3.PLOTTER OPERATION

3.5.3FURUNO and NavCharts

Chart symbols

The table below shows FURUNO and NavChartsmini chart symbols and their meanings.

Chart symbols

Symbol

Description

Symbol

Description

 

Summit

 

Position of Sounding

 

Wreck

 

Obstruction

 

Lighthouse

 

Fishing Reef

 

Lighted Buoy

 

Platform

 

Buoy

 

Anchorage

 

Radio Station

 

 

Data for aids to navigation

Selected FURUNO and NavChartscharts can show buoy and lighthouse data. Simply place the cursor on the lighthouse or buoy mark.

Place the cursor on

a lighthouse or buoy mark.

Lighthouse mark

Example of data displayed

Range and bearing

Period (ex.: 6 seconds)

from own ship

Visibility in nautical

 

mile (ex.: 12 miles)

NAVAID: /FL 6S 12M

 

FROM OS

52.38nm 48.0°

 

 

FL

: Flashing

 

F

: Fixed light

 

F FL : Fixed and Flashing light

 

MO

: Morse code light

 

Oc

: Occulting light

Example of buoy, lighthouse data

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Furuno 1752C, 1753C, 1742, 1733C, 1723C, 1762C, 1732, 1722C Furuno and NavCharts, Chart symbols, Data for aids to navigation