Waypoint; Entering Waypoints; Entering A Waypoint At Own Ship Position Or Cursor Position - Furuno GP-7000F Operator's Manual

4.

WAYPOINT

In navigation terminology, a waypoint is a particular location on a voyage whether it
be a starting, intermediate or destination point. A waypoint is the simplest piece of in-
formation your equipment requires to get you to a destination, in the shortest distance
possible.
This unit has 2,000 waypoints into which you can enter position information. You may
enter a waypoint four ways: at own ship position, by cursor, at MOB position (see
chapter 1) and through the waypoint list (manual input of latitude and longitude).
4.1

Entering Waypoints

4.1.1

Entering a waypoint at own ship position or cursor position

Turn the cursor off to enter a waypoint at own ship position, or turn it on to enter a way-
point at cursor position.
A newly entered waypoint is saved to the waypoint list, under the youngest empty way-
point number.
1. Press the [MOB/ WPT] key momentarily to store your position as a waypoint.
When the cursor is displayed, the waypoint is entered at the cursor position.
The new waypoint window appears and it shows waypoint name, position of way-
point, waypoint mark shape and comment for newly entered waypoint.
2. If you do not need to change the waypoint data, press the SAVE soft key to regis-
ter the waypoint. The steps which follow show you how to change waypoint data.
3. NAME is selected; push the [ENTER] knob.
NAME
0004WP
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE
47 56.307N
133 56.807W
SHAPE
COLOR
COMMENT
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Waypoint window
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