Chapter 4-22 Chart menu and INFO windows
Human dictionary - when set to ON, the shown information will be written
in more clear and understandable text.
Land areas - can be set to FILLED or CONTOUR.
FILLED= The land areas will be filled with a preset color in the Palette setup.
CONTOUR= The land areas will be shown with a contour line only and the
landfill will be the same as the background/water color on the chart.
Land settings -
can all be set ON=Shown on chart or OFF=Not shown on chart.
Marine settings
- can all be set ON or OFF, except for Nav-Aids which can be
set to INTERNATIONAL, INT. SIMPLIFIED, US, US SIMPLIFIED or OFF.
Nav-Aids - include Lights, Light Sectors, Signals and Buoys.
INTERNATIONAL
(Lights, Light Sectors, Signals, Buoys)
- will present Nav-
Aids in ‘real life’ shapes and colors for quick visual recognition (as per official
INT1 standard paper chart presentation).
INT. SIMPLIFIED (Signals, Buoys) - the NavAids will be shown in generic
symbols for minimum visual clutter on-screen.
US (Lights, Light Sectors, Signals, Buoys) - will present NavAids in simpli-
fied shapes and real colors (as generally found on NOAA paper charts).
US SIMPLIFIED (Signals, Buoys) - the NavAids will be shown in generic
symbols for minimum visual clutter on-screen.
OFF - will shown no Nav-Aids on the chart.
Mixing levels - when set to ON, the number of blank chart areas will be
reduced, as the C-MAP library will find the missing area in a different level
to cover the blank area otherwise left on the screen. However, when using this
feature, chart re-draw time will be increased a little.
Orientation - can be set to NORTH UP, COURSE UP or NAV UP, and the
mode can be RELATIVE or TRUE motion.
NORTH UP - the chart will always be presented as north up.
COURSE UP - the chart will automatically turn, so your actual course (COG)
is up. If chart cursor is active it will stop the chart from rotating, press [CLR]
to turn cursor off. If a compass is connected, the reference will automatically
change to heading (compass).
NAV UP - the chart will automatically turn, so your bearing to destination is
up. If chart cursor is active it will stop the chart from rotating, press [CLR] to
turn cursor off.
RELATIVE motion - the ‘ship is positioned at the center of the screen and the
chart will move.
TRUE motion - the ‘ship’ will move across the chart.
Points of interest - when set to ON, you can obtain information on special
CX34/44/54 Operator manual