2-3-8 Section 2: Using Digital Instruments
ST290 Instrument System Owner’s Handbook
There are no adjustable values in the Navigate chapter.
GPS chapter
The GPS chapter repeats the fix status, number of satellites and horizon-
tal dilution of position (HDOP) information for your GPS system. The
on-screen chapter title is GPS. The pages are summarized in Table 3-6 .
There are no adjustable values in the GPS chapter.
Table 3-5: NAVIGATE chapter pages
Page content Description
50º 2.310N (example)
Latitude
134º 2.320W (example)
Longitude
COG
Course over ground, in degrees
SOG
Speed over ground, in KTS, MPH or K/H
CMG
Course made good, in degrees
DMG
Distance made good, in SM, KM or NM
WP followed by first 13 characters of WP name
Waypoint name
BTW
Bearing to waypoint, in degrees
DTW
Distance to waypoint, in either SM, KM or NM
ETA
Estimated time of arrival (at waypoint)
TTG
Time to go (to waypoint)
XTE plus steer bar
Cross track error plus steer bar
Table 3-6: GPS chapter pages
Page content Description
FIX
Fix status
SATELLITES
Number of satellites
HDOP
Horizontal dilution of position
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