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GRAPHIC ITEMS

Besides chart data, the GEONAV displays some graphic items useful during navigation.

The figure below shows some of these items.

1 - Marker

Indicates a point of interest as- sociated with a symbol, a name and a color.

2 - Track segment

Recording of the track actually followed by the boat; the track is displayed as a colored dashed line.

3 - Boat’s position

Boat’s position according to the data received from the GPS re- ceiver.

4 - Rubber band

Line joining the last waypoint entered to the manual cursor, or the boat’s position to the manual cursor when no waypoint has been entered.

To delete this band, press the EXIT key and switch to Naviga- tion mode.

5 - Route leg

Part of route between two waypoints.

6 - Waypoint

Waypoints are identified by a circle and a number. The route starting point is marked by the “X” symbol. The target waypoint is identified by a filled circle, whereas the route leg currently followed is identified by a thicker line.

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Navionics 10C, 11C manual Graphic Items

10C, 11C specifications

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