Glossary; Terms - Raymarine RayChart 630 Owner's Handbook Manual

Glossary

Glossary
This glossary explains the terms and abbreviations that may be unfamiliar to the
reader.
G.1 Terms
Active
Bearing
Course
Current
Dedicated key
Heading
Home Mode
Latitude
Longitude
Orientation
Panning
Plotter Mode
Relative Motion
Route
A waypoint that has been confirmed as the destination or
interim destination.
The direction of an object from the observer. Can be stated
as an angle relative to either true or magnetic North.
The intended or actual direction of travel.
Can be stated as °Magnetic or °True.
A waypoint or route that has been identified as the
intended track of the vessel.
A key with a permanently defined function or functions.
These keys are labelled on the front panel of the
chartplotter.
The direction in which the vessel is pointing.
The mode in which the cursor is hidden, and the cursor
data box gives the vessel's position and the range and
bearing to the current waypoint (if any).
Angular measure 0 to 90° North or South from the equator.
On a North up chart, these are lines drawn from right to
left.
Angular measure 0 to 180° East and West of the prime
meridian (0°) at Greenwich, England. On a North up chart,
these are lines drawn from top to bottom.
The chart orientation, which can be head up, course up or
north up.
Moving the "window" on the displayed chart to bring a
new area into view.
The mode in which, when no cartographic information is
available at the current range, only a lat/long grid is
displayed. If it is switched off in setup (the default setting),
only ranges for which cartographic information is
available can be selected.
The mode in which the chart moves to keep the vessel's
location in the centre of the display.
A sequence of waypoints, used to define an intended path
to a destination.
105