Raymarine Marine GPS System manual Easy Marine Navigation Using Routes and Waypoints

RayTech Navigator User’s Guide

Easy Marine Navigation Using Routes and Waypoints

RayTech Navigator takes the guesswork out of marine navigation by enabling you to easily chart, plot, and execute simple or complex routes. A route is composed of a series of waypoints that you select on the screen, with each waypoint denoting a certain position along the path of the route. A route typically has a starting waypoint and an ending waypoint, and as many intermediate waypoints as you need or want. Using Navigator, you can create a route to any destination with a few simple clicks of the mouse, and then follow it manually or enable your vessel’s autopilot to follow the route/waypoints you have designated. Routes and waypoints can easily be changed “on the fly,” should weather or other factors necessitate a change in course.

Multiple Chart Formats for Flexibility

Navigator uses the latest digitized versions of the paper charts traditionally used in marine navigation, and supports a variety of popular chart formats:

∙C-Map®NT

∙Maptech® NOAA/BSB

∙Maptech PCX

∙Maptech Photo Regions and Topographical Charts

∙SoftCharts® Nautical Charts and PhotoNavigator

These charts fall into three basic types:

∙ Vector –	A paper chart that has been digitized
	into a format consisting of line segments.
	Vector charts can be easier to read than
	a rasterized chart, but may not include
	the level of detail found in Raster charts.
	The C-MAP chart is an example of a
	vector chart.

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