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Electronic Charts

The chart is shown with the direction of the vessels course upward. The display orientation is constant until a new course direction is fed in.

In this mode, the information (Chart and data) is represented in the chart window with the heading directed upward. The GPS symbol will always be directed upward toward the window.

IMPORTANT -Quick modifications of the route followed by the vessel can possibly make reading the charts illegible.

Example of Head Up display mode.

( This orientation corresponds to the field of vision from the gateway in the direction of the bow of the vessel)

Note:

A rotation threshold is fixed at 10 degrees: as soon as the orientation of the window differs more than 10 degrees from the heading of the mobile, the rotation of all the data (charts / data) is started. This threshold allows avoiding a blinking screen at each refresh of the display.

The function of the Head Up orientation mode depends on the embarked material which is used:

1.This mode is always active if you use Gyro or compass, charts may turn even if the speed of the mobile is zero.

2.In the case where you use a GPS, the heading of your mobile with zero speed is not always exact. You must enter a ( Fixed speed minimal value which corresponds to a release of rotation threshold). This value should be defined in the dialog box Configuration settings for the " automatic Centering "mode in Head Up mode.

Course up mode

The chart is shown with the direction of the vessel's heading always pointing upward. This orientation corresponds to the visual view from the bridge in the direction of the ship's heading.

The orientation routes at the top avoid the inconveniences of the heading representation at the top due to yaws or other changes of heading.

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Note: for Course-up and Leg-up mode, North direction is indicated by the compass rose symbol.

When you are using a Raster chart, the written information will turn on the chart, making it more difficult to read. On Vector charts written information is displayed horizontally while only the chart turns.

Related topic: Customizing the Auto Center mode display

This mode follows the management of routes. It is therefore possible that the window orientation does not follow the axis " Active Waypoint / previous Waypoint ", this is the case when the function "Activate Next Waypoint" is enabled.

Activation of W003 as the next waypoint to reach

Orientation on target waypoint W001 for route W000 / W001

New orientation for target waypoint W003 for route

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W000 / W003

IMPORTANT - Certain data is not compatible with the Head Up and Course Up modes. And work only in North Up mode:

1.The planisphère (with depths sounds),

2.The Lat / Lon grid,

3.Hyperbolas

4.The color weather report representation,

5.The 2D display / 3D.

Centering on specific geographic locations

You can quickly move the chart to frequently visited locations by defining centering points.

To define centering points which permit you to directly center the chart on the recorded points:

1.Choose [Center On] from the [Display] menu .

2.A list is displayed in left zone area of the dialog (by default the zone is empty, see the related topic "Creating centering points").

3.Select a location in the list

4.Click the "Center On" button to automatically center the chart on the chosen location.

Getting information on charts

To get information on each chart displayed in the window.

Using the RIGHT CLICK

1.Any where on the chart to call up the context menu.

2.Choose and click again on the "Chart properties..." option.

Using the Pan tool

1.Click the Pan tool in the Toolbar.

2.Position the cursor any where in the Chat window.

3.Double click in the chart window to bring up an informational dialog window. The dialog box supplies information available for the displayed chart and

Click OK to close the dialog information box.

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Displaying the geographic grid

To display the geographic grid over the chart:

Geographic grid

1.Click on the Grid button in the Chart Toolbar to turn ON/OFF the grid display

2.Go to the menu bar point [Display] and left-click [Option: Display...], for changing the Grid color

•Select a color which is blue by default

•Click "OK" to confirm.

Note:

(1)- the Show/Hide function is applied in the active Chart window, in case two windows are opened and you can decide to display the geographic grid in a window and not in the other one.

(2)- when you are using a specific Hyperbole system, you can display it on the chart (the name of the hyp1 and/or hyp2 checked boxes are replaced to the system name that you are using. In this case the software allows you to select a display level for each hyperbole system) and the TD Grids is added in the Grid menu list. When you are not ability to use Hyperbole system this part is not available.

Using contextual menus

MaxSea makes extensive use of "contextual menus", which let you access the most useful commands related to the selected chart with your right mouse button.

To display the chart contextual menu

1 - Position the cursor over the chart any where in the Chart window.

2- Right-click to bring up the context menu.

3- All the available items depend of the selected chart format.

The menu lets you access (for both raster and vector charts):

Most common commands and tools (zoom in, zoom out, select scale)

Chart Properties window which supplies information available for the displayed chart.

Most common functions to ADD (waypoint, mark, line etc....)

If the selected chart is a vector chart, the menu also lets you access:

Chart Object properties

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Specific items according to the characteristic of the vector chart (Related topic : C-Map charts display options)

Closing a chart

Select [ Close] from the [ File] menu to call up the following dialog box:

Select from the list the chart (or various charts using the keyboard Ctrl Key under Windows ) that you wish to close, then click Close.

Note: One chart and one layer must remain open at all times. MaxSea will not allow you to close the last remaining chart or layer.

Horizontal datum conflict

Horizontal datum conflict

Thanks to this function, you can adapt the layer datum to the chart's one on which it is displayed.

Manually

To convert a ( *.PTF ) file or a route file to the current chart datum :

1. Go to the [Edit] menu and choose [Datum Conversion].

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2.Select the Active file, its Origin and Destination from the corresponding pop-ups,

3.then click the OK button.

Automatic Alarm

The following alert is displayed on the screen in two cases :

1.The active file and the chart are in known and different datum.

2.The active file datum is known and there are more than one datum in the window.

If you wish to convert the layer geodesy:

1.Click on "Convert" button to display the datum conversion dialog,

2.Choose the layer you wish to convert,

3.Select Origin datum geodesy of the layer,

4.Choose the Destination geodesy of the layer,

5.Click on OK to apply the datum conversion.

Available datum list

001 WGS 1972 -- Global Definition

002 WGS 1984 -- Global Definition

003 Adindan -- MEAN FOR Ethiopia, Sudan

004 Adindan -- Burkina Faso

005 Adindan -- Cameroon

006 Adindan -- Ethiopia

007 Adindan -- Mali

008 Adindan -- Senegal

009 Adindan -- Sudan

010 Afgooye -- Somalia

011 Ain el Abd 1970 -- Bahrain

012 Ain el Abd 1970 -- Saudi Arabia

013 Anna 1 Astro 1965 -- Cocos Islands

014 Antigua Island Astro 1943 -- Antigua (Leeward Islands)

015 Arc 1950 -- MEAN FOR Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe 016 Arc 1950 -- Botswana

017 Arc 1950 -- Burundi

018 Arc 1950 -- Lesotho

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019 Arc 1950 -- Malawi

020 Arc 1950 -- Swaziland

021 Arc 1950 -- Zaire

022 Arc 1950 -- Zambia

023 Arc 1950 -- Zimbabwe

024 Arc 1960 -- MEAN FOR Kenya, Tanzania

025 Ascension Island 1958 -- Ascension Island

026 Astro Beacon E 1945 -- Iwo Jima

027 Astro DOS 71/4 -- St Helena Island

028 Astro Tern Island (FRIG) 1961 -- Tern Island

029 Astronomical Station 1952 -- Marcus Island

030 Australian Geodetic 1966 -- Australia & Tasmania

031 Australian Geodetic 1984 -- Australia & Tasmania

032 Ayabelle Lighthouse -- Djibouti

033 Bellevue (IGN) -- Efate & Erromango Islands

034 Bermuda 1957 -- Bermuda

035 Bissau -- Guinea-Bissau

036 Bogota Observatory -- Colombia

037 Bukit Rimpah -- Indonesia (Bangka & Belitung Islands)

038 Camp Area Astro -- Antarctica (McMurdo Camp Area)

039 Campo Inchauspe -- Argentina

040 Canton Astro 1966 -- Phoenix Islands

041 Cape -- South Africa

042 Cape Canaveral -- Bahamas, Florida

043 Carthage -- Tunisia

044 Chatham Island Astro 1971 -- New Zealand (Chatham Island)

045 Chua Astro -- Paraguay

046 Corrego Alegre -- Brazil

047 Dabola -- Guinea

048 Djakarta (Batavia) -- Indonesia (Sumatra)

049 DOS 1968 -- New Georgia Islands (Gizo Island)

050 Easter Island 1967 -- Easter Island

051 European 1950 -- MEAN FOR Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, W Germany, Gibralter, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

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052 European 1950 -- MEAN FOR Austria, Denmark, France, W Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland 053 European 1950 -- MEAN FOR Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria

054 European 1950 -- Cyprus

055 European 1950 -- Egypt

056 European 1950 -- England, Channel Islands, Ireland, Scotland, Shetland Islands 057 European 1950 -- Finland, Norway

058 European 1950 -- Greece

059 European 1950 -- Iran

060 European 1950 -- Italy (Sardinia)

061 European 1950 -- Italy (Sicily)

062 European 1950 -- Malta

063 European 1950 -- "Portugal, Spain

064 European 1979 -- MEAN FOR Austria, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland 065 Fort Thomas 1955 -- Nevis, St. Kitts (Leeward Islands)

066 Gan 1970 -- Republic of Maldives

067 Geodetic Datum 1949 -- New Zealand

068 Graciosa Base SW 1948 -- Azores (Faial, Graciosa, Pico Sao Jorge, Terceira) 069 Guam 1963 -- Guam

070 Gunung Segara -- Indonesia (Kalimantan)

071 GUX 1 Astro -- Guadalcanal Island

072 Herat North -- Afghanistan

073 Hjorsey 1955 -- Iceland

074 Hong Kong 1963 -- Hong Kong

075 Hu-Tzu-Shan -- Taiwan

076 Indian -- Bangladesh

077 Indian -- ndia, Nepal

078 Indian 1954 -- Thailand, Vietnam

079 Indian 1975 -- Thailand

080 Ireland 1965 -- Ireland

081 ISTS 061 Astro 1968 -- South Georgia Islands

082 ISTS 073 Astro 1969 -- Diego Garcia

083 Johnston Island 1961 -- Johnston Island

084 Kandawala -- Sri Lanka

085 Kerguelen Island 1949 -- Kerguelen Island

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086 Kertau 1948 -- West Malaysia & Singapore

087 Kusaie Astro 1951 -- Caroline Islands

088 L. C. 5 Astro 1961 -- Cayman Brac Island

089 Leigon -- Ghana

090 Liberia 1964 -- Liberia

091 Luzon -- Philippines (Excluding Mindanao)

092 Luzon -- Philippines (Mindanao)

093 Mahe 1971 -- Mahe Island

094 Massawa -- Ethiopia (Eritrea)

095 Merchich -- Morocco

096 Midway Astro 1961 -- Midway Islands

097 Minna -- Cameroon

098 Minna -- Nigeria

099Montserrat Island Astro 1958 -- Montserrat (Leeward Islands)

100M'Poraloko -- Gabon

101Nahrwan -- Oman (Masirah Island)

102Nahrwan -- Saudi Arabia

103Nahrwan -- United Arab Emirates

104Naparima BWI -- Trinidad & Tobago

105North American 1927 -- MEAN FOR Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Caicos Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Turks Islands

106North American 1927 -- MEAN FOR Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

107North American 1927 -- MEAN FOR Canada

108North American 1927 -- MEAN FOR CONUS

109North American 1927 -- MEAN FOR CONUS (East of Mississippi River) Including Louisiana, Missouri, Minnesota

110North American 1927 -- MEAN FOR CONUS (West of Mississippi River)

111North American 1927 -- Alaska

112North American 1927 -- Bahamas (Except San Salvador Island)

113North American 1927 -- Bahamas (San Salvador Island)

114North American 1927 -- Canada (Alberta, British Columbia)

115North American 1927 -- Canada (Manitoba, Ontario)

116North American 1927 -- Canada (New Brunswick, Newfoundland Nova Scotia, Quebec)

117North American 1927 -- Canada (Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan)

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118North American 1927 -- Canada (Yukon)

119North American 1927 -- Canal Zone

120North American 1927 -- Cuba

121North American 1927 -- Greenland (Hayes Peninsula)

122North American 1927 -- Mexico

123North American 1983 -- Alaska, Canada, CONUS

124North American 1983 -- Central America, Mexico

125Observatorio Metereo. 1939 -- Azores (Corvo & Flores Islands)

126Old Egyptian 1907 -- Egypt

127Old Hawaiian -- MEAN FOR Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

128Old Hawaiian -- Hawaii

129Old Hawaiian -- Kauai

130Old Hawaiian -- Maui

131Old Hawaiian -- Oahu

132Oman -- Oman

133Ord. Survey G. Britain 1936 -- MEAN FOR England, Isle of Man, Scotland Shetland Islands, Wales

134Ord. Survey G. Britain 1936 -- England

135Ord. Survey G. Britain 1936 -- England, Isle of Man, Wales

136Ord. Survey G. Britain 1936 -- Scotland, Shetland Islands

137Ord. Survey G. Britain 1936 -- Wales

138Pico de las Nieves -- Canary Islands

139Pitcairn Astro 1967 -- Pitcairn Island

140Point 58 -- MEAN FOR Burkina Faso & Niger

141Pointe Noire 1948 -- Congo

142Porto Santo 1936 -- Porto Santo, Madeira Islands

143Provisional S. American 1956 -- MEAN FOR Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela

144Provisional S. American 1956 -- Bolivia

145Provisional S. American 1956 -- Chile (Northern, Near 19¡S)

146Provisional S. American 1956 -- Chile (Southern, Near 43¡S)

147Provisional S. American 1956 -- Colombia

148Provisional S. American 1956 -- Ecuador

149Provisional S. American 1956 -- Guyana

150Provisional S. American 1956 -- Peru

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