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Can charts be scanned/copied and included in books? Does this require special licensing or a release/credit of some sort?

April 26, 2017Books charts copied credit included licensing release require scanned sort special

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Can charts be scanned/copied and included in books? Does this require special licensing or a release/credit of some sort?

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All products published by the National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO) are in the public domain and not copyright protected; therefore, it is perfectly legal to reproduce and publish any of our charts so long as any NACO or FAA logo isn’t visible. The reason for this is that the FAA cannot endorse a private industry product or service. No written release or credit is necessary. Since all of our products are date sensitive we recommend that you seek legal advice or stipulate that these charts are not to be used for actual flight navigation in the event that someone decides to use your publication for that purpose.