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5.2.3 Manual Updates
This menu item is designed for the official manual chart correction (equivalent to
Notes to Mariners for papercharts).
Chart corrections are announced either from the chart manufacturer or regularly
issued Notices to Mariners.
The entries are saved for the sea chart and cannot be visibly deleted from their
position.
The object is either deleted or marked as deleted by “ / ” .
The entries can be moved to another place in the chart. Moved entries are
marked by “ “ . Moved entries can be deleted from their position.
New Objects can be placed as Marine Updates … marked by “ “ .
These Objects can be deleted.
The official entries are logged as Manual Updates in the View Log File function
(see chapter 5.2.5) and in the text box from the Object info window .
Procedure: (see Figure: 1 − 11)
Step 1 Select S − 57 Option (see Figure: 1 − 1)
Step 2 Select Manual Updates. The Dialog Box appears (see Figure: 1 − 11).
Step 3 Select an Object
Step 4 Specify the representational form of a object within the chart.
If the object has not been assigned to a clear representational form,
one of the forms offers (Point, Line or Area) can be selected.
Step 5 Specify the object Attributes.
For each object, a list of attributes is provided.
The attribute list has to be modified according to the update
information received.
Step 5.1 Select the 1st entry using the cursor the “Value of attribute” window is
opened. Some of the entries can by specified by means of predefined
attribute values using the scroll bar.
Other entries must be specified manually using the keyboard .
The attribute
scale maximum and scale minimum refer to the current
chart scale and specify the zoom range in which the object can be