Raytheon Anschütz SYNAPSIS ECDIS Operator's Manual page 16

Term
ENC
ETA
ETZ
FAIRLANES
FLOPPY DRIVE
GLOBAL LAYER
GPS
HARD DISK DRIVE
HDOP
HEADING
HIGH RESOLUTION TRACK
HIGHLIGHTED
HOURGLASS
ICON
ID
IEC
IHO
IMO
INS
Lat/Long
LINE MARK
LIST BOX
LOP
MANUAL CONTROL
MARKER
MARKER LABEL
MENU
MENU BAR
MFC SWITCH
MOB
MMD
Edition: January 2016
SYNAPSIS ECDIS
Operator Manual
ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHART - THE DATABASE, STANDARDIZED AS TO CONTENT,
STRUCTURE AND FORMAT, ISSUED FOR USE WITH ECDIS ON THE AUTHORITY OF GOVERN-
MENT AUTHORIZED HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICES. THE ENC CONTAINS ALL OF THE CHART
INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR SAFE NAVIGATION AND MAY CONTAIN SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION IN ADDITION TO THAT CONTAINED IN THE PAPER CHART WHICH MAY BE
CONSIDERED NECESSARY FOR SAFE NAVIGATION.
ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL
EASTERN TIME ZONE
THE AREA, SPECIFIED BY THE CROSS-TRACK ERROR ALARM DISTANCE, OF THE ROUTE
WHICH HAS BEEN CHECKED FOR ANTI-GROUNDING.
THE NARROW SLOT IN THE COMPUTER THAT HOLDS FLOPPY DISKS. IF A COMPUTER HAS
ONLY ONE DRIVE, IT IS USUALLY CALLED THE "A" DRIVE. IF A COMPUTER HAS TWO DRIVES,
THE UPPER ONE IS DESIGNATED THE "A" DRIVE AND THE LOWER ONE IS THE "B" DRIVE.
ONE OF THREE LAYERS OF INFORMATION THAT APPEAR IN THE DISPLAY. THE GLOBAL
LAYER CONTAINS THE LATITUDE/LONGITUDE GRID AND RECORDED DEPTH POINTS. SEE
ALSO "PLOT LAYER".
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM. A SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM INTENDED TO PROVIDE
HIGHLY ACCURATE POSITION AND VELOCITY INFORMATION IN THREE DIMENSIONS AND
CONTINUOUS PRECISE TIME AND TRAVEL INTERVAL ON A GLOBAL BASIS.
THE COMPUTER COMPONENT THAT PERMANENTLY STORES INFORMATION.
HORIZONTAL DILUTION OF RECISION
THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE CRAFT IS POINTED (NOT TRAVELING, SEE COURSE). ALL
HEADINGS DISPLAYED ON PATHFINDER/ST MK2 ECDIS ARE TRUE HEADINGS, EXPRESSED
IN DEGREES FROM NORTH.
THE MOST PRECISE REPRESENTATION OF THE SHIP'S TRACK AVAILABLE WITH PATHFIND-
ER/ST ECDIS. DISPLAYED ONLY IN REAL TIME, IT CANNOT BE SAVED IN A PLOT.
INDICATES THAT AN OBJECT OR TEXT IS SELECTED. THE TEXT WILL APPEAR IN A DIFFER-
ENT COLOR.
THE CURSOR SHAPE THAT APPEARS WHEN THE PATHFINDER/ST MK2 ECDIS PROGRAM
NEEDS A FEW SECONDS TO EXECUTE A COMMAND.
A PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF A PROGRAM OR FILE.
IDENTIFICATION
INTERNATIONAL ELECTRO TECHNICAL COMMISSION
INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION. COORDINATES THE ACTIVITIES OF NA-
TIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICES; PROMOTES STANDARDS AND PROVIDES ADVICE TO
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE FIELDS OF HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING AND PRODUC-
TION OF NAUTICAL CHARTS AND PUBLICATIONS.
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION. FORMALLY CALLED IMCO, THE IMO IS THE SPE-
CIALIZED AGENCY OF THE UNITED NATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR MARITIME SAFETY AND
EFFICIENCY OF NAVIGATION.
INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE
THE POINT THAT MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A LINE.
AN AREA, WITHIN A DIALOG BOX. CLICKING ON THE DOWN POINTING ARROW LOCATED
NEXT TO THE LIST BOX WILL DISPLAY A LIST OF AVAILABLE CHOICES.
(RADIO) LINE OF POSITION
ONE OF PATHFINDER/ST ECDIS'S MODES OF OPERATION. IN THIS MODE, ECDIS IS NOT
CONTROLLING THE PHYSICAL AUTOPILOT.
A SYMBOL USED TO MARK A LOCATION OR EVENT.
THE LABEL ADDED TO A MARKER. PATHFINDER/ST ECDIS'S LABELING OPTIONS INCLUDE
USER-DEFINED TEXT, THE CURRENT TIME, OR SEQUENTIAL NUMBERS.
A LIST OF COMMANDS.
AT THE TOP OF THE WINDOW, THE BAR THAT CONTAINS THE APPLICATION'S MENU NAMES.
MULTIFUNCTION CONSOLE SWITCH (RADAR, ECDIS, CONNING)
THE ABBREVIATION FOR "MAN OVERBOARD".
MARITIME MULTI DISPLAY.
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