Furuno GD-280, Operator'S Manual

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For instance, smoothing factor 03 provides a weighting factor of 13/16 for new data and 3/16 for
previous data. The higher the smoothing number, the slower the position updating becomes. In
the figure below, the track shown by the broken line has a time delay more than the one shown
by the dot-dash line, because of higher smoothing rate.
: Track with no smoothing
: Track with smoothing setting
12/16
: Track with smoothing setting
14/16
Actual Track