What Can I Use The 3D Chart Application For; The 3D Chart Display - Raymarine E Series Reference Manual

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5.3 What can I use the 3D Chart Application for?

3D cartography introduces an easy-to-use chart format that provides you with a
three dimensional graphical view of land and sea contours around your boat. Land
masses are shown in green, the shade depending on the height above sea level.
Water, the sea-bed and submerged objects are shown in varying shades of blue.
Much of the information available on a conventional chart can be shown in three
dimensions, giving you an accurate easy-to-view image of the area around your
boat that can help you plan:
• Fishing spots.
• What fishing pattern to use.
• Safe routes.
If the area that you are in is new to you, or visibility is poor, 3D cartography can help
to give you the confidence to know where you are and what is around you. As with
a conventional chart, active waypoints and routes can also be shown on the 3D
chart.

5.4 The 3D chart display

Range
Horizontal distance across
screen (halfway up the window
or at center of view). Shown in
selected system units.
Cartographic objects
Select objects for display
via the 3D Chart Setup
menu.
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Mode Boat symbol
Shows mode Boat's position on
application is chart. Select sail
working iin. or power boat.
Waypoint Center-of-view
With arrival White cross indicates
circle center of chart view
at sea level.
Rotation
Shows in degrees true,
how far the on-screen
view has been rotated
from your boat's heading.
Depth scale North arrow
Approximate 3D indication of True
depth beneath North in relation to
your boat. the chart view.