Chart Application Overview And Features - Raymarine a65 Operation Instructions Manual

14.1 Chart application overview and
features
The chart application provides route planning
and navigation features. The Chart application
is pre-loaded with world base maps. Compatible
electronic charts can be used to expand the
information and detail regarding your surroundings
and charted objects. Depending on cartography type
the chart application can be set to 2D or 3D view.
Typical Chart application includes the following
features to help you navigate your vessel safely and
effectively:
Features
Satellite-based navigation.
Route planning with
waypoints, routes and tracks.
Navigating using waypoints,
routes and tracks.
Choice of electronic 2D and
3D cartography.
Note: To obtain full 3D
detail, you must have
chart cards containing
3D cartography for the
appropriate geographic
area.
Enabling graphical overlays.
Waypoints, routes and tracks
backup and transfer
Display chart vectors
Display animated current and
tide information
Viewing information for
charted objects and deciding
which objects should be
shown or hidden.
Control the level of detailed
information displayed in the
Chart application
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• 3.18 GNSS Status
• 13.1 Waypoints overview
• 13.2 Routes
• 13.3 Tracks
• 4.1 Saving user data and
user settings
• 14.6 Navigate menu
options
• 14.2 Electronic charts
overview
• Selecting 2D and 3D chart
views
• 14.15 Overlays
• 4.1 Saving user data and
user settings
• 14.16 Chart vectors
• Animated current
information
• Animated tide information
• 14.19 Cartography objects
• 14.20 Object information
• 14.14 Chart display
• Chart detail
Measuring distances and
bearings.
Alter the Chart application's
orientation to better suit your
needs.
Change (offset) the vessel
position in the Chart
application.
Chart application synchronization
Wireless electronic chart
(plotter) sync and waypoint
sync with Navionics Mobile
Marine app.
Plan your journey at home,
then transfer the routes to
your MFD.
Race sail features
The Chart application includes features to aid in race
sailing activities, these features are available when
the Boat Type setting is set to one of the available
sailing vessels.
Feature Details
Laylines show the most
efficient way
for a sailing
vessel to reach
its destination,
given present wind
conditions
create a startline
Race Startline
Race Timer use a countdown
race timer
Racemark ID Build a route
route building quickly using
racemark IDs
Rounding Apply a rounding
direction direction to
waypoints within a
route
Chart datum
The chart datum setting affects the accuracy of the
vessel position information displayed in the chart
application.
In order for your GPS receiver and multifunction
display to correlate accurately with your paper
charts, they must be using the same datum.
The default datum for your multifunction display is
WGS1984. If this is not the datum used by your
paper charts, you can change the datum used
by your multifunction display, using the system
• 14.23 Measuring distances
and bearings
• 14.10 Chart Orientation
• 14.11 Chart motion mode
Refer to the Navionics
website::www.navionics.com
for more information
Refer to the Voyage Planner
manual for more information
(81339).
Chapter / Section
• 14.17 Laylines
• 14.8 Race
Startline and
Race Timer
• 14.8 Race
Startline and
Race Timer
• Building a route
using racemark
IDs
• Adding
rounding
instructions
to waypoints
within a route
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