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Anticlutter Names and icons shown. Note: this is independent of the change in
detail shown at diff erent zoom levels.
Hides some less important names and icons when they overlap to make
the chart clearer.
Value added data
Non marine chart data shown
Projected course The Explorer can estimate the course after a given time, based on the
current speed and heading (see section 3-4). The options are 2 minutes, 10
minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours or Off .
CDI scale See Appendix C. The options are 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 and 10.0
distance units.
Lat/lon grid
displays a latitude and longitude grid.
Boundaries Displays boundaries around areas where more detailed chart coverage is
available: Auto shows the next four detail levels; On shows all.
Text/icon size Select the size of chart text and icons.
Water submenu
Water features displays nature of seabed (for example, M shows areas of mud)
and tide station icons.
Bathymetric[s] lines Displays underwater depth contours between Bath & dndgs min
and max.
Spot soundings Displays underwater depth contours between Bath & dndgs min
and max.
Bath & sndgs min The minimum depth for Bathymetrics and Spot soundings.
Bath & sndgs max The maximum depth for Bathymetrics and Spot soundings.
Tidal stream
displays dynamic tide fl ows: arrows on a chart showing the present tide
stream and orientation (requires a GPS fi x and an NT-MAX card)
Land submenu
Land features displays land features, for example regions, rivers, roads, railways, air-
ports. [note the position of this option has changed from the Explorer 538]
Land elevation
displays land contours, shaded like depths (requires an NT Max card)
Other submenu
Waypoints Displays waypoints: Hide all only displays waypoints on any selected
route; Selected displays waypoints with their display option set to Icon or
I+N (Icon and Name); Show all displays all waypoints (see section 5).
Names
displays place names.
Lights Light House display options: Off hides all light indicators (the icon still
shows); No sectors hides sectors; On shows sectors; Animated acti-
vates light animation.
Note: with light animation enabled sectors are not visible, animation only
operates in single chart view or in the top chart of chart + chart
Nav-aids Displays signals (fog, radar, radio stations) and bouys. Int and US select the
icon format; Simpl draws simpler icons.
Attention areas
displays attention area boundaries and information icons ; attention
areas are important areas, such as restricted anchorages or shallow areas.