History of updates to the Vector Charts cloud service.

April 2026

Lighthouse light sectors and public chart updates.

• Lighthouse light sectors render on the map; toggle them in the style editor
• Public chart updates are now ingested once per week

March 2026

Public chart updates and style customization.

• Customize sounding colors in the style editor
• Public chart updates appear automatically when new data is available

February 2026

Added custom style editor and account settings.

• Customize chart appearance with your own colors, icon sizes, opacity, and imported styles (Business plan)
• Choose which email notifications you receive in account settings

December 2025

More chart sources and style control.

• Added US inland waterway charts with expanded symbols and basemap detail
• Added API parameter to show or hide specific chart layers via the style API
• Updated getting-started guides in the portal

November 2025

Pricing and Business plan APIs.

• Updated usage-based pricing.
• Query, GeoJSON, shoreline, and routing APIs available on the Business plan

October 2025

Improved chart rendering, and metadata API.

• Added attributions endpoint for chart data sources
• More chart symbols and clearer icons, areas, and depth contours
• Portal UI: Added a Terms of Service agreement when signing in
• Portal UI: View pending invoices in the portal

September 2025

Tweaks to chart rendering and billing.

• Render buoy marks and other symbols render more accurately on the map
• Increased API usage limits by plan

August 2025

Added Business account APIs for raw data manipulation.

• Added GeoJSON query, elevation query, and general query API endpoints

July 2025

Added Team / Business accounts, improvements to chart licensing.

• Share an account with your team; billing and usage are tracked at the account level
• View invoice history and monthly usage in the portal
• Added a feature request website
• Added internationalization/units: show depth labels in meters, feet, or fathoms
• Improved symbology of unsafe areas on the map
• Improved basemap coverage at lower zoom levels; map now covers the entire world
• Browse available charts in the portal

April 2025

Added more granular API token security.

• Added feature to restrict API tokens to specific origins

March 2025

Pricing and basemap.

• Updated the usage-based subscription pricing.
• Added symbology for Airports.

February 2025

Improved rendering.

• Tweaked depth sounding font; soundings display more clearly
• Increased the maximum rendering of tiles to Z 14.
• Added overscale rendering to display tiles above Z 14.

September 2024

Initial launch of Vector Charts Cloud!

• Added web portal: sign up, create API tokens, and track usage from the portal
• Added API server: Vector and raster chart tiles available via the API
• Initial release of documentation and setup guide
• Added a free tier to the API so you can try Vector Charts before subscribing
• Added a graph to track API usage in the portal UI
• Added warning when API usage is approaching your account’s limit