Moving around the chart
ENC DATA AVAILABLE INDICATOR:
When a route is checked for danger, an indication is given when the route crosses an area
covered by ENC data. When a route is being monitored (See
) an alarm is
generated when the ship enters into area covered by ENC data.
MOVING AROUND THE CHART
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ANUAL SCROLLING
• Locate the cursor near the chart edge area and a ‘pan’ pointer will appear , pointing
in one of eight directions, depending on where the cursor is located along the chart edge.
Click the left mouse button to scroll the chart in the direction of the pointer.
• Double click the left mouse button while pointing at the chart and the chart will be
centred in that position.
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When displaying raster charts, place the cursor outside of the active raster chart and
double click the left button to automatically load the chart located under the cursor. If
several charts are available under the cursor, the system will load the chart with the most
precise scale.
• Hot keys: the four Arrows keys allow scrolling of the chart to the North, , East, South or
West.
• Hot keys are active when the focus is on the chart window.(If the keys are not active, click
once inside the chart area to change the focus)
• Localize in
dialogue centres the chart on the selected object
• Double click on target in the target table centres the chart on the target
• Double click on WP in route plan centres the chart on the waypoint.
AUTOMATIC SCROLLING
ECDIS900 automatically scrolls the chart in the following cases:
ROUTE OR USER OBJECT PLOTTING
To plot a waypoint or a user defined object outside the current S57 chart area, move the
cursor in the desired direction, and the chart scrolls in that direction automatically. With a
raster chart, move the cursor in the desired direction and the chart scrolls automatically in
that direction until it moves outside the current chart. Clicking on the black screen area
outside of the chart border loads automatically the chart with the most precise scale.
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