3. PLOTTER DISPLAYS

Sample chart (Japan and South Korea)

showing indices

Remarks on chart display

A chart will not be displayed in the following conditions:

When the chart scale is too large or too small.

When this happens, select proper chart scale.

When scrolling the chart outside the indices.

Chart symbols

FURUNO mini chart card

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

FURUNO chart symbols

Symbol

Description

Summit

Wreck

Lighthouse

Lighted Buoy

Buoy

Radio Station

Position of Sounding

Obstruction

Fishing Reef

Platform

Anchorage

Comparison of FURUNO and Nav-ChartsTM

chart cards

Item

FURUNO

Nav-Charts™

 

 

 

Dot scrolling

YES

YES

capability

 

 

 

 

 

Course-up

YES

YES

display

 

 

 

 

 

Lighthouse data

YES *3

YES

presentation

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom at cursor

YES

*1

position

 

 

 

 

 

Range at

0.125, 0.5,

Same as left

Equator

1, 2... 2048

 

 

nm

 

 

 

 

Chart offset

YES

YES

data entry

 

 

 

 

 

Centering

YES

*2

 

 

 

*1 Nav-ChartsTMchart may not center the cursor perfectly.

*2 Nav-ChartsTMchart may not center own ship's position perfectly.

*3 Newly designed chart cards containing lighthouse data. Chart cards for North America area are completed, and others are in production.

*4 Nav-ChartsTMis the registered trademark of NAVIONICS INC.

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Furuno GP-1850WDF, GP-1850WF Remarks on chart display, Chart symbols, Sample chart Japan and South Korea Showing indices