3. ECDIS Display
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3.3.2 Information area
The information area displays your ship's position, course and speed and the cursor's location on the chart
Information from the positioning sensors:
• HDG: Heading and its source if it is not true gyro.
• SPD: Water speed
• SB: Transversal speed, positive value to Starboard.
• COG: Course over ground and its source
• SOG: Speed over ground
• Latitude and longitude position of own ship
• Datum in use (WGS 72, WGS 84, European 1950, etc.),
which is shown above positioning source.
• Positioning source: Dead Reckoning, GPS, DGPS,
LORAN, FILTER, etc.
(WT)
Cursor position information:
• Latitude and longitude position of cursor displayed in
selected datum.
• Range and bearing from your ship's position to cursor
Note: The order of items in the position and cursor
windows can change with the sidebar used. See the next
page.
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