Raymarine Raychart Chartplotter RC530 PLUS, RL80CRC PLUS manual Chartplotter Display

Chapter 1: Overview 1-13

1.3 The Chartplotter Display

The hsb2 (PLUS) series LCD Display can include a Chartplotter. The chartplotter includes a small-scale world map and detailed navigation information is displayed when a cartographic chart card is installed. The details displayed depend on the chart zoom level selected. A plotter mode is provided to enable route plotting and tracking at large scales even when a chart card is not installed, or when the chart is zoomed beyond the available cartographic detail. A typical chartplotter screen is shown in Figure 1-3.

The chartplotter uses position information from a GPS, DGPS, WAAS or Loran-C instrument. Once the position fix has been established, your vessel’s position, if on screen, is shown as a boat shape pointing in the direction of the current heading (or COG if heading data is not available). If no heading or COG data is available, the vessel is shown as a circle.

The chartplotter screen includes a status bar that displays chart scale, with either cursor position, range and bearing or, when the cursor is homed to the vessel (by pressing FIND SHIP), vessel position, Speed Over Ground (SOG), Course Over Ground (COG) and fix type (VES POS, DIF FIX or SD FIX). The status bar also indicates if radar/chart overlay is switched on.

Any waypoints you have placed are displayed (unless you turned them off in Chart Set Up as described in Chapter 7) and the current route is shown. Information can be viewed on-screen by positioning the cursor over a waypoint, current route or chart object. The chartplotter screen can also show additional information, depending on your currently selected options, set up selections and data available from other equipment.

An example chart display, in its default configuration, with a chart card installed, is shown in the following illustration.

Several functions are available to control the display as follows:

•Zoom in/out and Pan the Display

•Offset the Chart or Center the Chart around the Vessel

•Overlay Radar Targets onto the Chart Display

•Synchronize the Chart and Radar (if radar data is available)

Operation of these functions is described in Chapter 2.

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