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● Home mode
All operations refer to the ship's position.
● Landmarks
Landmarks are any prominent object such as monument, building, silo, tower, mast, etc on land
which can be used in determining a location or a direction.
● Latitude
Angular distance North or South of the equator measured by lines encircling the earth parallel to
the equator in degrees from 0° to 90°.
● LAT/LON
Coordinate system using Latitude and Longitude coordinates to define a position on earth.
● Lat/Lon Grid
Grid of parallels (of Latitude) and meridians (of Longitude) drawn on the map.
● Longitude
Angular distance East or West of the prime meridian (Greenwich meridian) as measured by lines
perpendicular to the parallels and converging at the poles from 0° to 180°.
● Magnetic Deviation
Value, expressed in degrees East or West that indicates the direction in which the north indicator
on the compass card is offset from the magnetic north (the difference expressed in degrees East
or West between the compass north and the magnetic north).
● Magnetic Variation
Angle between the magnetic and geographic meridians at any place, expressed in degrees West
or East to indicate the direction of magnetic North from true North. It changes from point to point,
and (at the same point) with time.
● Mark
Reference point related to cursor position. Typically it represents by an icon and label under Mark.
● Navigate mode
Operating mode (called also Home mode): all operations refer to the ship's position. Navigate or
Navigation mode is also used to indicate that the destination is placed.
● NMEA-0183
The NMEA-0183 Data Interface Standard was developed by the National Marine Electronics
Association of America. It is an international standard that enables equipment from many different
manufactures to be connected together and share information.
● Pictures & Diagrams
The MAX data format allows assigning one or more image to any cartographic object. These
Pictures are typically used to facilitate the identification of cartographic objects or places around
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