Sperry Marine Visionmaster FT ECDIS, User Manual

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Charts ECDIS User Guide
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9. The display label for a Position Fix is
selected from a drop down list. When
selected the label is shown with abbreviated
letters only e.g.
EP for Estimated position.
10. To create a date dependency for the object
see `Creating Date Dependent Objects'.
11. To exit the Create Chart Objects mode click
the Done button, the symbols created are
fixed in position and the view returns to the Edit folder.
Creating Soundings
In the creation of sounding objects you must specify the depth of the
sounding object.
To create the Sounding symbols do the following:
1. Select Other Points from the Type drop
down list.
2. Click on the Symbol/Description drop
down list and select the required sounding
symbol. The field directly underneath the
Symbol/Description list includes a brief
description of the selected symbol.
3. Create and position the Sounding symbol
as described previously for other mapping
symbols.
4. To specify a depth for the sounding symbol
enter a value in the Depth field. The value
entered will be shown on the Sounding
symbol.
5. To create a date dependency for the object see
`Creating Date Dependent Objects'.
6. To exit the Create Chart Objects mode click the Done
button, the symbols created are fixed in position and the
view returns to the Edit folder.