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Attention Area
- An important area on a chart,
such as a restricted anchorage or a shallow area
(see section 15-2).
AIS
- Automatic Identification System. A System
where vessel information (location, course, speed,
etc.) is broadcast by VHF radio, for use by other
vessels in navigation and collision avoidance.
Bathymetric line
- A depth contour line on
the chart.
Chart card
- A plug-in card that stores chart data
for a region (see section 1-3).
C-MAP
™
chart card
- See Chart card.
C-MAP
™
user card
- See User card.
CPA
- Closest Point of Approach. The closest
distance two vessels will come to each other
based on their current course and speed.
Cursor
- A symbol on the display (see section
3-2).
DGPS
- Differential Global Positioning System. A
navigation tool based on GPS with some errors
corrected (see section 7).
DSC
- Digital Selective Calling. A feature of
marine radios enabling communication between
specific vessels, as well as distress alerts.
Goto
- A simple way of navigating straight to a
waypoint or to the cursor position (see section
3-1).
GPS
- Global Positioning System. A satellite-
based navigation tool (see section 7).
Leg
- The straight segments of a route between
waypoints. A route with four waypoints has three
legs.
MMSI
- Maritime Mobile Service Identity. Unique
identification number for a vessel, for use in
Digital Selective Calling.
MOB
- Man overboard.
MOB function
- Starts navigating back to the
place where someone fell overboard
(see section 2-5).
NavBus
- A way of connecting NAVMAN
instruments together to share data
(see section 16-9).
NMEA
- National Marine Electronics Association.
NMEA 0183
- A standard for interfacing marine
electronic devices (see section 16-10).
Route
- Two or more waypoints linked in
sequence to form a course for the boat (see
section 6).
SmartCraft
- A feature of Mercury Marine
engines for monitoring engine performance.
TCPA
- Time to Closest Point of Approach.
Time until the closest point of approach for two
vessels.
User card
- A plug-in card that stores waypoints,
routes and tracks (see section 12).
UTC
- Universal Time Coordinated or Coordinated
Universal Time, which is a standard world time,
formerly called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
VHF
- Very High Frequency. The frequency range
used by marine radios.
Waypoint
- A position that you can set on the
5507/5607 chart, for example a fishing spot or a
point on a route (see section 5).
Glossary
Appendix C - Glossary and navigation data
