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8.3 Tracks
A track is an on-screen trail that shows the passage you have taken.
This trail is made up of a series of track points which are created
automatically. You can save the track to create a permanent record
of where you have been
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With tracks you can:
• Review where you have been.
• Create a route from a track.
Creating a track
From the chart application:
1. Select
Menu .
2. Select Navigate .
3. Select Create Track .
The create track pop up message is displayed.
4. Select Ok .
As you navigate your vessel, your journey is automatically
recorded as a track.
Note: If the power fails whilst a track is being recorded or the
position fix is lost, a break will occur in the track. Only the last
segment of a track can be converted into a route.
Note: If the maximum number of tracking points is reached, you
will be warned. The track will continue to be recorded with the
earlier tracking points being overwritten.
5. To complete your track select Stop Track from the Navigate
menu: Menu > Navigate > Stop Track .
The track stopped pop up message is displayed.
6. Select Save , Erase or Cancel .
• Save — Will save the track and open the Edit track Properties
dialog where you can name the track and choose a color for
the track line.
• Erase — Will erase the track.
• Cancel — Will cancel the Stop Track action.
Track interval
The track interval specifies the time period or distance between
the points in a track.
You can adjust the interval between points which can help ensure
best use of the available storage.
The settings are available from the My Data menu:
• Record Track By — specifies the interval type (Auto / Time /
Distance).
• Track Interval — specifies the interval value (e.g. 15 minutes).
For example when creating a track for a long journey, an interval
set to Auto could result in rapid use of all of the storage available
for track points. In this case selecting a higher value for the Track
Interval would provide capacity for a longer track.
Setting the track interval
From the chart application:
1. Select
Menu .
2. Select My Data .
3. Select Track Set-up .
4. Select Record Track By and set to the appropriate value:
• Auto— The track interval is automatically set (Auto will
minimize track points whilst maintaining correlation between
the track and the actual path followed).
• Time— The track points are placed at regular intervals of time.
• Distance— The track points are placed at regular intervals of
distance.
5. Select the Track Interval and set to the appropriate value:
• Units of time from the list displayed (available if “record track
by” is set to time).
• Units of distance from the list displayed (available if “record
track by” is set to distance).
• Not available — no Track Interval is available if the “record
track by” is set to auto).
Track context menu
Placing the cursor over a track in the chart application displays a
context menu showing the track length, number of points and menu
items.
The track context menu can be accessed by:
• Highlighting a track using the Joystick and pressing the Ok
button, or
• Selecting a track using touch — Hybridtouch multifunction
displays only.
The context menu provides the following menu items:
• Erase Track
• Hide Track
• Create Route From Track
• Rename Track
• Edit Color
When creating a track the context menu options change to:
• Stop Track
• Erase Route — Disabled
• Create Route From Track
• Rename Track
• Edit Color
Reviewing and editing a track
You can review and edit aspects of the tracks stored.
You can:
• Erase a track.
• Create a route from a track.
• Show or hide a track on the chart (only available from the chart
application).
• Change the name of a track.
• Change the color of a track.
Selecting a track to review or edit
1. Do one of the following to select the required track:
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