Presentation Features; Cartographic Data Related Features - VDO MAP 7w Plus GPS User Manual

Official data source (data based on use of official data sources)
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Detailed World Background (worldwide background chart with details)
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Depths & Land Elevation (color shading of sea depth and land alti-
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tude for improved chart reading)
Bathymetric & Spot Soundings (additional Data Base with depth
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and bathy information for an extraordinary view of the seabed depth)
Detailed Port Plan (complete port and marina charts with detail)
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Search & Find (quickly locates chart contents and objects)
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Tides Preview (dynamic simulation of tides)
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Dynamic Currents (current arrows dynamically display direction and
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speed)
Dynamic Nav-Aids (displays Nav-Aids in true color and with real in-
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terval lighting)
Port Info (all the information of the available services in the ports and
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how to contact them)
Enhanced Port Info & Roads (details of the available facilities and
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services in ports and surrounding areas)
Object Info (indicates restricted area details and related information)
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Quick Info (full information on objects, buoys, wrecks, shoals and
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Nav-Aids)
Photos & Diagrams (high definition pictures of ports, piers, bridge
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diagrams and nav-aids)
Multilanguage Support (displays charts in the local character set)
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True-Type Font (improves text on chart for optimal reading)
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Presentation Features

Clear View (advanced legibility techniques providing more chart data
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on the screen)
Clear Info (sophisticated "Human Dictionary" to translate Nav-Aid ab-
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breviations found on paper charts)
Dynamic Nav-Aids (an innovative and dynamic presentation mode)
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Flexi-Zoom (increased Under and Over Zoom between chart levels,
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resulting in optimal scale display for any situation)
Dynamic Elevation Data (optimized palettes including the NOAA color
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palette)
Perspective View ("Real World" perspective view of the chart, up-
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dated real-time during navigation)
Smooth-Zoom (smooth transition of cartographic levels)
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Enhanced Turbo-Zoom (extra fast cartography level change display-
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ing the most important cartographic objects)
Enhanced Mixing Levels (seamless data presentation)
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Off-line redraw (cartography level transition without image
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construction)

Cartographic Data related Features

Guardian Alarm (automatic control and alarm over obstacles on charts
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in front of your boat)
Safety Toolbar (interactive alarm system for situational awareness on
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screen)
Safety Route Check (sophisticated function checking dangerous ob-
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jects along your navigation route)
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