6. ECDIS Overview
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6.2 Setting up Before Departure
Update chart material
Update your S57 chart material before embarking on a new voyage. To get more information about updating S57
charts, see Chapter 7 Vector Chart Material.
Display and approve dates for S57 charts and manual updates
Note: It is very important that you set the Display and Approve dates for S57 charts as the current date.
There may be features which require chart viewing dates or seasonal dates in S57 charts. Accordingly, if you have
not set Display and Approve dates as the current date there is a possibility that you can get a wrong presentation or
some feature may be absent. For how to set Display and Approve dates, see section 7.11 Chart Viewing Dates and
Seasonal Features of the Vector Chart.
Creating or updating user chart
If necessary, create a new user chart or modify an existing one. For more information about user charts, see Chapter
12 User Chart Control.
Creating or updating Notes
If necessary, create a new Notes or modify an existing one. For more information about Notes, see Chapter 13
Notes.
6.2.1 Setting chart alert calculation
Set chart alert areas suitable for your
coming voyage. For more information,
see Chapter 9 Chart Alerts.
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