Map Page - Lowrance iFinder Explorer Operating Instructions Manual

Map Page

The map screens show your course and track from a bird's-eye view. By
default, this unit shows the map with north always at the top of the screen.
(This can be changed using options in Advanced Mode. See the topic Map
Orientation, in Sec. 5.) If you're navigating to a waypoint, the map also
shows your starting location, present position, course line and destination.
NOTE:
When our text says, navigating to a waypoint, it is synonymous
with navigation to any selected item, whether it is a waypoint you
made, a map feature or an item from the POI database.
Using the map is as simple as pressing the
those in the following images will appear. The arrow flashing in the center
of the screen is your present position. It points in the direction you're trav-
eling. The solid line extending from the arrow is your plot trail or path
you've taken. Remember, a flashing question mark/arrow symbol or flash-
ing text displays means the iFINDER has not yet calculated a position.
The zoom range is the distance across the map. This number is shown
in the lower left corner of the screen. In the first example below, the
range is 4,000 miles from one side of the map to the other. The Zoom In
and Zoom Out keys zoom the map to enlarge or reduce its coverage
area. There are 40 zoom ranges, from 0.02 miles to 4,000 miles.
Map Page opening screen (left); Map zoomed to 100 miles (center); Map
zoomed to 6 miles (right). Over Zoomed means you have reached the
detail limits in an area covered only by the basic background map.
Zooming in any closer will reveal no more map details because a high-
detail custom map for this area has not been loaded on the MMC.
If you're using the factory-loaded background map, the maximum zoom
range for showing additional map detail is 8 miles. You can continue to
zoom in closer, but the map will be enlarged without revealing more
map content (except for a few major city streets). Load your own high-
detail custom map made with MapCreate and you can zoom in to 0.02
miles with massive amounts of accurate map detail.
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key. A screen similar to