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Reference section 5 — Creating waypoints and routes
Creating new waypoints Reference Manual Revision B
up or down within a waypoint list to select
individual waypoints.
When you display a waypoint list, you can
see their coordinates in either of the
following ways by pressing the
Position
menu key:
•
as lat/lon coordinates
•
as distance and bearing from your
position (often the most useful way to
display coordinates, since it may be
easier to visualize “3 miles north” than
lat/lon digits)
•
as Loran TD’s
Creating new waypoints
There are two easy ways to create a new
waypoint:
•
numerically — by entering position
coordinates as lat/lon, loran TDs, or
distance and bearing on the
New
Waypoint
screen
•
from the chart — by pointing to the
waypoint’s location on the
Chart
screen
Assigning a name and description
To permanently store a waypoint, you
must give it a
name . The name can be from
one to six characters long, and must be
different from all the other waypoint
names stored in the 972. You can also
enter a description of up to 16 characters
on the line below the name.
Assigning a symbol
You can give the waypoint a symbol so
you can easily identify it on the
Chart
screen. When creating or editing
waypoints, you can choose from a list of
symbols, displayed in the upper right
corner.
ANCHOR FISH FLAG X
FUEL WRECK DANGER DOT
Figure 3: Typical waypoint symbols