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TRACKER950 CHARTPLOTTER
Installation and Operation Manual
NAVMAN
6-3 Distance and bearing calculator
The Distance screen allows you to calculate the
distance and bearings over a path on the chart. To
display the screen:
1
Press the Esc key until the Navigation
screen is displayed.
2
Zoom in or out so that the area of interest is
displayed.
3
Press the Dist key.
To calculate a distance and bearings over a path:
1
Move the cursor to the start of the path.
Press the Start key.
2
Move the cursor to the next point on the
path. Press the Next key. It displays the total
distance from the start and the bearing from
the previous point to the next point.
3
Repeat the above step to enter the whole
path. The distance is the length of the whole
path.
4
To save the new path as a route, press the
Save key. This saves any new points as new
waypoints with default names. To rename
the new waypoints: go to the Waypoints
screen, list the waypoints and edit the new
waypoints (see section 6-1-9).
5
Move the cursor to the start of the path.
Press the Start key. Repeat the above steps
to find the length of other paths.
Finally, press the End key to return to the
Navigation screen.
