Sperry Marine Visionmaster FT ECDIS, User Manual

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ECDIS User Guide Routes
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Highlight Safety Contour & NAV Hazards
The Safety Contour setting turns the display of route safety contour on and
off. The NAV Hazards setting turns the display of route navigational
hazards on and off. The figure below shows a route with the two check
boxes ticked and the same route with neither check box ticked.
Critical Points
The Critical Points tab folder enables the
operator to create specific Latitude/Longitude
(L/L) positions on a route which are defined as
critical points.
A warning alert is generated when own ship is
in the proximity of each critical point on the
route (the alert can be triggered by either a
specified distance or time).
The Critical Points tab folder is divided into the
following areas:

Route

Critical Point
The Route area enables the currently
monitored route, displayed in the route name
field, to be saved and validated. For a
description of the Save and Error functions see
Edit Route - Route Tab .
Critical Point
To generate critical points on a previously saved route open the route plan
from the Route tab of the Edit Route sub menu. The selected route will
appear on screen.