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5 Waypoints, routes & tracks
Waypoints
A waypoint is a user generated mark positioned on a chart, on a radar image or on an
echosounder image. Each waypoint has an exact position with latitude and longitude
coordinates. A waypoint positioned on an echosounder image, will in addition to position
information, have a depth value.
A waypoint is used to mark a position you later may want to return to. Two or more
waypoints can also be combined to create a route.
Positioning waypoints
You can position a waypoint at the vessel position from any panel by pressing the
PLOT
key:
-
Short press: activates the Plot menu allowing you to specify waypoint details in the
Waypoint dialog
-
Press and hold: plots a waypoint at the vessel’s current position
PLOT GO TO
MARK VESSEL
You can position a waypoint at the cursor position on a chart, radar and echosounder
panel by moving the cursor to selected position and then pressing the
PLOT
key.
The waypoint dialogs
You can enter details for a waypoint in the waypoint dialog, activated by pressing the
rotary knob or the Tick key when a waypoint is selected.
The waypoints dialog can also be activated from the Waypoint list. Refer The
Waypoints, Route and Tracks library later in this section.