Estimated Latitude
The
YOUR
message will be
prompting for the latitude entry. To enter your
estimated latitude, type in the approximate value
of the ship’s latitude coordinate from your chart
using the corresponding numeric keys according to
the following example.
[PRESS ENT TO ENTER
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Example: Press
N
17.34’
CURSOR
Before you press the-key, be sure to check
that the direction symbol is correctly indicated for
your position. If not, press the (up) direction key for
direction key for
All of the United States is in the North Latitudes.
If you make a mistake, just press
to move the cursor
prompt to the incorrect numeric entry and retype the proper number.
35.1~2 Entering Longitude
is pressed following the Latitude entry, the message prompt
now displayed. To enter the Longitude value,
type the desired value of ship’s Longitude from the chart with the numeric
keys.
Longitude is less than
remaining
numeric keys in the entry. Then press-].
Example: Press 0
,
1,
for W
15.18’.
When you are entering Longitude, before you press
verify
that the direction for the Longitude is correct. If
the
(up) key
for
the
key for
as appropriate.
Verify that your estimated position entry is within of your actual
position. If you make a mistake use
and
keys to fix the
numeric error.
OPERATION 98
