Raymarine e7 - 6.1 Chart application overview

6.1Chartapplicationoverview
Thechartapplicationprovidesanelectronicchartwithpassage
planningandnavigationfeatures.Itcombines2Dand3Dviewpoints
andprovidesavarietyofcartographicinformationregardingyour
surroundingsandchartedobjects.
Typicalusesforthechartapplicationinclude:
•Monitoryourvessellocationandheading.
•Interpretyoursurroundings.
•Measuredistanceandbearing.
•Navigateusingwaypoints.
•Plan,andNavigateusingroutes.
•Monitorxedandmovingobjectsusingradaroverlay.
•MonitorvesselsinyourvicinityusingAISdata.
•Keeptrackandrecordyourcourse.
•Viewinformationforchartedobjects.
•OverlayNOWRadweatherinformation.
•Overlayaerialphotosandotherchartenhancements
Note:T oobtainfull3Ddetail,youmusthavechartcards
containing3Dcartographyfortheappropriategeographicarea.
Youcanalsouseyourmultifunctiondisplaytocustomizeyourchart
applicationtoyourownparticularrequirementsandcircumstances.
Youcan:
•Alterthewaythechartisdrawninrelationtoyourvesselandthe
directionyouaretravellingin(chartorientationandmotionmode).
•Manageandeditchartdatayouhaveentered.
•Controlthelevelofdetaildisplayedon-screen.
Chartdatum
Thechartdatumsettingaffectstheaccuracyofthevesselposition
informationdisplayedinthechartapplication.
InorderforyourGPSreceiverandmultifunctiondisplaytocorrelate
accuratelywithyourpapercharts,theymustbeusingthesame
datum.
ThedefaultdatumforyourmultifunctiondisplayisWGS1984.If
thisisnotthedatumusedbyyourpapercharts,youcanchange
thedatumusedbyyourmultifunctiondisplay,usingthesystem
preferencespage.Thesystempreferencespagecanbeaccessed
fromthehomescreen:Set-up>SystemSettings>System
Preferences>SystemDatum.
Whenyouchangethedatumforyourmultifunctiondisplay,the
chartgridwillsubsequentlymoveaccordingtothenewdatum,and
thelatitude/longitudeofthecartographicfeatureswillalsochange
accordingly.Yourmultifunctiondisplaywillattempttosetupany
GPSreceivertothenewdatum,asfollows:
•IfyourmultifunctiondisplayhasabuiltinGPSreceiveritwill
automaticallycorrelateeachtimeyouchangethedatum.
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