web App

The easiest way to add beautiful, informative vector nautical charts to your maritime-related product.

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Charts for the Modern Web

We use Mapbox Vector Tiles, the standard for modern maps, keeping info crisp at any zoom level.

Vector Tiles make our API the smoothest, fastest, and most bandwidth-efficient way to add nautical charts to your app.

Change Display Properties

Change between day & night color schemes, adjust safety contours, and hide and show specific layers.

Want more customization? Use our style editor to customize any display property.

Search Features by Location

Build recommendations and location-specific context in your application with the Search API, which provides chart feature data based on spatial searches.

Search API Docs

Point-to-Point Routing

Generate point-to-point route waypoints or check route feasibility with the Routing API.

Many Data Sources, One Simple API

The Vector Charts API can display data from a wide range of nautical chart & bathymetry sources.

Public S-57 ENCs

Our free base map sources from government hydrographic offices, including NOAA and the Army Corps of Engineers.

User-Sourced ENCs

Upload user-purchased S-57, S-63, S-100, and DNC® chart cells (Only in Vector Charts OEM)

Licensed Data

We license commercial nautical chart & bathymetry data directly to provide global coverage as paid add-ons.

Crowdsourced Bathymetry

Join our Crowdsourced Data program to contribute to our ever-growing user-generated maps.

Wide Compatibility

Our APIs are compatible and tested with many popular GIS tools and web map rendering libraries.

Multiple Deployment Options

Use our turnkey Cloud API, or embed the Vector Charts SDK directly into your product.

VECTOR CHARTS CLOUD

Easy chart API integration for web-connected products.

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VECTOR CHARTS OEM

Add charts to your hardware product, works without internet.

Try It Out

Test our chart rendering with Vector Charts Viewer, our free web & mobile marine navigation app.

Vector Charts Viewer

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