Display Settings
A dialog box allowing the user to set the following display parameters will appear when this option is selected:
Grid Style:
selects one of four available styles of viewing display. The chart mode should be used when an outside vender raster or vector chart has been loaded in using the CHART->Chart Settings menu command. The grid mode shows both the ship and target in terms of their geodetic latitude and longitude positions. The grid mode is scaled in latitude and longitude with true north at the top of the screen. Two of the displays have the ship centered at all times and display the target either relative to the ship's bow (heading up) or relative to the compass's north (north-up). When a target(s) is displayed relative to the ship's bow both filtering capabilities and the track plot line are disabled. When a target(s) is displayed relative to the compass's north the maximum number of data points displayed is 15.
Grid Format:
allows the user to select the way the latitudes and longitudes will be displayed on the edge of the view screen. The options are as follows: None, the latitudes and longitudes will not be displayed. Degrees, the latitude and longitude will be displayed as degrees and fractional degrees in the following format: ##.####. Degrees minutes seconds, the latitude and longitude will be displayed in the following format: ## ## ##. Degrees minutes fractional minutes the latitude and longitude, minutes and fractional minutes will be displayed in the following format ###.##.###.
Display Units:
sets the display units to feet, yards, meters or nautical miles. If the units selected are feet, yards or nautical miles the depth will be displayed in feet. If the units selected are meters the depth will also be displayed in meters. The full scale edit box will be changed to reflect any change in display units. In addition, if the units selected are meters, the display units will automatically change to kilometers when the display scale is increased beyond 1000 to 1500 meters.
Heading Up\North Up Scale:
sets the maximum size for the graphical display area when in north-up or heading-up. Use the drop down list box to select the maximum display size. The the minimum size available is 200 feet and the maximum size available is 12,000 feet. The selections in the drop down box are in the units set in DISPLAY SETTINGS-> Display Units.