section_path: Standards, training and organisations/Publications
section_name: Publications
paragraph_text: Publications
  
  Numerous nautical publications are available on navigation, which are published by professional sources all over the world. In the UK, the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, the Witherby Publishing Group and the Nautical Institute provide numerous navigational publications, including the comprehensive Admiralty Manual of Navigation.
  
  In the US, Bowditch's American Practical Navigator is a free available encyclopedia of navigation issued by the US Government.