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1. Additional options provided 144 Edit Highlight a Named Waypoint then press Edit to change its name short name icon coordinate location or notes Delete Deletes the highlighted Named Waypoint Show All Ensures that ALL Named Waypoints are visible on the screen Hide All Removes ALL Named Waypoints from display This does NOT delete them To restore them to view simply press Show All Print List As you might expect this will provide a printed list of all your Named Waypoints Named Waypoints Setup Named Waypoints The Setup tab lets you specify Properties settings to be used for any new Named Waypoints that you create Prompt for Named Waypoints Properties when checked means that the Properties window will automatically appear each time you create a new Named Waypoint so that you can immediately assign it a name note etc Uncheck this option if you do not want the Properties window to appear automatically upon Named Waypoint creation e Display When Display is checked ALL the Named Waypoints that you create will be included in the chart display e Lock Locks the Named Waypoint into its location so that it cannot be moved Since Named Waypoints are designed to indicate specific locations and are not designed to be moved the Lock option is always checked and grayed out unavailable for modification e Symbol The Named Waypoints symbol is available in three colors select the one that you would like Of
2. UNI Unidirectional Often occurring at rivers or during floods unidirectional currents only flow in one direction IRR Irregular Current Graph Current Graph Station Hame Rainsford and Windmill Pt between Station Number 7436 Reference Staton Boston Harbor Deer Island Light Massachusetts Distance 30 3 WM 42 16 520 N 070 56 320 Vv End Note tap H 11 H 2000 H Current Flood Te a aS 000 ml urent Flo Speed 0 3 Kts 1200 ET E astern Daylight Time Dir 58 Mag 17 00 4 12 2000 01 56 0 8 Kts F 05 12 08 39 09KtsE 1203 1432 OY Rts F 17 49 2 36 08 kKtsE id Week lt Day Tide Stations Curent Tidal Stream Stations Day gt week gt gt Current Graphs provide data on the type speed and direction of the current at each current station To view a station s graph right click on any current station icon and choose Current Tidal Stream Graph Interpreting the Current Graph Current graphs are very similar to tide graphs The graphs show fluctuations in the current s speed and direction hour to hour The vertical axis shows the speed of the current Time progression moves from left to right and is shown in hourly increments on a 24 hour scale with afternoon and evening hours represented as 13 1 PM through 23 11 PM Zero is midnight The horizontal line through the center of the graph indicates a speed of 0 knots slack water Where the line peaks above the
3. Navigation Calculation Basis Loran C SNR Status Position Correct Offset Time Constant Time Constant TRANSIT Satellite Antenna amp Geoidal Heights TRANSIT Satellite Initial Flag TRANSIT Satellite Operating Distance to Waypoint Waypoint Distance Rhumb Line Water Propagation Speed Event Timer Time of Da 63 ZZU Time UTC Advanced Autopilot Setup GPS amp Autopilot The Advanced Autopilot Setup window lets you modify the settings that govern Offshore Navigator s communication with your Autopilot For information on choosing settings refer to your Autopilot s User Manual 64 Data Windows 13323_1 BAR HARBOR EJ i 03 23 00 13 36 34 PM a a to TEE ne FL Link a Up NTH 11 06 1999 o 36 NM It 10000 li 1 00 3 Data windows are designed for quick reference during navigation They can also be activated in simulation mode There are several kinds of data that you can select for display To configure your data windows go to the Vessel GPS menu and choose Setup Data Windows Data Windows Setup Viewable Data Values Possible Values Viewable Values Distance To Next Waypoint ETA At Nest W pt Distance To Destination Distance To Nest Waypoint Time To Nest Waypoint Range Bearing To Next pl Time To Destination Speed Over Ground Date Time Range Beanng To Next Wot Ranger Bearng From Last w pt Speed Thru Water Range Bearnng To Cursor Range Bearnng To Vessel Heading ETA At Next W
4. a BO p 67 a e Sleterg 28737 21 Click the Route button on the toolbar OR Choose Create Route from the Route menu OR e Right click on a chart and choose Create Route Then click on the chart where you want to set a waypoint As you click waypoint symbols are added to the chart and are automatically connected with lines When you have reached the end of your route and set your final waypoint right click and choose Save The cursor changes back to the Drag tool hand symbol To Move a Waypoint To move a waypoint hold the cursor over the waypoint until the cursor changes to a cross shape Then you can click and drag the waypoint to a new location To Delete a Waypoint To delete a waypoint right click on it and choose Delete this Point To Add a Waypoint Hold the cursor over the route and when the cursor changes to a cross shape right click Choose Insert Waypoint at End at Beginning or in Line If you choose Insert in Line the waypoint will be placed at the portion of the route where you placed the cursor The Insert in Line option only appears when you right click over a leg of the route that is on the line between two waypoints If you know the lat lon where you want to place a waypoint right click and choose Insert Waypoint at End or at Beginning then when the cursor changes into the waypoint adding symbol right click again and choose Key in Lat Lon Type the desired coordinates in the window provi
5. 1 Right click anywhere on a route and select Insert Point at End The cursor will change to the Route tool ready to set a waypoint A line stretches from the route s last waypoint and follows the cursor as you move 2 Left click to set new waypoints 3 When finished right click and choose Done Insert Waypoint in Middle 1 Right click at the place where you want to add the waypoint and select Insert Waypoint in Line 2 The waypoint will appear where you clicked You can use the mouse to drag the waypoint if you need to move it or any other waypoint 155 How can I change a waypoint s symbol Single Waypoint 1 Right click on the waypoint and choose Route Waypoint Properties 2 The Waypoint Properties window appears with the symbol color name etc for this waypoint Press Change and select a different symbol then press OK when you have made your changes 3 The new symbol is present on the chart All Waypoints in a Route 1 Right click anywhere on the route and choose Route Properties 2 Under the Display tab press the Change button next to the waypoint Icon Select a different symbol and press OK to close the window s 3 The new symbol is used for each waypoint of the route How do I delete a waypoint from a route Single Waypoint Right click on the waypoint and choose Delete this Point Several Waypoints 1 Right click on the route and choose Route Properties or choose Routes from the Routes menu a
6. CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED THE BASICS Opening Charts The Chart List All charts available for viewing are listed in the Chart List There are several ways you can open the Chart List e Press the Chart List button on the toolbar yt HJ g CHARTLIET Chart List button e From the File menu choose Open Chart From the Charts menu choose Chart List Note If you are reading charts from a CD be sure the CD is present in your drive If it s in the drive but the charts aren t listed in the Chart List click Charts Change CD Refresh Chart List From the resulting list double click on the title of the chart you want to open For more about charts and the Chart List see page 34 Moving Around the Charts Dragging and Scrolling Tr The Drag Tool represented by a small hand symbol is the main way of repositioning the chart The drag E tool is the default cursor tool so it is already selected each time you start Offshore Navigator Left click tsn anywhere on the chart and drag the chart to move it When you hold the cursor near the edge of the screen it changes to a small black arrow Hold down the left mouse button and the chart will scroll smoothly in the direction of the arrow If you hold the cursor in a corner the arrow will point diagonally ae ry 23 sue ald Rock Ledge M5 25 f 35 y 5 j 7 ME gt E Drag Pool changes to scrolling arrow at edge of screen To shift the chart area b
7. Green Black Trackball Arow Controls Horizon Move Viewpoint in Direction of Arrow Move Landscape in Direction of Arow Vessel lcon on Contour Chart Pointer Shape Install Pocket Contour Restore Default Settings Cancel Help Contour Charts to adjust the following settings Depth Scale agit Wes F Surface Layer A translucent flat plane representing the water s surface The surface layer is shaded lightly but you can still see through to the contours underneath 48 A vertical line extending down from the vessel icon The line is notched and labeled at regular depth intervals Surface Layer Off Surface Layer On Depth Marker A horizontal opaque plane directly underneath the vessel icon placed at a depth level that you specify here As your vessel moves the Depth Marker moves with it The Depth Marker draws your attention to areas within a certain depth range and lets you disregard areas that aren t in that range Shipwrecks Obstructions Check here to see the locations of shipwrecks and obstructions such as rocks reefs deadheads piles stumps etc marked and labeled directly on the contour charts Transducer Cone Helps you visualize the amount of terrain covered in your transducer s beam angle 49 Show Outline of Contour View Area on Nautical Chart MAPTECH Contour e 4 rH 92 a i Thr tap 7 eo MEA 12
8. pr 30 199 NH Bottom Lat 447 26 057N Lett Lon es 07 78 Ww Right Lon 06 03 429 Click Charts Chart Information or right click on the chart image and choose Chart Information to get data about the active chart The samples above show the different information provided for nautical charts topographic maps and Navigation Photos ID scale and name of the active chart For nautical charts the ID is assigned by NOAA or in some cases by Maptech For topographic maps the ID is assigned by the USGS The characters in the ID correspond to the latitude longitude of the coverage area the type of coverage and the scale For Navigation Photos this ID is assigned by Maptech Each chart has a unique ID e Agency The agency that created the original paper chart that was scanned into electronic format e Navigation Photo Path The directory location where this Navigation Photo chart is stored e Edition The edition number of this chart As NOAA s nautical chart coverage of a particular region is revised over time a new edition is printed after each revision USGS topographic maps are not assigned edition numbers so for a topo map this field will always be None For Navigation Photos the Edition number corresponds to the release of the CD containing this Navigation Photo chart Edition 1 indicates that this chart image is from the first CD release for this Navigation Photo region 39 40 Date The date whe
9. 4 FI 46 Folow Vessel Relve Link Chatts Nerth Up Places a blue rectangle indicating the boundaries of the chart area displayed in the contour chart window Note You ll only be able to see the blue outline when the nautical chart is showing more area than the contour chart If the nautical chart is zoomed in closer than the contour chart the blue outline will be outside your field of view Center Screen On Vessel Location The Contour chart will follow the vessel icon as it moves The icon will always be at the center of the screen Same Point as Linked Chart The Contour chart will match itself to the area displayed in the nautical chart window If you switch from one nautical chart to another you may need to drag the nautical chart image slightly in order for the contour chart window to update itself to match the new coverage area Colors Specify colors to use for different portions of the contour charts Trackball Arrow Controls Refers to the Spin Ball in the Contour Chart Control The spin ball lets you make fine adjustments to your contour chart viewing angle Arrows on the surface of the spin ball represent direction of movement You can choose whether the arrows should move your viewpoint or move the landscape Offshore Navigator s default setting is for the arrows to move your viewpoint which means that if you press the forward facing arrow you ll be moved in closer to the landscape You can change this se
10. Navigation Mode Vessel Position Source Instead of choosing Navigation Mode from the Vessel GPS menu and then making your selection you only need to make one menu selection to start your vessel icon moving At the top of the Vessel GPS menu choose either Position from GPS or Position from Simulator A check mark will indicate your choice Checking neither is the Same as choosing None for Navigation Mode in earlier versions of Offshore Navigator See page 56 for more details Device Settings Navigation Setup GPS Vessel Autopilot and Simulator Setup are now found under Vessel GPS Setup Transferring GPS Data to from Computer The GPS to Computer and Computer to Vessel GPS menu items for the transfer of stored coordinate date are now found under the File menu Choose File Import Data from GPS or File Export Data to GPS Configuration Customization Options Under One Roof As continuing upgrades added more and more features to Offshore Navigator our customers found themselves going to two places to adjust optional settings File Preferences and View Options All adjustments are now made by clicking View Options Tabs organize all the settings Visit the new Options window to find familiar settings and clarified text captions More New Terminology Geo Names are now Place Names Geo Names place names classified by geographic feature type into a searchable database are more aptly called Place Names Choose Locate Place Names
11. OF z B What is an A2B Offshore Navigator includes an A2B feature letting you make quick measurements of the range and bearing between any two points Use the A2B tool to click on the chart and set Point A and Point B The measurement data stays on the chart until you hide or delete it See page 137 for more on A2Bs 137 A2Bs Setup AZB List List Setup Options 4 Enable Borders and RangeBearing Border Color e Display 42B2 Lancel Help The A2Bs Setup window lets you control how the A2B tool works and looks Choose A2Bs from the Tools menu and select the Setup tab e Enable Borders and Range Bearing A border will enclose the A2B line in a rectangle a note along the border line tells you the A2B s bearing Checking Enable Borders and Range Bearing makes this feature available for individual A2Bs that you select To use this feature for a particular A2B right click on the A2B and choose Properties then check Show Border and or Show Range Bearing e Display A2Bs When this is checked your A2Bs will show on the charts Uncheck this option to temporarily remove your A2Bs from display e Prompt for Symbol and Name Each time you create an A2B Offshore Navigator will bring up a small window in which you can type a name for your A2B and choose from three available symbols for the A and B points Enter A2B Hame Bar to Sheep Porcupine OK Cancel ddi Locating A2Bs
12. Optional Full Version Upgrade The full version of Offshore Navigator provides more options and greater flexibility An upgrade to the full version would let you e Create Go To routes A Go To is a quick way to set a direct course straight to one waypoint in a single step Once the waypoint is reached the Go To is automatically deleted No need to sort through the Route List or rename store routes e Create a route in Offshore Navigator and follow it with your Autopilot Offshore Navigator will send waypoints to your Autopilot simply acknowledge each new waypoint in your Autopilot as you cruise e Record a track showing your vessel s progress The track may be used as a visual aid or converted into a route for navigational use if you want to retrace your path of travel e Set Position Marks at your vessel location whenever you want to mark where you were at a given time e Take advantage of On Water Mode a simplified set of controls reduced to just those tools that you need most during navigation All other program features are kept out of your way behind the Plan mode button to use any other tools just press Plan e Create Alarm Areas to trigger a warning beep if you enter or exit an alarm zone e Place Named Waypoints at major locations in your cruising area A single Named Waypoint may be used in multiple routes e Send a Position Report via e mail to anyone who needs to be kept informed of your location The report automaticall
13. REL Line Color Position Locked Display Options e Show Name e Show Data OF Cancel Help The RBL Setup window lets you tell Offshore Navigator how you want your RBLs to look and function Choose RBLs from the Tools menu and click the Setup tab in the resulting RBL window The default RBL section lets you set options for Offshore Navigator to apply automatically to your new RBLs The New RBL section lets you choose whether you want Offshore Navigator to use these default settings each time you create an RBL or if you want to be prompted to assign properties to each RBL individually when you create it Moving RBLs As the vessel moves the RBL will stay connected to the vessel and the range and bearing numbers will automatically update themselves You can also click and drag an RBL s endpoint the end opposite the vessel to different locations for example to find range and bearing to various points on shore Deleting RBLs To delete an RBL right click on its endpoint and choose Delete RBL Alternatively you can choose RBLs RBLs from the Tools menu and select the Manage RBLs tab 140 Finding RBLs Range Bearing Lines List Properties Setup List check RBLs to show on chart O ii rririr rir irri rit ir rrrr iri rir irri rir Beach Bushes make it hard to spot 3 Locate 2 Ower s Marna No Mote Delete Print List Show All Hide All Cancel Help
14. are handy for recording things you notice while you cruise and for when you want 4 to make a quick note of where you were at a given time In the Mark List Position Marks are indicated by an asterisk To place a mark symbol on the chart at your vessel location press the Position Mark toolbar button or choose Create Position Mark from the Tools menu FOS MARK Marks Setup The options in the Marks Setup window help you decide how you want your marks to look Choose Marks Mark List from the Tools menu The Marks Setup window appears with options for adjusting marks appearance and on screen display 134 Symbols aad ad ada 4 4 4 Box Large A Lanby Fish Can Anchor Warming Shipwreck Flag You can choose from several different symbols for your marks Pick a default symbol to use automatically each time you create a mark You can edit your marks any time and specify different symbols for individual marks Color A wide range of colors is available to ensure that your marks are visible against various chart backgrounds The color you choose is applied to the mark symbol If you want this color can also be used for the text of the mark name handy if you have chosen to show mark names on the charts 135 Locating Marks Marks List Setup Dolphins 42 31 300 N 070 51 020 Greenland office 49 02 148 N OF0 50 667 w Humpbacks breaching 42 31 400 N OO 57 seer i T
15. making hills taller and valleys deeper press the button that shows a tall mountain and an Up arrow EX To decrease exaggeration flattening the landscape press the button with the shorter mountains and a Down arrow Creating Hotspots Contour Page You can mark points of interest by adding hotspots to the chart A hotspot is shown as a red dot with a depth line extending downward to the bottom Hot when you come across something you want to mark press the Hotspot button Spot to place a hotspot on the chart at the location of your vessel The hotspot symbol will remain on the contour chart to represent your point of interest To rename delete or set course for a hotspot press the Page button until you reach the Map Page The Map Page Vessel Orientation 3 Map page symboliz location as though E al Pucket Contour pocket Contour O h d depth is notec corner of the sen E represented by a red circle crosshair symbol with an g in the direction you re traveling North To adjust vessel orientation tap Options Orientation North Up In this mode north is represented by the top of your Pocket PC screen As your direction changes the vessel arrow will likewise rotate on the screen For example if you are headed east the vessel arrow will be pointed to the right When you first start using Pocket Contour your vessel is shown in North Up orientation Course Up Your vessel arrow will always point towar
16. not just Offshore Navigator Not available for Windows XP theme Bearings Choose whether you would like your bearings displayed in Magnetic North or True North This setting applies to all readings and calculations in Offshore Navigator 27 Datum Choose a datum in which Offshore Navigator should display lat lon Choose WGS84 and all lat lons will be given in WGS84 datum Choose Local and Offshore Navigator will display coordinates in whatever datum was originally used to create this particular paper chart You can find out a chart s datum by right clicking on the chart and choosing Chart Information Linear Units Linear measurements can be given in nautical nautical miles and feet for distance knots for speed statute statute miles and feet for distance miles per hour for speed or metric units kilometers and meters for distance kilometers per hour for speed This setting affects all windows or readouts where data is displayed or entered Lat Lon Format Offshore Navigator can display latitude longitude readings in four ways Degrees Minutes Seconds DD MM SS This coordinate system displays locations in Degrees Minutes and Seconds For example in Deg Min Sec the location of Maptech s New Hampshire office would look like this 430 02 08 N 070 50 36 W Degrees and Decimal Minutes carried out three decimal places DD MM mmm This is the default coordinate system in Offshore Navigator and is commonl
17. 20 207 N OFOF BF 237 Ww 169 5 476 Camden Harbor Entrance 44 12 107 NH OBS 0 487 yw 30 94 2031 Canapitsit Channel 4172F 24 M Qro 54 30 Ww 21 2 6L 2176 Cape Cod Canal east end 41 46 30 H OO 30 OO yw 184 91 rol Cape Elizabeth 43 aF OO N UFO 117 OO a 98 91 b Cape Fourchu 17 miles southwest of 49 34 007 N OBB 24 DO Ww 29 06 A Cane Encina 4 miles west of An ar NHN NAR Ta I wat AR ae 4 Total Ale The stations are represented by icons on the charts Each icon is labeled with the present speed of the current and includes an arrow that indicates whether the current is ebbing or flooding Offshore Navigator uses your computer s system clock to report the present conditions changing the icons appearance accordingly Right click on an icon to read the station name view the related current graph or get additional data about the station Properties Current Tidal Stream Station Icons Current stations are marked by icons on the charts There are several versions of the current icon Standard Current Station Icons FLOODING SLACK EBBING 2047 62 Kw 97 26 118 The picture above illustrates the different phases of the standard current icon Each icon changes in appearance over the course of the day to reflect the present conditions at that current station Offshore Navigator uses your computer s system clock to make these calculations The accuracy of these symbols depends on the accuracy of yo
18. Choose A2B from the Locate menu or the Tools menu to see a list of your A2B measurements and choose one to view on the screen You can also use this window to delete A2Bs from your list 138 Range Bearing Lines RBLs What is an RBL A range bearing line or RBL for short is a straight line between the vessel and another point on the chart The line is labeled with the range distance and bearing from the vessel to the line s endpoint You can create range bearing lines between the vessel and any location Creating an RBL To create an RBL simply right click on the chart at the location to which you d like to know the range and bearing and choose Add RBL A line will appear on the chart connecting your vessel to the point where you clicked The range and bearing are shown at the end of the line A window will appear so you can give the RBL a name write a short note about it and adjust other properties Create RBL Mame Landing Note Meet Jerry at 4 Latitude jaa 24120 N Longitude 063 13 044 14 Values in 6504 Datum Position Locked Display Options e Show Mame e Show Data To view the properties note line color etc of an RBL right click on the RBL s endpoint and choose Properties 139 RBL Setup Range Bearing Lines List Properties Setup RBL Creation f Prompt for Name Note C Use Default Default Settings Name No Name Mote No Hote
19. Track Points in Log The total number of track points in this track log e Track Points Checked The number of track points that are presently selected for inclusion in the new route track This number will change as you experiment with different selection methods below e Check to Include Track Points From Log Data for each track point in this track log The checkboxes at left indicate whether the point is to be included in the new track route 71 Select Track Points Several methods are available for selecting which track points to include in the new track route You can check individual points by hand in the Track Point List above or use the options here and have Offshore Navigator automatically filter the points for you Pick a selection method and press the Refresh button to see how that method affects your track point list The track points that would be removed will be unchecked The Track Points Checked at top right gives you the total to be included in the new track route e All Keeps all the track points use this if you want to create a route with waypoints that correspond exactly to these track points e None Use this to clear your selections and start over e Time Select a time interval Example If you choose 00 02 00 Offshore Navigator will select the track points that would be closest to the vessel location every 2 minutes while traveling this course e Distance Instead of selecting track points at regular time in
20. Ves Pos 43 39 227 H 070 12 117 W RB NWpt NAS NA ee ee AMONDO ROADS RB Cur 45 a GERCAS AWH 5 6g i 47 1107137 ipep e ay a 5 43 SY ODE Compass E H Contour MANUAL POSITI CIATUM OK F T Plan Mark Designed for Navigation In On Water Mode Offshore Navigator s standard menus and controls are removed from the chart window They are replaced by a smaller set of buttons and readout panels These buttons use large print labels and simple images to help you easily identify the tools and data that you re most likely to need during actual navigation This pared down simplified control panel makes it easier to glance at the screen and find what you need in all types of cruising or sailing conditions Entering On Water Mode O To enter On Water Mode press the On Water button in the lower left corner of the Plan Mode screen n Plan Mode is Offshore Navigator s standard mode Water Returning to Plan Mode A Press the Plan button when you want to end On Water Mode and return to Plan Mode Offshore Navigator s standard mode 96 Adjusting Chart Display Selecting Changing Charts Nautical SALEM MARBLEHEAD AND BEYERLY HARBORS 131276_1 1 10000 d Topographic Contour The chart title type ID and scale are listed along the top of the screen Next to each of these is a drop down menu so you can select a different chart based on title chart type etc Chart Detail
21. a template without building a route onto it choose Template List from the Route menu select a template and press Locate This will show you that template s chart location without activating the Route tool Following a Route Following a route in Offshore Navigator means that the vessel icon will move along the route overlay to represent your progress during a cruise You can follow a route using your GPS during actual navigation on the water or you can use the Simulator useful for planning when you re not actually moving Highlight a route and press Follow then select a Position From option from the top of the Vessel GPS menu Offshore Navigator will move the vessel icon to represent your progress along the route 110 e Position from GPS If you are on the water and cruising choose Position from GPS from the Vessel GPS menu and your position will be marked on the charts and updated every three seconds Offshore Navigator receives position data from your GPS and places your vessel at the coordinates received When Position from GPS is checked you may also follow a route using your Autopilot see page 112 e Position from Simulator This lets you simulate vessel movement to help you plan a cruise in advance even before you get on the water Your vessel icon is moved according to the speed and current set drift conditions that you specify in Simulator Setup see page 84 When you re following a route the Follow button is relabeled
22. active route This is automatically checked if you re following a route If you want to pause the route just uncheck this box Check it again to resume the route Step by Step Instructions 1 Locate the route that you want to follow then right click on it and choose Follow 2 Next place the vessel icon near the start of the route To do this right click near the start of the route and choose Put Vessel Here 3 Ifyou want to record the vessel s progress choose Vessel GPS Tracks Record 4 Hold the cursor over the route The cursor will change to a cross shape Right click and choose Follow A route line will join the vessel to the route s first waypoint 5 From the Vessel GPS menu choose Setup Simulator Check the Following active route checkbox if it isn t already checked 6 To the right of the checkbox there are two choices e Only use route plan headings lets you see what would happen if the vessel s course were NOT 111 corrected for the effect of a current e Also apply vessel data lets you make heading adjustments as necessary to compensate for the effect of the current This is a hands on way to determine how much of a correction is needed under different conditions Under Current specify Set the direction of the current and Drift the current s speed Press OK On the chart the vessel will begin to move Choose Setup Simulator from the Vessel GPS menu when you want to make changes to the Simulator sett
23. and a list of available services Name Bucks Harbor Marine Largest Ves Ft Not Available Region 2 Telephone 207 326 8839 Latitude 44 20 300 M Longitude joss gA fe WM Values In 46584 Datum Asvallable Services Gasoline Diesel Fuel Food Lodging Restroom Shower 129 Setting Up the Marine Facilities Database Marine Facilities El List Setup Options iW Display Marine Facilities MW Show Facility Labels Select Region File Files Un CO Match Label to Symbol Color Files Installed on Hard Drive Delete From HO Delete Load Selected File Help In most cases your Marine Facilities data is automatically copied to your hard drive This lets you do a Marine Facilities search in a ChartKit region even if the CD is not inserted in your CD drive If you have more than one ChartKit CD and you want to search for Marine Facilities in a CD region other than the region that you are currently searching you must tell Offshore Navigator to switch to the other CD s Marine Facilities data To do this choose Locate Marine Facilities and press the Setup tab Check and Highlight the Region File That You Want to Use Each CD s Marine Facilities data is stored in a file named for the region covered For example the filename m_reg2 dat indicates Marine Facilities data for ChartKit Region 2 The Marine Facilities Setup window lists all available data files both Files on C
24. are displayed as symbols and lines on the charts You can adjust the characteristics of each route symbol and line color symbol shape display of waypoint name and number etc The Route List Routes List Setup X Porcupine Island Rum Key amp Route Fri Mar 31 000 14 23 E Route Thu Apr 13 2000 14 50 Reverse ae Route Thu Apr 13 2000 15 56 Y Route Wed pr 19 000 08 12 Edit T Simm amp d Wwhalewatch Plan Follow Pause Delete Locate Show All Hide All Print List PRRERPEREE Help y The Route List window shows all your routes Click on a route name to highlight it There are several options available from the Route List window e You can edit waypoint symbol line color etc for the route you highlighted press Edit e Select a route to follow with your vessel press Follow e View a route s location on a chart press Locate Follow a route in Reverse 105 Show All or Hide All routes on the screen Use the Route Plan window to see a breakdown of the trip including estimated fuel consumption per route leg at various speeds duration of each leg of the route estimated arrival time etc Delete individual routes or print a list of all your routes Route Setup Routes Lit Setup Default Te We appomnt Symbol M Display Range Bearing M Display Waypoint Numbers T Enable Waypoint Vicinity Alarms Diameter 0 01 Hh Selected Line
25. as slack water Since the water 7 flow is so slight no clear direction is perceptible At such times the arrow will change to a e i double pointed graphic 122 Predicting Conditions The column on the right side of the window provides hourly stream direction and drift readings To find stream predictions for a specific date time use the date time controls above the diagram The pair of left and right facing arrows below the diagram let you cycle quickly through recent conditions and upcoming changes clicking either arrow will adjust the diagram by a five minute increment Hold either arrow down to view changes in progression Current Table Station Mame Fo Close Latitude laos Longitude 0043014 Properties Year Month Date Dap Time Speed Status Lt Print 2002 Feb 7 Thurs 1554 D0kts Slack 2002 Feb F Thurs 18 32 0 8 kts Flood 2002 Feb 7 Thurs 21 51 O0kts Slack Help 2002 Feb a a 00 56 0 8 kt Ebb 2002 Feb a aj 04 00 DO kts Slack 2002 Feb a Si 06 24 Like Flood 2002 Feb g Ei 10 18 DO kts Slack 2002 Feb g Ei 14 10 09 kts Ebb 2002 Feb a Fri 16 53 O0kts Slack 2002 Feb g Ej 21 03 10 kts Flood 2002 Feb a E 22 50 DO kts Slack ae 2002 Feb q Gat 02 15 0 3 kts Ebb 2002 Feb q Gat 04 55 O0kts Slack 2002 Feb 9 Sato 07 32 10kts Flood 2002 Feb 9 Sat 11 10 O0kts Slack Feb 9 Sat 1506 O9kts Ebb El anna C k a D k 17 AF nn lbs Current weak and variable The current graph window includes a button labele
26. center line dark shading the current is flooding The valleys lighter shading between the peaks show when the current is ebbing Checking Different Dates and Times When you first open the current graph it shows the present conditions It gets the date and time from your computer s system clock All 24 hours for today s date are shown and a vertical dotted line indicates what time it is now There are several controls you can use to adjust the date and time being displayed As you change the day or hour the graph scrolls to represent tidal conditions at the specified time All time and date readings are updated simultaneously In other words if you change the date the day of the month will change too 121 Tidal Stream Diagram BA Charts Tidal Stream Diagram Station Name DOVER B41892 Tidal Diamond E Station Number 1892003 Stream refered to Hi Pririt Help Reference Station DOWER Distance 14 0 NM Time Er Speed 50 BOOM 000 06 100 E _Wamina 1300 150 Mag 0 3Kts 14 00 036 Mag 3 Kt Ava H 30H 2002H 13 00 ae q 15 00 038 Mag 0 8Kts 16 00 O40 Mag 1 2 Kts Computer Time Eastern Daylight Time Ee 1700 043 Mag 1 2 Kte 13 56 18 00 045 Mag 0 9 Kts 19 00 099 Mag 0 4 kts H l 20 00 196 Mag OS Kte Speed 0 3 Kts Dir 150 bag 27 00 718 Mag 08 Ks i 2200 220 Mag 1 1 Kts A 2300 22 Mag 1 0 Ets A 00 00 222 Mag 0 8 Kts E 01 00 222 Mag 0 3 Kts E 02 00 047 Mag 0 1 Kts x 03 00 O37 Mag 0 5 Kts Fd
27. chart rotation and how the chart is presented in relation to the vessel icon A quick glance at this Chart Status bar tells you the current settings as well as the chart scale and the width of the area it covers Follow Vessel When this box is checked the chart display will follow the vessel as it moves across the charts This means that your vessel can t drift out of view since the chart image will update itself to keep the vessel always visible on the screen e Relative The vessel stays in the center of your screen while the chart moves underneath e True The vessel moves across the chart and the chart only scrolls itself when the vessel nears the edge of the screen Look Ahead Works like Relative but keeps the vessel at the screen s edge to maximize your view of chart area ahead in your vessel s path The chart scrolls while the vessel stays in the same place on your screen Link Charts When this option is checked you can link to another chart that shares the same center lat lon as the current chart When two or more charts are linked they can be viewed together They will scroll simultaneously and any overlays like markers or routes that you create on one chart will automatically appear on the other chart as well Chart Orientation These options refer to the way the chart image is positioned on your screen e Chart Up The chart image is oriented so that whichever edge was the top of the paper original
28. clicking and dragging it with the mouse cursor Pressing the icon black dot will open the GPS Setup window see page 57 Dead Reckoning GPS amp Autopilot Passthru l Autopilot Setup Advanced Autopilot GPS Setup Fort Settings Dead Reckoning GPS Connection M Allow Dead Reckoning if GP S fails to send data Try to reconnect to GPS every 2 minutes Estimated Speed Heading Speed JF fio kts Heading 14 Degs M Estimated Current rift jo Kts Cel 7 Degg M Cancel Help If a problem develops and your GPS is no longer able to send out an accurate position fix Offshore Navigator can continue to simulate your vessel s progress along a route using the values you set in Dead Reckoning To enable Dead Reckoning in the event of GPS failure choose Setup GPS from the Vessel GPS menu and check the Allow Dead Reckoning checkbox Set a time interval for Offshore Navigator to attempt reconnection to your GPS The most often Offshore Navigator can retry is once a minute Type in your estimated speed and heading along with the current drift and set and Offshore Navigator will move your vessel icon over the charts to correspond to your settings 58 Autopilot FULL VERSION ONLY Setup GPS amp Autopilot An Autopilot is an external unit that controls the steering of the vessel Offshore Navigator supports Autopilot use so if your vessel is equipped with a GPS unit and an Autopilot you can i
29. d like to fish so that Offshore Navigator can warn you if you drift beyond the boundary you set EY Zoom In Click on this toolbar button then click on the chart to zoom in closer by one zoom level The point where you clicked will be centered on the screen El Zoom Out Select this tool then click on the chart to zoom out by one zoom level The point where you clicked will be centered on the screen Maptech MapServer Press the Maptech button on Offshore Navigator s toolbar to go to the Maptech MapServer at www maptech com Internet connection required 12 a O HELP Help Opens Offshore Navigator s electronic Help document to the Table of Contents page The Help menu on Offshore Navigator s menu bar also provides links to the Help system as well as additional documentation and data Autopilot FULL VERSION ONLY If you have an Autopilot aboard your vessel use this button to start sending course data to the Autopilot when navigating Chart Status Bar M Follow vessel Relative l Link Charts Chart Up NTM 11706 1999 0 43 Nh 1 10000 1 00 Relative Chart Lp NTM 177061999 Look ahead Course Up This panel called the Chart Status Bar lets you control various settings for how the active chart is displayed The active chart is the chart that you re viewing or working with If you have more than one chart open you can tell which one is active by its highlighted title bar You can adjust zoom level
30. dodo tt t latas 56 rones leal ooo ponia noe 57 A A A E T ohana A O 57 E es ee E 57 Dead ERS CONN A tusseusouys aoe a 58 AUtoplot FUEL VERSION ONE E in A AS 59 SO aa RR AAA TITS 59 o A eT a oes eae ua isa iowa ae aa eee 60 Advanced Autopilot Se tU airada ta aan 64 Data WINdOWS cs ooo OVINOS 65 Data WINCOWSS UI es eee ess 65 Data Valle AD DOV CIONS A cnt tea ES ASS 67 hacks FULE VER SIONCONE Viriato tdt atados 68 RECO 6 Id FACK dar 68 Convert Flter Tracor Ns UE oa 71 Alarms FULE VERSTON ONL Feeries eterio e a dana 75 VW Ao CO O EAA A A 75 Creating AO Siri ri dia 77 Te AMeNOl Al Al Mixcechstetahel chelate a ban stat eine eieke ao A 78 AMAS O UD E aT Tree rT Tre errr Tn errr tT Te doo emer 79 A DS ENS erica ca alae Pe A A Maan 80 Adjusting Alarms Size and Shape sssssassssanansnnnnennnrenannnnannsunnnsnnnnenannnnanansnnnnennnrenannsnanansnnnnen 81 MOV IG ARIS Soa EEE E E E E E tes E E E E O S I wea A cided weed ARA AE E AA AE A 81 Tmgdaered Alar msn cananea dada 83 USOS MA a e cares 84 THe SAID S Log FULL VERSION ONE resistir ARANA 86 Scheduling rimmed Log ENIE S cafenin oooO DINERO os as 87 Events that Trigger Logbook EMES orres LEL EET EELEE ECEE AEE EEE AEEA 88 PERROT NC o a ojo Lo isee rieri ae or eos ea e oer ee a er cer 89 MOB Man Overboard Tracking Feature 0occccccccccnccncnnccoccn cnn cnn nr rr 91 Dat WACS EOS as 92 WV S data O dia 92 VY o ENa a aaea aeaaeae e aaea ea eaea eaa 92 Overlay Datumi
31. for the same area or view different types of coverage nautical chart and topographic map for instance As you move the chart with your mouse in one window the chart in the linked window will automatically scroll to mirror that movement Link by Lat or Lon Allows you to link two topographic maps that share EITHER the same latitude OR the same longitude IMPORTANT For safety reasons it is NOT recommended that you use this linking method for two nautical charts 29 Automatically Link Charts that Share a Lat Lon This setting affects the charts you open from the Navigation Panel When this option is checked clicking on another chart rectangle in the Navigation Panel will open that new chart in an additional window To view the two linked windows together press the Tile Vertically or Tile Horizontally toolbar buttons Overlay Options Options Chart Display Overlays General Pilot Aids Chart Hotes See Note conz Chart Notes amp See Note Icon HTM Icons HTM Icons MW Show NTH Chartlet Grids Tide Station Icons Tide Station loons Current Station leons Current Station lecons Show W Marine Facilities w Picture Icons 4 Routes M Named Waypoints 4 Marks 4 Personal HTMs M Show Special Link Icons Ho Special Link Icons Overlays If your chart image is getting too cluttered with overlays uncheck any of these options All overlays of the type s you check wil
32. for the same general area at different scales You can switch to a different scale chart for the area you re viewing There are several ways to change scales e Toolbar Click on either the Scale In or the Scale Out button to switch to the next available chart the chart whose scale is closest to the current chart Click on the Max Detail button to go straight to the largest scale chart the most detailed scale available for the area you re viewing Oi HAXDETAIL SCALEIM SCALE OUT e View menu Choose Scale In Scale Out or Max Detail from the View menu Right click on chart These commands are also available when you right click on a chart Use the scale control SE es EE 120000 113292 1 PORTLAND HARBOR AND VICINITY ME Each colored rectangle represents a chart available for the area you re viewing Hold the cursor over a rectangle to see that chart s name ID and scale Click on a rectangle to switch to that chart Automatic Zoom Scale dy El As mentioned there are toolbar controls specifically designed for zooming in and out on the _ chart you re viewing and other controls designed to let you switch to a different chart whose scale shows a closer or wider view The Plus and Minus buttons on the Navigation Panel combine both these features in a single control When you press the plus button Offshore Navigator will move you in closer by a factor of approximately 50 for roughly twice as close a view Press
33. have made your selections press Print The chart image is printed at the same scale and resolution as the original paper chart e Print When you have made all your selections press the Print button to start printing e Print Setup Press Print Setup to make adjustments to your printer settings paper size and orientation for example e Select All Highlights every grid in the chart overview window at right This selects all chart sections so the entire chart will be printed e Clear All Clears all the highlighting from the chart overview at right If you were selecting various sections pages to print and want to start over press Clear All e Calibrate The Calibration option is provided for use in the rare cases when a printout does not exactly match the scale of the paper original For the most part you will not need to use the Calibrate option If find that there is a discrepancy between a chart printout and the paper original you can use the Calibrate feature to fine tune the printout so it matches perfectly e Include Route Overlays Check this option to include routes on your printout This will ensure that if a route is present on the screen in a particular chart area it will be included when you print that portion of the chart e Include Title and Index Pages When this option is checked your chart printout will be accompanied by two additional printed pages The Title page is printed first and provides the chart ID and name
34. in speed The arrow rotates to indicate the direction of water flow When flow is negligible the icon is shown as a double sided arrow or square The water speed label also includes a diamond symbol with the station letter which differentiates secondary current stations in a given vicinity Under this naming system secondary stations are named for their primary reference station the ID of the most detailed chart showing the station and a letter For example Ullapool BA2209 Tidal Diamond B is based on the Ullapool primary station may be seen on BA chart 2209 and is the second of two reference stations found on that chart it is therefore assigned the letter B No Data for Icon but Consult Tide Graph Tidal Stream Diagram for Information For some stations lack of consistent tabular data makes it impossible to display continually updated conditions on the icon itself However you may consult the station s Tide Graph or Tidal Stream Diagram for information 119 Smaller Icons are Sometimes Used standard current icons to indicate each station accurately In these cases Offshore Navigator uses a smaller version of the current icon shown above These smaller icons always look the same regardless of current conditions so you will need refer to each station s current graph for further information Alternatively you can zoom in or scale in until there is room for Offshore Navigator to display the standard current icons Somet
35. navigating Creating a PNTM To create a PNTM right click on the chart at the location where you d like to create the PNTM and choose Create PNTM You will be asked to assign a title to the PNTM To adjust other PNTM properties right click on the PNTM symbol and choose Properties PNTM Properties Personal Notice to Mariners Properties Feature Dock Comments Dock was rebuilt a hundred yards downriver Acton Agency Number D ate Relocate USER 17 00 Chart Edition fi 3326_1 E Text Locations Symbol Right Square m W Position Locked Color Latitude pe 29 151 Longitude per7 32 042 Values in 46504 Datum e PNTM Name Comments You can assign a name to your PNTM or use the default the date of creation A Space is provided for you to record comments if you wish e Action Use this to classify the chart changes made by your PNTMs What action does your PNTM change take Does it Add Delete Relocate or Change the chart feature e Agency In NOAA s Notice to Mariners publication each chart correction includes the agency responsible for initiating the chart change Here for a Personal Notice to Mariners the Agency is set to User you but this data field is available for your use if you want to change it e Chart ID Edition The ID and edition number of the chart that contains this PNTM e Text Location Choose whether the text of the PNTM title should appear above below
36. plan using the bearing to the next waypoint as the vessel heading For example if Waypoint 2 is at a bearing of 18 degrees from Waypoint 1 Offshore Navigator will assign a vessel heading of 18 degrees which you may not adjust The heading will only be changed as each waypoint is achieved In this case a waypoint is considered achieved once the vessel icon has traveled a distance equivalent to that route leg regardless of how close the vessel icon actually is to the waypoint Also apply vessel data Lets you make course adjustments as necessary to compensate for the effect of the current This is a hands on way to determine how much of a correction is needed under different conditions which you set in this window To adjust your course type different Heading and Speed values in the space provided in the Simulator Setup window This lets you react to extraneous conditions namely the current set and drift that you specify here in Simulator Setup and make adjustments accordingly In this way you can do a dry run of a route and find out exactly what corrections you would need to make to stay on course under different conditions 84 Vessel Speed and Heading You must also type vessel speed and heading Vessel speed may be already filled in using whatever figures you entered in the Vessel Setup window but you can change speed and heading as you like Note While you re following a route this section is grayed out UNLESS you hav
37. recording things you notice while you cruise and for when you want to make a quick note of where you were at a given time In the Mark List a Position Mark is indicated by an asterisk and then click on the chart at the point you d like to mark To place a mark symbol on the chart at your vessel location press the Position Mark toolbar button or click Tools Create Position Mark Changing Symbol Color Etc To change settings for how all your marks should look click Box Light Tools Marks Mark List and select the Setup tab Several symbols are available To make changes to one mark at a time right click on the mark symbol and choose Properties Large A Lanby Searching for a Specific Mark Fish C ii Click Locate Marks to find any mark s location on the chart Anchor Warming Shipwreck Flag Locating Points of Interest Searching by Place Name Your Maptech Digital ChartKit may provide an extensive database of Place Names and their chart locations classified by type The Place Names database saves you the trouble of scrolling around a chart in search of a particular point Instead you can type a keyword and search specific categories of locations canals bays harbors summits rivers reservoirs etc These places and categories are taken from the Geographic Names Information System GNIS developed by the US Geological Survey USGS Offshore Navigator keeps track of each location s coordinates so that it
38. settings establish communication between Offshore Navigator and the Autopilot by checking GPS On and Autopilot On You are now ready to use your Autopilot to follow a route see page 112 Note to Garmin GPS Users In order to work with your Autopilot your GPS Interface option must be set for NMEA The Garmin or Garmin Garmin interface option which is necessary for the transfer of stored coordinate data to and from your computer will prevent Autopilot communication Remember to change the interface in your GPS unit when you wish to operate your Autopilot Consult your GPS user s manual for instructions Passthru Data GPS amp Autopilot NMEA 0183 defines electrical signal requirements and specific sentence formats or NMEA sentences Each sentence represents a particular type of data one sentence might provide the time and date another sentence might contain the bearing from waypoint to waypoint etc The settings under the Passthru tab apply to your GPS unit The Passthru window lets you select the NMEA sentences that you would like the GPS to pass directly through Offshore Navigator without modification to the Autopilot To specify which sentences you want to pass through choose Setup GPS or Setup Autopilot from the Vessel GPS menu and click on the Passthru tab Three sentences are pre selected for you GLL Geographic Position Latitude Longitude RMC Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data VTG Course Over Ground a
39. space will be filled in check Require Watchstander Initials Offshore Navigator will not allow the watchstander to close the entry window unless the Initials space is filled in Events that Trigger Logbook Entries Certain events will automatically trigger a log entry For example if you lose your GPS connection or if you enter an alarm zone Offshore Navigator will automatically record this event in the logbook This ensures an accurate record of important events and conditions during navigation Since there is no need to review or confirm these logbook entries all personnel are free to focus immediate attention wherever needed when such situations arise Like all logbook entries these automatic entries may be viewed at any time in the logbook Below is a complete list of these events and accompanying logbook notes When this happens The logbook will record this message GPS CONNECTION LOST GPS cable has been GPS is unplugged or loses power disconnected or GPS has lost power Position shown is last known true vessel position Not enough satellite data to calculate INVALID GPS SIGNAL GPS is still connected but vessel position position signal has been lost GPS position data is regained after a GPS SIGNAL REGAINED Position data again problem available Switching from Position from GPS to SWITCHED TO SIMULATOR Vessel icon to be Position from Simulator in moved by Simulator Position shown is last known Vessel GPS menu true ves
40. temporarily hide individual overlays on the chart right click on the overlay itself and choose Properties then uncheck the Display checkbox Or use the Routes List Marks List etc to single out the overlays that you want to remove To restore your overlays to view just re check their Display option s I want to make a printout that only shows what I m looking at on the screen Choose Print from the File menu for a one page printout of the chart area you re viewing plus some additional coverage as necessary to fill the paper To print more of the chart choose Print Chart Packet and select the area s you want Alarms FULL VERSION ONLY Can I change the sound used for Auditory Alarms The alarm sound can be modified in the Windows Control Panel Click Start on your Windows taskbar and choose Settings Control Panel In the Control Panel double click the Sounds icon The Auditory Alarm sound is the same sound set for Exclamation You can sample different sounds here and pick one that you like The Anchor Alarm keeps sounding how can I deactivate it If the Anchor Alarm is sounding at times when you don t need it to you can delete it Choose Alarms from the Tools menu highlight the Anchor Alarm in the list and press Delete Remember to create a new Anchor Alarm when you do set anchor A2Bs I would like to include range bearing data on my A2B lines but that option is always grayed out If you would like to be able t
41. the Maptech World Chart Zooming out on the World Chart provides the widest available chart view for any area Linking Two Charts for One Location Link Charts Chart List Link From Chart 133221 Link To Chart Type q3d22_1 WINTER HARBOR ME Nautical 10000 13318_1 FRENCHMAN BAY AND MOUNT DESERT ISLAND ME Nautical 40000 Chart Info liM21 FRENCHMAN AND BLUE HILL BAYS AND APPROACHES MENautical S0000 1326021 Bay OF FUNDY TO CAFE COD MAINE NEW HA amp MPSHIRE MAN autical 330530 Print List 1300621 WEST QUODD Y HEAD TO NEW YORK EAST COAST Nautical 6 5000 FEG2 BLOCK ISLAND Al TO THE CANADIAN BORDER Nautical 1200000 1500517 CAFE SABLE TO CAPE HATTERAS Nautical 1200000 FEG4 CHESAPESRE AND DELAWARE BAYS Nautical 1200000 REGS NEWYORK TO NANTUCKET AND CAPE MAY HJ Nautical 1200000 MAPTECH WORLD CHART Nautical 17716535 Open Chart dit e Auto Adjust Zoom Change CD Rebuild Chart List Close Help You may already know that if you want to open another chart for the area you re viewing you can click Charts Charts at This Location and select from a list of charts available for the location you re viewing If you want to be able to view two charts for the same lat lon AND have both charts move scroll together at the same time you can link the two charts To do this use the Charts menu and choose Link Two Charts at Location A modified Chart List window will appear listing only those charts that cover
42. the lat lon of the point at the center of your screen Highlight a chart title and press Open Chart and the two charts your original chart plus the one you just opened will appear side by side on the screen Whenever you scroll or drag one chart the other chart will follow so that both charts are always centered on the same lat lon Check the Auto Adjust Zoom checkbox in the chart list and Offshore Navigator will automatically present the chart at the same zoom level as the chart you were already viewing This lets you view different chart scales for the same area or view different types of coverage nautical chart and topographic map for instance Below is a sample of two linked charts notice that the center of each chart image shows the same geographic location 19 File View Charts Locate Tools Routes Vessel GPS MOB Help E ASh w eee en A A The Vessel Whether you re planning a trip or already on the water Offshore Navigator helps you predict or control your vessel s course A special symbol is used to represent your vessel Positioning the Vessel If your GPS is on and connected the vessel will be placed at the lat lon reported by your GPS You can also position the vessel at any point on the chart by right clicking on the chart and choose Put Vessel Here Locate Vessel To find the vessel s location and display the chart containing the vessel use the Locate Vessel command a click the Locate button on the
43. this is checked Offshore Navigator will automatically prompt you to assign a new route s properties as soon as you finish creating the new route The Route Properties window will automatically appear after you save the route 107 Route Properties Route Properties Display Colors Waypoints Alarms Notes e appomnt Symbol O Change Line Color M Display Routes Lock Show RangeBearing M Show Waypoint Numbers Datum Walid Color of Selected Line Short Hame RUMKEY Change Mame Porcupine Island Rum Rey Cancel Apply Help You can adjust a route s characteristics in the Route Properties window To open the Route Properties window e Highlight the route s name in the Route List and press Edit or e Right click on one of the route s waypoints and choose Route Properties The Display tab shown above lets you choose a waypoint symbol line color and other features that control how the route looks and acts The Waypoints tab lets you edit waypoints coordinates or insert new waypoints by assigning them coordinates The Alarms tab lets you adjust the diameter for the Waypoint Vicinity and Arrival Alarms For details on these alarms and other Properties options see Route Setup on page 106 108 Route Plan Route Plan Route Plan Last Trip M Wan if Speed is Over M iwar if Fuel Used is Over MW Lock Departure T Lock Arrival f 5 00 fo ar 04 20 2000 17 16 58 PM g 20 2
44. to make any selections or specifications The center lat lon of the area you re viewing will be the center of your printout Everything you see on the screen will be included in the print plus some extra chart area as needed to fill the paper Paper orientation print quality and other settings will correspond to the settings in the Print Setup window The printout will include the chart name chart ID and the coordinates of the top left and bottom right corners This information will be printed along the bottom of the printout Latitude longitude rulers will be printed around the border of the chart If you want to print a larger portion of a chart use the Print Chart Packet command 42 Print Chart Packet Print Chart Packet Print Setup Select All Clear All Calibrate Help Close Include IY Route Overlays e Tithe amp Index Pages When you choose Print Chart Packet from the File menu this window appears showing an overview of the active chart with a grid superimposed over it Each rectangle in the grid represents the area covered by a sheet of paper The size and or shape of these rectangles will change if you switch your printer to a different paper size Click to highlight the areas you d like to print The area highlighted above would be printed on two sheets of paper If you d like to print the entire chart press the Select All button To clear all highlighting press Clear All When you
45. toolbar or choose Locate Vessel from the Vessel GPS menu LOCATE 20 Creating Routes Setting Course Offshore Navigator lets you set waypoints on the charts to mark your destination and planned course of travel Once you tell Offshore Navigator where you plan to go Offshore Navigator can provide useful data to help you keep to the plotted course Go To Feature FULL VERSION ONLY For a direct route to a single destination create a Go To A Go To always starts at your vessel and contains only one waypoint This is modeled after the GOTO navigation feature provided by most GPS units Use a Go To when you want to go directly to a particular location sg Whaleback Rk 3 yuy 5 4 A There are three ways to create a Go To e Click the Create Go To toolbar button OR e Choose Create Go To from the Route menu OR e Right click on a chart and choose Create Go To A line appears on the chart starting at your vessel The cursor turns into the waypoint symbol Move the cursor to the location you d like to go and click to set the waypoint on the map If you know the lat lon of your destination right click and choose Key in Lat Lon then type the desired coordinates Routes If you use a GPS you are already familiar with routes and waypoints A route is a series of locations waypoints connected in sequence On a chart a route is shown as a series of waypoint symbols connected in order by straight line segments Neg of
46. water height measured at neap tide Neap tide is the period when the range of tide is at its minimum when the difference between the levels of low tide and high tide is smallest e Approximate Center of Station Area This latitude longitude roughly represents the center of the area covered by this tide station 117 Current Tidal Stream Stations Current Tidal Stream Station List Maptech ChartKit CDs edition 3 0 and higher include data on various current stations within each region To browse a list of the current stations and select one to view on the screen choose Current Tidal Stream Stations from the Locate menu Tidal Stream is the preferred term in British English and stations on charts produced by the British Admiralty are known as tidal stream stations Current Tidal Stream Stations Search For cam pa Locate Found 1 Matching Current Station Found HERI ES _ CNA ET EOS AO 326 Bucksport Penobscot River 44 34 16 NH Oe 4E 235 Wt 2221 Bull Point east of 417 20 ie N OFT 21 o 71 ee 1626 Bumkinlaland 0 1 n mi west of 42 16 517 N UFO 54 22 we 17211 Close 1536 Bumkin lland 0 4 n mi west of 4 Te 507 H OO 54 457 W 17231 171 Burnt lsland D ak Island between 44 11 28 H 068 49 087 yw 24 65 Help 176 Butter 0 3 nautical mile SE of 4413 20 H DER 46 407 yw ef 43 2156 CAFE COD CANAL railroad bridge 41 44 30 N UFO Se 487 YW 169 36 1146 Calf island 0 4 rr west of 42
47. will arrange them in a cascade pattern on your screen so you can read each one s title bar f wre Tile Vertically Automatically arranges open chart windows side by side on the screen A Tile Horizontally Automatically arranges open chart windows one above the other so that they are sharing equal screen space I VW mN Drag Pan Tool The usual cursor tool and the main way of moving around the charts This tool is automatically selected when you start Offshore Navigator letting you click on the chart and drag it in any direction You can also right click on overlays routes waypoints etc to get more information about them ra Create Go To FULL VERSION ONLY Lets you create a route that starts at your vessel and contains only one waypoint the route s end This feature is designed to efficiently set a course from your current position straight to the desired location See page 21 gt CREATE em Create Route A route is a series of locations waypoints connected in sequence On a chart a route is shown as a series of waypoint symbols connected in order by straight line segments Select the Route tool then click on the chart to set waypoints along your intended course of travel P Mark Lets you add symbols to the chart by clicking on the chart You can choose from several symbols and colors and assign names to your marks See page 134 K4 PE Position Mark FULL VERSION ONLY Places a mark at your ves
48. you click on the charts you want e Get details about a particular chart Use the scroll bar at the bottom of each chart list to see various details about each chart including edition number revision date NTM information etc The information available here is also provided in the Chart List refer to the Chart List help topic for further explanations of the types of information available You can also get details about a chart by highlighting it and pressing the Info button e Space Required As you select charts to copy the Space Required figure at the bottom of the window shows you how much disk space you ll need for the charts you have selected This number will change as you select additional charts 6 When you have made your selections press the Copy button in the center of the window The charts will now be copied to the hard drive you have specified Copying the Entire Contents of a CD In addition to charts certain Maptech chart CDs may also contain non chart data such as GNIS Geographic Names Information System Place Names data Tides and Lights information Coast Pilot Help Symbols Help marine facility information etc Copying this data to your hard drive will allow you access to it whenever you like without needing the CD To copy everything contained on a CD all charts and other non chart information Press the Copy All button in the center of this window To copy all the charts on a CD but no additional dat
49. 000 17 27 54 PM First Active Waypoint in Route Last Active Waypoint in Route Point 1 Point E Forward View C Reverse View Show AllLegs Show Active Legs Columns Print Plan Leave nee Sse pee a compicion rose ruer 00 00 og 00 00 00 04 20 2000 17 16 58 Pra E sport Carcel elo Help The Route Plan window lets you modify a route For example you can assume different speeds for different legs of the route or decide how much time you want to spend at each waypoint Offshore Navigator takes your route plan and automatically calculates how long the trip will take how much fuel you will use etc In this way you can experiment with a route before you even get on the water The Last Trip tab lets you see route plans for previous cruises of this route The data columns in the lower portion of the window may be rearranged to your liking Each row represents one route leg Some of the columns are not visible in the image above here is a complete list of available Route Plan data e Leg Number e Starting Waypoint e Start Lat Lon e Ending Waypoint e Distance traveled so far e Distance Summary total trip distance e Bearing of leg e Speed of leg e Time spent so far e Time Summary total trip time e Completion date and time e Pause how much time spent in Pause mode after this leg e Fuel consumed during this leg e Fuel Summary total fuel consumption 109 You don t ne
50. 14 03 16 73 06 161203 See ete ee eee eee Ss 065 039 065 07 Obs 08 Obs 06 Obs 08 Obs 09 OBS 09 Obs 09 Obs 10 Obs 10 bs 10 OBS 11 065 11 NAR 12 Re Calc COG 50G Cancel Help The Track Point List window gives the name lat lon and other data for each track point in a track log o Right click on one of the track s waypoints and choose Track Point List or o From the Track List highlight the track name and press the Properties button and select the Track Point List tab Recalculate SOG COG If you would like to apply different numbers for Speed Over Ground SOG or Course Over Ground COG you can change the numbers and then press Recalculate SOG COG to see the effects of your changes 74 Track Point Properties Track Logs at Little Pond Beach just south of Popplestone If you like you can assign a name to a track point and type a short note about it e Right click on one of the track s waypoints and choose Track Point Properties or e From the Track List highlight the track name and press the Properties button and select the Track Point Properties tab Select the desired track point from the Track Points List tab in the Properties window Alarms FULL VERSION ONLY What is an Alarm An alarm is an area you define on a chart so that Offshore Navigator can warn you when your vessel enters or leaves that area For example you might set an alarm
51. 2 42 3 41 07051 de wo 152 064 00 01 00 0 25 3 0171172002 144437 423142 N 07051 22 152 064 00 04 00 0 25 E 0171172002 14453 42 3144 DOST OZ W 152 064 00 04 00 0 25 E 01112002 14 46 37 423145 N 0705046 152 064 00 01 00 0 25 g 0171172002 144a AIAN 070050 26 15 2 O8 00 01 00 0 25 J 0171172002 14 48 37 42 3140 N 07050 0S Ww 15 2 08 00 04 00 0 25 Values in 46554 Datum Select Track Points Refresh fe All C By Time C By Distance By Course Change Paresh None 00 00 10 HH Mbm 55 0 005 Nh Error 0 005 NM Convert to New Fonte Filter to Mew Track Log Done Offshore Navigator includes a Track to Route Filter New Track conversion feature Create a Route from a Track Log If you have a track log whose course you d like to follow in your vessel convert it to a route so Offshore Navigator can follow it Filter to New Track Log with Fewer Track Points This lets you filter an existent track log so the new version contains fewer track points This is often handy when working with track logs that have been transferred from a GPS unit since such track logs often contain a large number of points The Convert Track window provides data on each point so you can pick the points to include in the new track route e Name The name of this track log o Note A brief note that you typed that you assigned the track or in this example the Note tells the source of the track log transferred from GPS e
52. 3 Thurs 20 20 5 9 ft Flood For most tide stations the Tide Graph window includes a button labeled Tide Table which leads to a text version of tide data for that station Data is arranged in columns headed by tabs Year Month Date Day time Height and whether the tide is ebbing or flooding Predictions are given for each turn of the tide over a period of several years use the scroll bar to find the date s you want Note on BA British Admiralty Charts Due to a lack of consistent tabular data tide tables are not available for tide stations on BA charts Use the Tide Graph instead to research past and future conditions 116 Tide Station Properties Tide Station Properties Station Mame Bover Pait Reference Station Name Portland Maine Distance from Reference Station 41 66NM Station Number 699 BSB Region E Mean Tide Range 4D Spring Range Pao Mean Tide Level 340 Datum Height Latitude E 07 O00 N Longitude pro 30 0001 yy Values in 6554 Datum The Properties window contains information about a particular tide station This window appears when you right click on a tide icon on a chart and choose Properties e Reference Station The station used as a reference to construct the tide graph for this station relative to the reference station e Distance from Reference Station Distance between this station and its reference station e Mean Tide Range The difference between levels of mean high w
53. 4 From Offshore Navigator s Charts menu choose Send Contour Chart to PDA Follow the instructions on the screen 5 Once the transfer is complete the chart will be available for use in Pocket Contour on your Pocket PC You may need to restart Pocket Contour in order to see the newly copied chart Removing Charts from Your Pocket PC In your Pocket PC tap Start Programs File Explorer Use the down arrow to highlight My Device Tap the Program Files folder then the Contour folder then the 3DCharts folder This is where your contour chart files are stored Hold the stylus against the files you want to remove and choose Delete Toggling Between Pages Press the Page button to toggle between the three screens or Pages of Pocket Contour Page 149 The Contour Chart Page Charts and Vessel ae ea ON Options 21 QO A B The Contour Chart Page shows your vessel position in relation to the surrounding underwater contours and land formations The darker the color the deeper the water Land is shown as light tan If no chart coverage is available for the location indicated by your GPS signal OR if your GPS has not yet established your position the screen will read No Chart Coverage Your vessel is represented by a red arrow shaped icon The point of the arrow represents the bow of your vessel The approximate depth at your location is noted at the top left corner of the screen To change the units of depth measurement
54. 53 0007 yi 46 9410575 Birch Islands 44 52 000 M 06 09 0007 w qe 1173 Rird Island 47 40 MOTE N AFN A3 NON ww a a F 300 Stations Total The stations are represented by icons on the charts Each icon is labeled with the present tidal height and includes an arrow that indicates whether the tide is ebbing or flooding Offshore Navigator uses your computer s system clock to gauge the present tidal conditions changing the icons appearance accordingly Right click on an icon to read the station name view the related tide graph or get additional data about the station Properties 113 Tide Station Icons Standard Icons The icons that indicate the tide station locations also indicate the stage and height of the tide The icons change in appearance to reflect the present conditions FLOODING lero 3 6ft Present et height Level of red indicates stage of flood Hed arrow pointing up EBEING Level of blue TIDE indicates stage 11ft Present of ebb height Blue arrow pointing down Note Offshore Navigator uses your computer s system clock to get the time and date in order to show present tidal conditions Therefore the accuracy of the tide readings depends on the accuracy of your system clock Sometimes the scale of a chart or the high number of tide icons in one area make it hard to use the standard tide icons to indicate each station accurately In these cases Offshore Navigato
55. Abandon If you decide to stop following the route Abandon it either by pressing this Abandon button or by right clicking on the route and choosing Abandon Route To temporarily pause vessel tracking progress right click on the route and choose Pause Route This will let you make a temporary deviation then pick up again where you left off Offshore Navigator will continue to move your vessel across the chart it just won t compare your course to the planned route Notes To bring the route into view on the screen Route List from the Route menu highlight the route name and press the Locate button Following a Route using the Simulator See page 84 for more information about the vessel movement Simulator Tra Cor PA A gt a tl 5 x Active Route tir F ii kh ata 1100 yee ey oe Only use route plan headings F aami i Air appie varm dite baim Iw Following uaa active route im En Ea lien Core Cat hi Eh Sul 4 Daga H When you re following a route you have two choices for how the Simulator should work Under Active Route check whether to Only use route plan headings which lets you see what would happen if the vessel s course were NOT corrected for the effect of a current or whether to Also apply vessel data The latter allows you to make adjustments to your course as necessary providing a hands on means of determining what corrections would be required under different conditions Following
56. Areas that include one or more NTM changes can be marked off by NTM chartlets yellow rectangular grids This feature is useful when applying corrections to your paper charts helping identify the chart areas over which the new chartlets should be pasted Tide Station Icons Maptech ChartKit CDs edition 3 0 and higher contain extra data on tide measurements at specific points called tide stations Tide tables are available for each tide station so you can predict tides many months in advance These stations can be marked by icons on the charts The icons appearance changes to indicate whether the tide is ebbing or flooding and the icons also note the approximate maximum tide height at each station Under Tide Station Icons choose whether to include icons and or their labels on the charts The label appears underneath the icon and tells the station name Current Tidal Stream Station Icons Maptech ChartKit CDs edition 3 0 and higher include extra data on current speed and direction measurements taken at specific points called current tidal stream stations For charts produced by the British Admiralty the preferred term is tidal stream These stations can be marked by icons on the charts The icons appearance changes to show whether the current is ebbing or flooding Right click on an icon to view the current table and information about each current station Under Current Station Icons choose whether to include icons and or thei
57. Choose RBLs from the Locate menu and the RBL window appears opened to the List tab This window lists all your RBLs Range Bearing Lines Each RBL has a checkbox next to it when checked the RBL is visible on the chart To temporarily remove an RBL from view uncheck this box To temporarily remove ALL RBLs from view press the Hide All button To restore them all to the chart display press Show All To find a specific RBL on the chart highlight it and press the Locate button To delete an RBL highlight it and press Delete 141 RBL Properties Range Bearing Lines Bushes make it hard to spot 44 75 50 N DEF do 24h yy The RBL Properties window lets you adjust an RBL s settings or read any notes you may have recorded For access to the RBL Properties window right click on an RBL endpoint and choose Properties or choose RBLs from the Tools menu and select the RBL Properties tab Named Waypoints FULL VERSION ONLY What is a Named Waypoint A mM A Named Waypoint is a waypoint that can be used in multiple routes Named Waypoints are handy ca for marking locations that you visit often i ai Creating a Named Waypoint To add a Named Waypoint to the chart right click and choose Create Named Waypoint The cursor will change to a crosshair symbol Position the cursor at the location where you want to place the Named Waypoint and click A Named Waypoint symbol will be added to the chart and a window will ap
58. Color T Enable Waypoint Achieved Alarms Change Diameter 0 03 Hh e Background Color Preview Text Color T Enable Routes to be Dragged T Prompt for Route Properties Cancel Apply Help Choose Routes from the Route menu and press the Setup tab to set default properties for Offshore Navigator to use when you create routes The Route Setup options let you decide how your routes should look and act Offshore Navigator will use these settings for new routes These default settings can be changed at any time and of course you can always edit routes individually if you need to make changes e Display When this is checked your routes will be included in the chart display If you want your routes to be hidden from view uncheck Display e Lock Check Lock to prevent accidental movement of your routes and waypoints When Lock is unchecked you will be able to move routes by clicking and dragging 106 Display Range Bearing The range and bearing from each waypoint to the next will be included on the chart alongside each route leg line Display Waypoint Numbers When this is checked each waypoint will be identified on the chart by a number Uncheck this option if you prefer to use unnumbered symbols instead Enable End Route Alarm When following a route Offshore Navigator will notify you when you have reached the end of the route Enable Waypoint Vicinity Alarms For use during navigation Offshore Navigato
59. D and Files Installed on Hard Drive From one of these lists check and highlight the file that you want to use Make sure that the file is not only checked but also highlighted in blue If you select a file from the Files On CD list that file will be copied to your hard drive for easy access in future use This ensures that any Marine Facilities data that you ever use will be on hand when you need it again Select Display Options The Marine Facilities in this list may be marked by symbols on the charts Display Marine Facilities Check here to show marine facilities as symbols on the charts Show Facility Labels The name of each facility will be shown next to its icon on the chart Match Label to Symbol Color The name of the facility will appear in the same color as its symbol 130 Press Load Selected File to Load the Marine Facilities Data Once you have made your selections and are ready to load the database press Load Selected File Answer Yes to the confirmation message The file that you selected will be ready for your use Note This Marine Facilities data will remain available until you specify a different Marine Facilities data file or until you start Offshore Navigator with a different CD in your drive When a CD is present at Offshore Navigator startup its Marine Facilities data is automatically loaded for your use If you have more than one CD drive remember that Marine Facilities data will only be automatically loaded fr
60. DR DR Dee 160 Alarms FUEL VERSION ONE e ito ben Ts Do deso 161 1E e A PAAA A on nn E E E EETA TA A A DA A A A T E 161 MISCCIAMCOUS AAA 162 FOW LO COMAC EMI DE ore ies 162 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Welcome Welcome and thank you for using Maptech s Offshore Navigator This document condensed from Offshore Navigator s electronic Help system and formatted for efficient printing is designed to serve as an extensive printed reference for using Offshore Navigator However please note This document is not a comprehensive reference The Help system that accompanies Offshore Navigator software remains your best source of information about Offshore Navigator s features and capabilities Documentation updates are made available for free download at www maptech com so please check in from time to time to ensure that you have the most up to date information on using Offshore Navigator Chances are good that if you cannot find the information that you need in this document it will be found in the electronic Help Click Help Contents if you have any further questions Note for Offshore Navigator Lite Users This guide was written for the full version of Offshore Navigator The Lite version of Offshore Navigator contains a reduced set of features Several of the program features described in this guide are NOT available in Offshore Navigator Lite Sections that describe features found exclusively in the full version appear in lighter typeface
61. GPS Position from GPS Offshore Navigator will place the vessel icon at the coordinates received from your GPS unit As your vessel moves so will the vessel icon This is called GPS Navigation During GPS Navigation your GPS signal status is represented by an icon and note in the lower right corner of your screen These brightly colored square icons show you your GPS status at a glance for more details click on the icon and a message will provide more information 57 TT When your GPS is sending valid position data a green check mark indicates i GPS OF that all is well If your GPS temporarily loses its satellite fix a yellow exclamation point SEE notifies you that there isn t enough data being received from your GPS in order to o a your estan You should make sure that your GPS antenna is properly connected to the GPS unit and that the antenna has a clear view of the sky A red X indicates that your GPS connection has been cut off Either the GPS L o was turned off or the cable became disconnected Plug it back in and wait for your GPS to reestablish your location To avoid seeing this X uncheck Vessel GPS Position from GPS when you no longer require a GPS signal When you re not using your GPS for navigation this icon and message serve A A SSSR Ea as a reminder that the vessel icon DOES NOT necessarily indicate your GPS An Since the icon isn t being positioned according to the GPS data you can move the icon by
62. Marine Facilities Search Your Maptech Digital ChartKit may also provide a Marine Facilities database which works the same way as the Place Names database 26 See 105 for instructions on setting up your Marine Facilities search options Setting Your Personal Preferences Click View Options to adjust your personal preferences for how your charts and data should be presented The Options window lets you adjust the look and feel of how Offshore Navigator operates Chart Display Options Options Chart Display Overlays General Show Outlines Display Options Chart Color Scheme Hormal le Chart Outlines charts you own Index Outlines available from Maptech Bearnas Chart Scrolling True Meus sl M Allow Chart Scrolling D atum a Be ooa y Slow R Fast Local EN e A Eee Linear Dita ARANA AI IED E ARAHAL CA Nautical Fathome Haunt Lat Lon Format Chart to Chart Linkage dd mm ss Link by Lator Lon topo maps only Automatically Link Charts that Share a Lat Lon Default Zoom Level 2x 1 2 Zoom Out 50 Cancel Help Chart Color Scheme Six different color palettes are available all designed to make the charts and controls easier to see in different light conditions Experiment to find the options that work best for you Note This setting will affect your screen display for ALL programs
63. NSETT BAY F NOTES FOR NARRAGAN gt L I mm mMm L _ l hL Info Space Available 2 024 GE Delete ST q Choose Hard Drive Close Help Offshore Navigator offers you several Chart Management options including the ability to copy charts to your hard drive Why Copy Charts to My Hard Drive Copying charts to your hard drive provides faster display capability It also saves you the need of keeping CDs on hand and the trouble of switching them in and out of your CD drive If there are charts you plan to use frequently you ll probably want to copy them to your hard drive This window is designed to let you do this quickly and easily Copying Charts Step by Step Insert a Maptech chart CD in your CD drive From Offshore Navigator s Charts menu choose Chart List Select the Copy Charts to Hard Drive tab BR UNE 36 If the charts on the CD do not appear in the Charts on CD list on the left press the Change CD Refresh Chart List button and the charts will be added to the list Click on the chart titles to highlight the ones you want to copy to your hard drive e Highlight multiple charts at once To highlight several charts in a row hold down the Shift key on your keyboard while you click on charts all the charts between the ones you have clicked will automatically be highlighted To highlight several charts scattered through the list hold down your Control key while
64. Name Type Lat Lon etc simply double click the heading above a column to rearrange the items in the list For details about the photo press Info To copy the photograph to your hard drive press the Copy to HD button 131 A picture icon and its corresponding photograph nt ar n 0021 13 Owls Head Ledge Ea vel a ZA z Shag Rock 7 SS A g7 oie E i 1 ay ir a bir E o ji rd ao 4 Coastal Navigation Photo CDs are available in Maptech s Digital ChartKit package For more information please contact Maptech at 888 839 5551 or visit www maptech com Connecting to the Internet World Wide Web Wow Connection Type a website URALI OF Maptech s Map Server Add to Favorites Maptech s Home Cancel NOAS Register Maptech Products Help Favorites WAAL AE gov WIA as hingtonpozt cor 132 This feature allows you to view web pages within Offshore Navigator Microsoft Internet Explorer is used as the browser during Offshore Navigator operation toolbar In the window that appears select from a list of preset websites or check Type a website To connect to a website choose WWW Connection from the File menu or press the Web button on the THEWER URL to type the URL of any website that you want to visit You can add websites to your Favorites list To open a favorite website highlight it and press Visit Favorite To remove a website from your Favorites list highligh
65. TION OF ANDROSCOGGIN AIVER ME Nautical 40000 132951 KENNEBEC AND SHEEPSCOT RIVER ENTRANCES ME Nautical T5000 13296 1 BOOTHBEAY HARBOR TO BATH INCLUDING RENNEBEC RAlVNautical 15000 13298 1 KENNEBEC AIVER BSTH TO COURTHOUSE POINT ME Nautical 15000 13230_2 KENNEBEC AIVER BATH TO COURTHOUSE POINT AIGHTNautical 15000 132302 KENNEBEC AIVER COURTHOUSE POINT TO AUGUSTA AliMautical 15000 132304 KENNEBEC AIVER COURTHOUSE POINT TO AUGUSTA LE Nautical 15000 13301_1 MUSCONGUS Bay ME Nautical 40000 133012 NEW HARBOR INSET ME Nautical T0000 d a E Ta E Thi Al A PhS h 1 Ce a E aa Change CO Refresh Chart List To open a chart highlight the title and press Open Chart or simply double click the chart title Refresh the Chart List Whenever You Insert a CD The Chart List may include charts on a CD or charts stored on your hard drive If you are viewing charts from CD then any time you insert a chart CD while Offshore Navigator is running you must refresh the Chart List Click Charts Change CD Refresh Chart List or press the Refresh button in the Chart List window This will tell Offshore Navigator that you have inserted a new CD and Offshore Navigator will scan the CD and add those charts to the Chart List so they will be available for use Rearranging the Order in which Charts are Listed You can arrange charts in order by ID Name Type Scale or any other heading see below for information on columns that aren t visible in the
66. Tide Staton Properties rra E EAE E OEE EA A E edad E id 117 curent Tidal Stirea Stations serere e E E wenn ante leh dasraminuanemeaatnee 118 C mrent tidal Stream Statio sti cra 118 Current Tidal Stream Station ICONS amorioan oara AREAREN A R 118 CURONE OFOD eoi E AAA TR 121 Tdalstream Diagram BA Charts esate tent A A A 122 AU q TapE O q a a a a a 123 CUEFERE Station Properti Snoras nnee TT OORA 124 PICE N fa 5 lx y O PROPIA PORO O RO EEE O otek 125 Setting Up the Place Names Database ussssssssensnrnensnansnnnsnnnsennnrenanrnnnnansnnnnennnrsnannsnnnnnsnnnnan 126 Place Narea ici 127 Marine Races Search tsuru A N E A 128 Marine Facility PEO pete via A E 129 Setting Up the Marine Facilities DataDaSe cece renee rr rr 130 Pictures Aerial Photograpls saint A 131 Connecting to the HLCM mbr real oO 132 ENEE Weert E E a ee ete eee ee meer men errr rrr rr Cre rrr rrr ter tre crete errr ey 133 CHAPTER 8 ANNOTATION MEASUREMENT TOOLS 134 MAS A A A AAA AS 134 Fe INT IMSS as 134 MARES aa copada 134 e A A ce ure pte aE ata tei niin iasdhexd misiend dione Bree a Mamie A ae ame ame Nee ame mee lia 136 A wudvivcudecududerucerucecucetuderusedededededededededededededudedudededed NAA AAA eae ceases ees A EAE 136 A A AA AT EE EI EEI E PEE A E E T 137 WINAUISSANGAZD reticence tice caste an ease edas aian A A A ANAE SNAR ANAS AAA TAS AAA EARANN ASAA OES 137 1 A a E EEEIEE NEE 138 LOCTUN TAZE ESO EE EE E E REENT AAA E 138 R
67. Time Compression lever controls the rate at which the vessel s movement is simulated When the slider is all the Vessel way to the left the simulation is portrayed in real time is o representing actual vessel progress Slide the lever to Speed kts the right to speed it up ji Heading Legs M This is like watching a film in fast forward mode the events remain the same but they are displayed at a slower or faster pace This Time Compression control lets you adjust the length of time that Offshore Navigator takes to simulate a particular route or course of travel without requiring that you assign a higher vessel speed Note You may find that you don t need to use a very high Time Compression factor Try a low setting like 5 to Cancel Help start To fine tune number selection click on the lever and then press the right arrow on your keyboard to raise the Time Compression factor by one digit at a time Active Route This section of the Simulator Setup window only applies if you re following a route When you re not following a route this entire section is grayed out Following active route This is automatically checked if you re following a route If you want to pause the route just uncheck this box Check it again to resume the route Only use route plan headings Lets you see what would happen if the vessel s course were NOT corrected for the effect of a current Offshore Navigator will rely on the route
68. Ward usina riera 92 ChabeiD acum Wari wntutciornenctenetemetasetenusetetaneteys Dada bae IO DEE O a 93 Chare Datti E EFO rne TALL ILTTE OTTO 93 Datum Calculator A A RANNE ANEEAN RANEA nnan nn nnana 93 CHAPTER 5 ON WATER MODE FULL VERSION ONLY 96 About ON Water Mode de 96 A A A A cumini EE AEE AEE EEEE 97 POSITIONING the Vessela riada 98 PACKING TOUR PrOOVCS TA o In REE o A A 99 Spherical HOZOM VIEW esos raros tit 100 Seno COUl Sri odo dal 101 Data WING OW amarante tat tt AO ES NS SE 102 Contour Chal Controlar dino iento nieta decada tanatacetanatad macs Min tu 103 On the Water Mode Sh rte t Keys 00 AS 104 CHAPTER GO ROUTES comia i LOD WAALS A eres dues cncr anal cecnanduancearal a a a a a a a AE oes 105 TU O ona 105 ROUTE SETUD EEEE A AA AA eande 106 KOUTE Propertie S AAA AA AAA 108 ROULG y RO OO E O O lesedeceliwed aide a RTA e A AA 109 ROUtTe Template Suns annie aio i 110 PONOW IN Gar ROT tc bad ii lies bean beeen eee 110 Following a Route using the Simulator ssssssssnsunsnsnsnnsnanrnnanunsnnnnennnrnnanannnnnnsnnnnsnannnnnnnnsnnnnan 111 FONOWINd a Route With AULODIIOL tna loa toca 112 CHAPTER 7 INFORMATION TO AID NAVIGATION 113 A cca auie ivi aa raean a tend tune tene tiny iene tau dnereer ovules oseeexSsaveswvenssalnuauerans 113 Alis ese ju lo MEISE scsi EE EEEE ep EEE E EE EEEN TE N E 113 TOSS AVION W CON S i cos 114 ARAE aa A A T E T nen ee nee E E eer a a E 115 A OTOOTO a a a a aria 116
69. Y A classification of Marks Press the Position Mark button or click Tools Create Position Mark to place a Position Mark at your vessel location Position marks stay behind on the chart after your vessel icon ene moves away They are handy for recording things you notice while you cruise and for when you want to make a quick note of where you were at a given time Streamlined Navigation Panel Most of the basics are still here plus a simple Plus Minus zoom button control Data formerly contained in the Status Bar triggered alarms datum status Navigation Mode Vessel positioning method has now been consolidated with the Navigation Panel thereby making a little more room for chart image display See page 14 for details A Direct Route is now a Go To FULL VERSION ONLY In an effort to streamline and simplify some of Offshore Navigator s commands we have made a few terminology changes A A Direct Route is now a Go To Notice the new toolbar button lt u To View a Location on a Chart Choose Locate The Go To button previously found in many of Offshore Navigator s windows could sometimes get a little confusing Its purpose was straightforward to show you the chart location of the highlighted overlay but it didn t actually set a course for the location To avoid any confusion this feature has been renamed Locate You ll notice this change in both windows and menus The Go To menu for example is now the Locate menu
70. a Instead of using the Copy All button use the Shift key on your keyboard to highlight all charts in the list Highlight the first chart in the Charts on CD List and holding down the Shift key scroll to the last chart at the bottom of the list and highlight that chart All the charts in between will automatically be highlighted Then press the Copy button Changing the Default Hard Drive When you use this Copy Charts to Hard Drive feature your charts are automatically copied to a particular hard drive on your machine This is your default hard drive If you have multiple hard drives you can tell Offshore Navigator which one to use for storing the charts Press the Choose Hard Drive button to specify a different drive Change Default Hard Drive Curent Chart Hard Drive E Hard Drive Usage B3380MB EE Choose Another Hard Drive C 35 296 GB Free y Help This vall move all the charts from the current Hard Drive to the selected Hard Drive and copy future charts there Note When you choose a different hard drive to use as the default drive all the charts that are stored on your current default drive will be moved to the new default drive Current Hard Drive Usage tells you how much space your charts are taking up on your current hard drive All other available drives are listed along with the amount of space available on each You can change the default hard drive whenever you wish by pressing this Choose Hard Drive butt
71. active chart IN VENIDOS VE 20000 1132921 PORTLAND HARBOR AND VICINITY ME The row of colored rectangles on the left represents other charts available for the area you re viewing They are arranged in order of scale from large scale at left to small scale less detailed at right The light shaded rectangle represents the active chart Green represents a topographic map and red represents a Navigation Photo The name scale zoom level and chart ID of the active chart are given When you hold your cursor over each rectangle that chart s name scale and ID number are displayed To switch to a different chart just double click on a rectangle Cursor Position Data Lat 42 31 505 W Gives the lat lon of your cursor s position Also gives the range and bearing from your Lon O7O 50 177 Ww vessel location to the point where your cursor is Ang S36 FT Brg 992 Magnetic Zoom in Zoom out Press the Plus button for a closer view press the Minus button for a wider view Offshore Navigator will either adjust the zoom level at which you re viewing the chart or switch to a different chart entirely whichever is closer to a 50 adjustment When you first start using Offshore Navigator the plus and minus buttons are set to adjust EITHER the zoom level or the chart scale If you prefer you can set the buttons to adjust zoom level ONLY or scale ONLY To adjust this setting click View Options and select the General tab 14 15
72. aled charts are available Chart Outlines par Frenchman f Hartr a Se deny Moi 1 ALL qh Esta Index Outlines Like Chart Outlines Index Outlines are rectangles that indicate areas covered by Maptech charts While Chart Outlines indicate charts that you already own Index Outlines show chart coverage that is available from Maptech but not installed on your system Index Outlines let you see what other charts are available for a particular area of interest Index Outlines are color coded by region so you can discern each ChartKit region s coverage area Chart Scrolling When you hold the drag tool near the edge of the screen the cursor changes to an arrow symbol By holding down the left mouse button you can scroll the chart Use this lever to control the speed at which charts are scrolled If you don t want the cursor to change into the scrolling arrow when placed at the screen s edge uncheck the Chart Scrolling checkbox Note Another way to increase scrolling speed is to try switching to 16 bit color decreasing color resolution from 32 bit to 16 bit Use the Windows Control Panel to adjust this Display setting from the Start menu choose Settings Control Panel Display Settings Colors You may also try 256 Colors if necessary Chart to Chart Linkage Offshore Navigator allows you to link charts simultaneously display two or more charts that have a common lat lon location This lets you view different chart scales
73. ames through which you can search for areas of interest These places and categories are taken from the Geographic Names Information System GNIS developed by the US Geological Survey USGS To search for a name choose Place Names from the Locate menu then type a word or portion of a word in the Search window You can also scroll through the Place Names list or rearrange the order of Place Names by double clicking on any of the headings Name Feature type Lat Lon If your Place Names window is blank you need to set up your Place Names 125 Setting Up the Place Names Database Locate Place List Setup Select Region File Place File Currently Loaded Files On CD FREGZ POE e ISIE ASE NE z Total 1 9393 Files Installed on Hard Drive q_reg dat Delete From HD Delete Load Selected File Before you can use Offshore Navigator s extensive Place Names database you need to set it up Setup is also required if you have more than one ChartKit CD and you want to search a different region Choose Place Names from the Locate menu and select the Setup tab Check and Highlight the Region File That You Want to Use Each CD s Place Names data is stored in a file named for the region covered For example the filename g_reg2 dat indicates Place Names data for ChartKit Region 2 The Place Names Setup window lists all available data files both Files on CD and Files Installed on Hard Driv
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75. arge format If you don t need large buttons turn this option off to gain a little more chart viewing space Automatically Start Program upon Insertion of Chart CD in Drive Check this box and Offshore Navigator will automatically start whenever you insert a Maptech ChartKit CD in your CD drive Following Vessel Check here and the chart display will follow the vessel as it moves so that the vessel icon is always visible on the screen If your vessel leaves the area of the chart you re viewing Offshore Navigator automatically opens an adjacent chart 32 Follow Vessel upon Locate Vessel Command Check here if you want to automatically Follow the vessel whenever you give the Locate Vessel command see page 20 Allow Temporary Scrolling away from Vessel Checking this option lets you scroll away from the vessel icon even though Follow Vessel is checked and gives you a few seconds to look around before the screen view returns to the vessel This option is handy because it lets you explore nearby chart areas while still keeping an eye on your vessel location Plus Minus Buttons The Plus and Minus buttons on the Navigation Panel allow you to adjust zoom level and or chart scale Changing zoom level means changing the magnification of the chart you re viewing Changing chart scale means switching to another chart entirely in order to get a more detailed wider view You can choose whether the buttons should affect zoom level only c
76. around an area of shallow rocks and ask Offshore Navigator to warn you if you enter that alarm zone Or you could delineate an area where you d like to fish and Offshore Navigator can warn you if you drift beyond the boundary you set Alarms appear on the charts as outlines filled in by red cross hatching or in the case of line alarms simply a collection of line segments 75 A line alarm which will be triggered if the vessel crosses it Entry vs Exit When you create an alarm that is an enclosure you must specify whether it is an Entry alarm or an Exit alarm Entry alarms are triggered when the vessel enters the alarm area exit alarms are triggered if the vessel exits the alarm area An Entry alarm delineating a shallow area m s y J a AAA a a nett EA A ae a O See eee kee A ar Che eee PM A a a a et RRA ERRE de eae ee ae od 76 Use an Exit alarm to mark a good fishing spot E 25 A e ata vate E paa E RS AAA A E AA her tate a Line Shape Alarms b Select the Line Shape Alarm button on the toolbar and click on the chart to create an alarm line or enclosure Each place you click is joined by a line When you have finished adding line segments right click and choose Save If you create an enclosure it will be filled in with red cross hatching 27 Creating a Shape Alarm Ellipse Alarms From the Tools menu choose Alarms Create Ellipse Alarm to create a round
77. art but you can read name notes in Track Log Properties Track Recording Options e New Makes an entirely new track e Open Append This option lets you add on to an existent track Select the track s name from the drop down Name list at left e Open Overwrite You can effectively redo a track Choose a track from the drop down Name list at left The track you choose will be deleted from Offshore Navigator and your new track recording will take its place 68 Symbol Color Choose a symbol to mark your track points You can preview each symbol in the preview pane provided Also pick a color to use for your track line and points Record Track By e Time Select a time interval how often Offshore Navigator will mark your vessel position with a track point symbol e Distance Instead of setting a track point at regular time intervals this sets track points when the vessel has moved a certain distance Distance is measured in nautical miles e Error Let Offshore Navigator decide how often to set track points on the chart Instead of creating track points at regular intervals of time or distance Offshore Navigator will simply set a track point whenever your course s direction changes more than the amount you specify Using this method Offshore Navigator creates only as many track points as are necessary to mark your course In other words if you travel in a straight line for some time Offshore Navigator will only set track point
78. ated Pressing either Page button will take you to the closest day for which log entries were made In other words regardless of how long it has been since your last cruise you ll only need to press lt Page once in order to bring that date into view Likewise the lt 7 Pages and gt 7 Pages buttons will skip through calendar days as necessary in order to move through ten dates with logbook entries This prevents you from having to skim through blank days when you re looking for entries Scheduling Timed Log Entries Ship s Log Options Automatically Timed Entries M Automatically record a log entry every 00 20 00 Half hour Prompt before saving each entry so watchstander can add a note Preferences M Require Watchetander initials Cancel Help Offshore Navigator can automatically log your vessel position course and speed at regular intervals To activate this automatic timing feature press the Options button found in the logbook window and select a time interval Entries can be made hourly on the hour or every 30 minutes on the hour and at half past 87 Important Keep in mind that timed entries are made not only while you re underway but whenever Offshore Navigator is running Offshore Navigator will continue to record log entries regardless of vessel activity until you turn this option off by clicking the Options button and unchecking the checkbox In addition to your automatically timed ent
79. ater and mean low water at a given place e Mean Tide Level The average water height at this location e BSB Region The Maptech ChartKit CD region containing this station e Spring Range During a full moon or a new moon the tide s range is increased The spring range is the difference between the average high waters and the corresponding average low waters during these periods of increased range at this particular location e Tidal Datum The point used as a base in determining tide height Tidal datum is a local measurement also known as Datum height and is usually the level of low water at ordinary springs in this region or sometimes mean low or lower low water This figure is printed on most paper nautical charts Tide Station Properties for Stations on BA British Admiralty Charts Tide Station Properties for stations on charts produced by the British Admiralty provides some additional data e BA Region The Maptech chart CD region s containing this station e MHWS Mean High Water Springs The average high water height measured at spring tide e MLWS Mean Low Water Springs The yearly average low water height measured at spring tide Spring tide is the period during the moon phase cycle when the range of tide is at its maximum that is when the difference between low tide and high tide is greatest e MHWN Mean High Water Neaps The average high water height measured at neap tide e MLWN Mean Low Water Neaps The average low
80. ates will be marked with a red cross on the chart To find that location s coordinates in the Local datum just hold your cursor over the cross and read the coordinates in the display at the top of the Offshore Navigator window 93 Advanced Calculations Specifying Different Datums When coordinates are converted they are shifted from one datum to another The adjustment required to express a location in a different datum is called datum shift a numeric adjustment to the coordinates As mentioned above when you first open the Datum Calculator it is preset to convert coordinates into the Local datum the datum of the chart you are viewing To convert to any other datum press the Advanced gt gt button Datum Calculator 2 He x Coordinates to Plot Latitude Longitude Close Original Datum P Help Location marked by cross on chart e oe Shifted Coordinates Datum shifted to Latitude Longitude O A Unshifted Coordinates for visual comparison only D atum Latitude Longitude PO a Under Shifted Coordinates you may specify the datum to which you want to convert the lat lon and press Plot to perform the calculation If the location you re converting falls within the boundary of the chart you re viewing the location will be marked on the chart by a red cross Since your coordinates always represent the same geographic point regardless of what datum you convert the
81. ation Ellipse Alarms including Anchor Alarm You can stretch or shrink an ellipse alarm Hold the cursor over the alarm s center or its edge and double click A frame will appear with small green handles You can grab the alarm edge at any of these handles and drag in any direction to stretch or shrink the alarm zone Release the mouse button to complete your adjustment a ee a E PARAR A AAA You can also adjust alarms size using the Properties window right click on an alarm point and choose Properties Moving Alarms Line Shape Alarms To move a polygon line alarm grab an edge or line segment and drag the entire alarm to a new location You can also assign alarms to new locations using the Properties window right click on an alarm point and choose Properties Ellipse Alarms 81 Hold the cursor over center or the edge of the alarm area The cursor symbol will change into a cross shape and you can drag the alarm outline to a new location When you release the mouse button the entire alarm will move into the location you have selected re to a peter a DO es Ko 82 Triggered Alarms Triggered Alarms i Cross Line Rocky area 0328r 2000 09 4 i Fishing Exit Giving up 03282000 09 3 W Anchor Alarm Exit 0328 2000 09 3 Offshore Navigator will warn you if you trigger an alarm by entering or leaving an alarm zone To view a list of alarms you have triggered choos
82. ator Next set your GPS unit to NMEA output Garmin users choose NMEA NMEA from the GPS s Setup Menu Magellan users choose NMEA 0183 2 0 from the NMEA menu Refer to your GPS unit s manual for instructions if necessary Next start HyperTerminal From the Windows Start button choose Programs Accessories Communications and HyperTerminal the application not the group folder If you do not have HyperTerminal installed see below for installation instructions If a window comes up asking if you want to configure a modem now answer No or Cancel The Connection Description window should now appear Type in Test for the connection s Name and press OK The next window is the Phone Number window For Connect Using select Direct to COM1 and press OK In COM1 Properties change the Bits per Second from 2400 to 4800 since the NMEA 0183 standard specifies 4800 baud rate and press OK At this point one of three things can happen 1 I get an error message This means that the COM port you have selected is either unavailable or is not functioning properly You may have inadvertently specified the wrong COM port name Close HyperTerminal and repeat the procedure trying a different COM port this time If you are sure that you are selecting the proper COM port and calling it by its correct name that COM port may be defective Contact your computer manufacturer for further troubleshooting tips 2 I get a blank screen with a flashing curso
83. bar and or control panels Temporarily Removing Control Panels The top portion of the View menu contains several items with checkboxes These are components of Offshore Navigator s main window You may temporarily hide components from view in order to create more screen space for chart display Simply uncheck an item to remove it from view Use the View menu again to restore that item to view In this way you can show or hide the Navigation Panel Tool Bar Status Bar Chart View Status Bar Overview Window and or Data Windows Moving the Toolbar The toolbar which usually runs across the top of the screen may be moved to another location within the Offshore Navigator window Simply place the cursor in a gray area between toolbar buttons and drag in the direction you d like to move the toolbar A rectangular outline will follow your cursor representing the toolbar If you hold the cursor up against the side of the window for a moment the rectangle will become vertical Release the mouse button and the toolbar will be aligned vertically on the side of the chart window If you release the mouse button in the middle of the chart window the toolbar will float in its own window You can use this same drag and drop method to return the toolbar to its original place How come my toolbar looks different than the images in the Help pages Your toolbar is probably set to show smaller buttons For full display of all available buttons choose V
84. can instantly display the chart coverage for any location you select 25 Locate Place List Setup Region REGZ Eliot Eliot Bridge Lat Search For Jeliot Found 9 Matching Geo Marks Found ppl 43 09 187 bridge 43 11 433 Fa m a gt p oc CC tu a Eliot High School school 4y OF 41 A UFO 47 300 wv Eliot Mountain ummik 44 18 237 N UBS E W j Eliot Town of civil 47 08 817 N UFO 47 36 W Elisha Ledge bar 41 26 617 A 071 09 517 Ww Elisha Ledge bench 41 26 667 N 071 09 537 W Elishas Pond lake 41 41 667 N OO 13 750 Wi Elizabeth Hastings Junior High School school 417 30 067 N OO Ss oss wi Elizabeth Islands island 417 28 750 N OO 46 750 wi Elizabeth Park ppl 43 35 633 N 070 14 750 wv Elizabeth Cape cape 43 3 500 H 070 11 900 w Elizabeth Lake lake 417 38 337 N OO 20 000 ww Ellingwood Rock island 49 45 000 N 069 45 6331 Elliot Street Shopping Plaza locale 4 33 303 N OO Aa W gt Total 19288 cancel Ano To search for a name click Locate Place Names then type a word or portion of a word in the Search window You can also scroll through the Place Names list or rearrange the order of Place Names by double clicking on any of the headings Name Feature type Lat Lon When you have found your point of interest press OK and Offshore Navigator will take you to that chart location marking the location for easy identification
85. close to shore In the Chart List Navigation Photos are listed under the Type heading as Navigation Photo In the Navigation Panel s chart selection bar Navigation Photos are represented by red rectangles Nautical charts are blue rectangles topographic maps are green To open a Navigation Photo for your location click on the red rectangle Note Navigation Photos are designed to serve as aids to navigation and as accompaniments to nautical chart coverage They should not be solely relied upon during navigation 45 Contour Charts Dahon Avie 12318 1 Sega im FEE I Ek Wee Dhsts Locate Joos Hodes Vessel GPS HOB Heb IL a FE MAPTECH Contam E TED i i wari so 141 3 fons r sF p Eo r ee a 4 A ee oe A A A a a TE MENA h n i E i Kika 133101 FRENCHMAN Baty AND MOUNT DESERT ISLANI z ma aia MANUAL VESSEL PLACEMENT Lo L Resy ES p Binge Tne Data DE ETE 157 7 li Lin Cheats Howth Up A baur EA aes a Maptech s Contour Charts provide a 3 D view of underwater topography If you have installed contour charts on your computer you can view underwater contour coverage alongside a nautical chart or Navigation Photo Choose Charts Link to Contour Chart and Offshore Navigator will automatically open the contour chart that corresponds to the location you re viewing in the active window Enhancing the Contour View When contour cha
86. ction The bearing of the current when flooding e Max Flood Maximum speed attained by the current when flooding e Ebb Direction Bearing of current at ebb e Max Ebb Maximum speed attained by current at ebb Tidal Stream Station Properties BA Charts For current tidal stream stations on British Admiralty charts no Ebb or Flood information is provided since most such stations represent a rotary stream for which no definite ebb or flood is apparent 124 Place Name Search Locate Place List Setup Search For Jeliot Region HER Found 9 Matching Geo Marks Found A ral Eliot Bridge bridge 411 433 Eliot High School chool ay OF ar 070 47 S00 a N Eliot Mountain sLrmmit 44 18 2337 N DBS 16 433 W y Eliot Town of civil 4 08 817 N UFO 47 36 Vv Elisha Ledge bar 41 26 617 N OFT 09 57 wv Elisha Ledge bench 41 26 667 H 01 09 533 Wi Elishas Pond lake 41 41 667 N OO 13 750 Wi Elizabeth Hastings Junior High School school 41 36 667 M UFO 53 9355 wi Elizabeth Islands island 47 28 750 N OO 46 750 wi Elizabeth Park ppl 43 35 63 N 070 14 750 wv Elizabeth Cape cape 4 3 900 N 070 11 900 Elizabeth Lake lake 41 38 337 N 070 20 000 w Ellingwood Rock island 43 45 000 N DES 45 633 Wi Elliot Street Shopping Plaza locale 42 33 003 M UFO 53 533 wi Total 139200 cancel Aro Most Digital ChartKit Regions are equipped with an extensive database of U S place n
87. d Current Table which leads to a text version of current readings for that station Data is arranged in columns headed by tabs Year Month Date Day Time Speed and whether the current is ebbing flooding or at slack water Predictions are given for each turn of the tide over a period of several years use the scroll bar to find the date s you want Tidal Stream Table BA Charts For current tidal stream stations on British Admiralty charts this table provides Direction of flow instead of Status 123 Current Station Properties Current Station Properties Station Name biels Ledge 0 4 mile south of Reference Station Mame Pollock Rip Channel Massachusetts Distance from Reference Station B1S9NM Station Number 2086 Chartkit Region FS Flood Direction 51 Magnetic Ebb Direction 232 Magnetic Mas Flood 0 80 Kts Mas Ebb 1 00 Kts Latitude 4174106 N Longitude 070 400 240 wy Precision pA Oth of a Minute D atum W G584 The Properties window contains information about a particular current station This window appears when you right click on a current station icon on a chart and choose Properties e Reference Station The station used as a reference to construct the tide graph for this station relative to the reference station e Distance from Reference Station Distance between this station and its reference station e BSB Region The Maptech ChartKit CD region containing this station e Flood Dire
88. d to zoom in and out on the contour chart image Just make sure that the contour chart is active if click the title bar at the top of the window to make the chart window active Contour Chart Control When viewing contour charts an optional control may be used for more precise chart manipulation The Contour Chart Control lets you rotate the chart to any angle tilt it up or down for a better view and zoom smoothly in and out To activate the Contour Chart Control click View Contour Chart Control This command is only available when the contour chart is the active window so if you don t see this item in the View menu click on the title bar of your contour chart window to highlight it and make it active The Contour Chart Control will appear in the upper right corner of your screen It may be dragged to another area of your screen if you prefer y The top section of the control lets you make major viewing angle adjustments quickly and precisely The chevron shape in the center represents your vessel bow facing forward Click any m A arrow to look in that direction for example to look at the contours to starboard click the arrow pointing to the right to look straight ahead click the arrow that s pointing in the same direction as the vessel icon etc The spin ball lets you make finer adjustments Click any point on the spin ball to rotate or tilt your viewing angle in that direction To view the chart from higher up click t
89. dard marks you can rename them change their symbols etc In the Mark List a Position Mark is indicated by an asterisk after its name To view the Mark List and edit your marks you must return to Plan Mode Press the Plan button to leave On Water Mode and return to standard Plan mode Recording Your Progress To lay down a track line along your course as you cruise press Track The track line connects symbols dropped at regular intervals as your vessel moves Your Track will be saved on the chart To set the symbol interval and other track recording options press Plan to return to Plan Mode and then choose Vessel GPS Tracks Record See page 66 for details Note In order to use this tracking feature your GPS must be on and connected to Offshore Navigator MOB Man Overboard Tracking 99 In the event that someone falls overboard while you re cruising press this button immediately to start Man Overboard Tracking As soon as the button is pressed Offshore Navigator will drop a life ring symbol mark at the location of your vessel A panel will appear at the bottom of the screen with bearing information to guide you directly back to the MOB location marked by the life ring A line will join your vessel icon and the MOB location serving as a visual aid In addition a timer will count down the time elapsed since the MOB button was pressed This information will be invaluable in describing a victim s condition in the event that
90. ded You can change the route name waypoint symbol and color line color etc and add notes about a route in the Route Properties window Right click on a route and choose Route Properties to edit the route 22 Following a Route with GPS If you use a GPS unit aboard your vessel you can connect your GPS to Offshore Navigator and see your current vessel position and movement on the charts When you install Offshore Navigator software on your computer the Setup procedure includes a GPS Setup Wizard The Wizard automatically detects your GPS unit determines its make and model and configures Offshore Navigator accordingly If you skipped the GPS Wizard during initial software setup you can run it anytime by clicking Vessel GPS Setup GPS Setup Wizard To start communication between Offshore Navigator and your GPS choose Vessel GPS Position from GPS and your GPS will tell Offshore Navigator where you are Offshore Navigator will move the vessel icon to indicate your present location using position data received from your GPS unit This creates a visual reference so you can immediately see if you need to make corrections to stay on course If your vessel is equipped with an Autopilot you can follow a route using Autopilot see page 112 You can also use the Simulator to experiment with following routes under different current conditions and vessel speed heading see page 111 This lets you see what type of course correction would b
91. ded on vour Installer CO from the Salem MA harbor which includes a Contour Chart for that area Change CD Refresh Chart List Close Help 51 If you own Maptech Contour Charts see page 46 you must copy them to your hard drive for access Click Charts Chart List or press the Chart List toolbar button and select the Copy Contour Charts to Hard Drive tab This tab only appears when a Contour CD has been detected in your CD drive The Copy Contour Charts window tells you how much room your contour charts will require Space Required and how much room you have on your hard drive Space Available To copy the charts from your CD to your hard drive press Copy All gt gt Contour Charts It is not possible to copy only selected charts the entire CD must be copied 52 CHAPTER 4 NAVIGATION Vessel Vessel Setup Data To help Offshore Navigator provide an accurate representation of your vessel s movement supply some details in the Vessel Setup window From the Vessel GPS menu choose Setup Vessel The window will open to the Vessel Data tab Yessel Setup Bartholemew Haas Vessel Owner s name vessel name and vessel type choose Power Sail or Other Vessel Size Length From bow to stern Beam The maximum width Draft The depth to which the vessel sinks when afloat measured from the waterline to the lowest immersed part of the hull or keel Height From the waterline to the highest point inc
92. der to use Spherical Horizon View your computer s Colors setting must be at least 16 bit High Color To adjust your color setting right click on your desktop and choose Properties Settings e Spherical Horizon View works best on computers with at least 128 MB of RAM Setting Course Creating a Go To Press this button to create a Go To route straight to any location that you select on the chart Just press the Go To button and then click on your destination Offshore Navigator will place a waypoint 1 at the location you click When you create a Go To and specify your destination you can also take advantage of the constantly updated information provided by the data windows to guide you towards the location that you clicked 101 Data Windows Data Windows eo lcibjslc 175 15 00 Ves Pos 44 22 09 N 068 05 48 W RB Cur 0 36 260 Cur Pos 44 22 06 N 068 06 17 W Compass 102 Just as in Plan Mode Offshore Navigator can provide constantly updated data readings for your reference while you cruise The data window panel may be dragged to any area of the screen In order for data windows to appear in On Water Mode they must first be turned on in Plan Mode Offshore Navigator s standard operating mode To activate data windows check the Data Windows checkbox in the View menu To configure your data windows and choose what information to include choose Setup Data Windows from the Vessel GPS men
93. ds the top of the screen regardless of your direction of travel This mode mirrors your actual surrounding For example if you re headed west the top of the screen represents west mirroring your view from the helm If there are hotspots south of your location they will be shown on the left side of the Pocket PC screen Because it corresponds Spatially to your actual surroundings Course Up mode may help you visualize your location in relation to any hotspots you may have created Zooming In and Out Map Page 151 To zoom in for a closer view press the Plus button To zoom out for a wider view of the area press the Minus button The number at the bottom of the screen tells you the width of the area being shown on the screen If you zoom in this number will get smaller since less area will be shown If you zoom out the number will get bigger since you re looking at more area Tip If you don t see your hotspots on the Map Page try zooming out Creating Hotspots Map Page You can mark points of interest by adding hotspots or symbols to the chart When you press the Hotspot button a symbol is placed on the screen at your vessel location As your vessel moves away from this location the hotspot stays in place marking your point of interest You can create hotspots when you re viewing the Map Page OR the Contour Chart Page On the Map Page Hot Spot your hotspots are shown as green squares On the Contour Page they are sh
94. e From one of these lists check and highlight the file that you want to use Make sure that the file is not only checked but also highlighted in blue If you select a file from the Files On CD list that file will be copied to your hard drive for easy access in future use This ensures that any Place Name data that you ever use will be on hand when you need it again Feature Filter A list of all categories of landscape features lets you narrow down the search possibilities If you are only interested in certain categories you can select particular categories and exclude the ones you don t need right now Press Load Selected File to Load the Place Names Data Once you have made your selections and are ready to load the database press Load Selected File Answer Yes to the confirmation message The file that you selected will be ready for your use Note The Place Names data will remain available until you specify a different Place Names data file or until you start Offshore Navigator with a different CD in your drive When a CD is present at Offshore Navigator startup its Place Names data is automatically loaded for your use If you have more than one CD drive remember that Place Names data will only be automatically loaded from the drive that was specified as the default drive during program installation 126 Place Name Properties ae l ee F i ac i D Place Name Properties 5 cl lfings Cove Name Billings Cove To
95. e Triggered Alarms from the View menu or click the bell symbol in the Status Bar When an alarm is triggered you acknowledge this by pressing the Confirm button This is a safety feature designed to tell Offshore Navigator that you have received the alarm notification Unconfirmed alarms are marked here with a red exclamation point Once you confirm an alarm a green checkmark appears instead The Quiet button lets you turn off the alarm sound for auditory alarms but does not confirm the alarm The bell symbol in the Status Bar is red if the Triggered Alarms list contains unconfirmed alarms When all alarms are confirmed the bell symbol turns green If the Triggered Alarms list is empty the bell is gray Locate will display the chart area that contains the highlighted alarm Confirm All will confirm all alarms at once and Print List will print the Triggered Alarms list 83 Using the Simulator The Simulator helps you visualize your vessel s movement under different conditions without having to actually be on the water Using the Simulator you can specify current set direction and drift speed and see how those conditions would affect your vessel s progress at various speeds To specify Simulator settings choose Setup Simulator from the Vessel GPS menu Simulator Setup Time Compression Active Route I Following Only use route plan headings Time Compression actve route of Also apply vessel data below The
96. e chosen to Also apply vessel data see above Once the route is ended the Simulator will once again use this Vessel data Current Set and Drift You may type a current Drift speed and Set heading These conditions will be applied to the vessel icon Unless you leave both settings at zero the vessel icon will be deviated from the plotted course If you want to see how different current conditions would affect your course if you made no heading corrections check Only use route plan headings If you want to be able to make course corrections as necessary check Also apply vessel data Starting Simulation When you have made all settings press OK and the Simulation will automatically begin The vessel icon will move across the chart in the direction and at the speed that you specified You can start and stop Simulation by checking unchecking Position from Simulator at the top of the Vessel GPS menu To bring the vessel icon into view press the Locate Vessel toolbar button To keep it in view check the Follow Vessel checkbox at the bottom of the chart window 85 The Ship s Log FULL VERSION ONLY Ship s Log _ lt lt 7Pages __ lt Page Fidanto2003 Y Page gt _7Pages gt 15 17 58 NA OFFSHORE NAviGATOR STARTED esas N A GPS CONNECTED Position data in use 20 04 29 1 3 Ly Kingston Harbor Thi assuming watch 20 30 00 21 00 00 21 30 00 E Wind shifted NA Offshore Navigator s electronic Ship s Log lets you keep an o
97. e next waypoint If you like you may specify information you d like to receive from your GPS and pass through Offshore Navigator without modification directly to your Autopilot see page 60 In the event that your GPS signal is lost Offshore Navigator can send estimated course data to the Autopilot using Dead Reckoning see page 58 CHAPTER 7 INFORMATION TO AID NAVIGATION Tide Stations Tide Station List Maptech ChartKit CDs edition 3 0 and higher include tide graphs for several tide stations within each chart region To browse a list of the tide stations and select one to view on the screen choose Tide Station from the Locate menu Tide Stations E4 Search x e el ce Found 4 Matching Tide Stations Found Into Tide Stations s ime Ti e a pini foe Back Fiver 49 57 0007 M 069 41 0007 Ww 4994 2414612 Bangor 44 46 000 H O68 46 000 W he C 6413320 Bar Harbor 44 24 000 N 068 12 000 we 57 eae 1111 Barlows Landing Pocasset Harbor 41 41 000 H 070 36 000 Ww 2 2 995 Barnstable Harbor Beach Point 47 43 000 N OFO0 17 000 wy E O Help 0413651 Bass Harbor 44 14 000 M O68 27 000 wi A a i fee Bath 4 85 000 M 069 49 0007 yw a4 0453999 Beavertail Point 47 27 000 M OFT 24 000 yw 1 9 241091 Belfast 44 26 000 M 069 00 000 w ALS 0443751 Belle Isle Inlet entrance 4 23 0007 M 771 00 000 a 5 0 1135 Belleville Acushnet River 41 40 000 H 00 55 000 W 21 gza Beverly 42 32 000 M OO
98. e required under various conditions which you specify for each simulation See page 84 for more about the Simulator Keeping the Vessel in View To keep the vessel in view on your screen just check the Follow Vessel checkbox at the bottom of the chart window When this is checked the screen automatically follows the vessel icon as it moves This means that your vessel can t drift out of view the chart image will update itself to keep the vessel always visible on the screen This is especially handy when following a route Specify Chart Vessel Orientation Once you check Follow Vessel you have three chart vessel orientation options Relative The vessel stays in the center of your screen while the chart moves underneath This is Offshore Navigator s default orientation e True The vessel moves across the chart and the chart only scrolls itself when the vessel nears the edge of the screen Look Ahead Works like Relative but keeps the vessel at the screen s edge to maximize your view of chart area ahead in your vessel s path The chart scrolls while the vessel stays in the same place on your screen Remember in order for the icon to move you must check either Position from GPS or Position from Simulator from the Vessel GPS menu See page 56 for more details 23 Automatically Follow Vessel To automatically start following the vessel once you bring your vessel icon into view choose View Options General and check Follo
99. ed to use all the fields you can choose the ones you want to include in the Route Plan by pressing the Columns button Route Templates If there is a harbor channel or other area through which you travel frequently you can create a route template for the course that you typically follow You can use this route template as the basis for other routes that you create in the area gt ae 5 e 7 A se E 5 aa T mr The route template shown above has square yellow waypoints Two routes have been built onto this template Creating a Template Use the Route Tool to create a route on the chart then right click and choose Save as Template After you save the template the Route tool is still active If you want to immediately build a route from this template continue to click and add waypoints Otherwise right click again and choose Save to close the Route tool Converting a Template into a Route From the Route menu choose Template List Select the template you want to use and press Convert to Route The template will appear on the screen and the cursor will be in Route Tool mode with a line attaching it to the final template point Simply click wherever you want to add waypoints to the template to form a new route When you have finished right click and choose Save The original template will remain as it was and your new route will be overlaid on top of it covering the entire planned course Note If you just want to view
100. elow which you would like to use Relative Vessel Heading to orient the vessel icon Vessel Position Source Vessel GPs Offshore Navigator can move the vessel icon across the chart images in a 7 representation of actual vessel movement across the water There are two sources v Position from GPS from which Offshore Navigator can get vessel location data so that it knows where Position From Simulator to place the vessel icon e A connected GPS If you are on the water and cruising turn on the GPS connection and your position will be marked on the charts and updated every three seconds e The vessel movement Simulator This lets you simulate vessel movement to help you plan a cruise in advance even before you get on the water Since there are two possible data sources there are two Vessel Positioning options From the Vessel GPS menu choose Position from GPS or Position from Simulator to specify where position data should come from When neither is selected the vessel icon will remain stationary unless you manually move it You can click and drag to move the vessel icon or you can right click anywhere on a chart and choose Put Vessel Here Once a Position source is selected the vessel icon will begin to move at the speed and course indicated by the GPS or the Simulator To stop the movement of the vessel icon uncheck the current Position option on the Vessel GPS menu 56 GPS GPS Setup GPS amp Autopilot Passthru Autopilo
101. emergency treatment is required When the Man Overboard emergency is ended press the MOB button again The information display and the life ring symbol will be removed Spherical Horizon View Nautical T COGISOG NAT Nas Ves Pos dd 06 16 N 066 17 48 W RB MW pt MA NAT RB Cur 10 89 255 Compass t N o OOO Contour SOUNDINGS FEE Bee MANUAL POSITI DATUM OF a a Plan Mark Spherical Horizon View an option provided in On Water Mode presents each chart as a curved image much like a globe This chart view mode is designed for use when you re Following your vessel when the chart view automatically follows your vessel as you move showing you where you are at all times Used during navigation Spherical View offers a double advantage it gives you a broad overview of the chart you re using without compromising detail in your immediate area The area in the foreground is shown in crisp focus so you can read nearby depth marks notes and other chart details The rest of the chart is visible in the distance so you can see what lies ahead In the picture above several chart outlines indicate areas where more detailed charts are available As your vessel moves across the chart the chart scrolls towards you so that your vessel location is always shown in clear detail sphere To enter Spherical Horizon View press the Sphere button Press it again to toggle back to flat chart view Notes e In or
102. en point Icon Orientation At speeds of less than X miles per hour use Relative Vessel Heading instead of COG Course Over Ground for vessel orientation This feature is intended primarily for use by very large craft when maneuvering in tight or congested areas like harbors loading docks etc This feature is only available for use on vessels equipped with a compass that transmits NMEA data Ordinarily your vessel s orientation is aligned to your COG Course Over Ground your path of travel This means that the vessel icon points directly in line with your heading However moving at slow speeds causes a vessel to become more susceptible to current wind etc In such cases the vessel may experience a certain degree of rotation or sideslip In such a case the vessel might be moving along a 45 degree course but the bow might be angled at 43 degrees For most craft such a deviation would not pose a problem in navigation Careful attention when maneuvering in congested areas is usually a sufficient precaution to avoid traffic difficulties or collisions But for a very large vessel such as a freighter or a barge a difference in orientation angle is magnified In addition large craft require more time to turn or slow down Using the Relative Vessel Heading to position the vessel icon on the chart helps Offshore Navigator provide the most accurate vessel position and orientation Check the Orientation checkbox and specify the speed b
103. ere this measurement was taken e Show Means on Graph Check Show Means on Graph to include yellow lines through the graph at mean water levels e MLWS Mean Low Water Springs The yearly average low water height measured at spring tide Spring tide is the period during the moon phase cycle when the range of tide is at its maximum that is when the difference between low tide and high tide is greatest e MLWN Mean Low Water Neaps The average low water height measured at neap tide Neap tide is the period when the range of tide is at its minimum when the difference between the levels of low tide and high tide is smallest e MHWN Mean High Water Neaps The average high water height measured at neap tide e MHWS Mean High Water Springs The average high water height measured at spring tide Tide Table Tide T able Station Mame Bass H arbor Close Latitude J44 14 000 N Longitude 068 21 000 w Properties ee E EE ee TEEN ET Ebb Flood Print ODO April Mor 16 52 4 95 ft Flood 2000 April Mon 22 44 0 7 ft Ebb 2000 April 11 Tues 05 08 11 0f Flood Help April 11 Tues 11 31 0 2 ft Ebb DDD April 11 Tues 18 00 J r ft Flood pa 2000 April 11 Tues 23 51 10h Ebb 2000 April 12 Wed 06 17 10 7 ft Flood 2000 April 12 Wed 12 47 DO tt Ebb 2000 April 12 Wed 19 11 JEH Flood 2000 April 13 Thurs 01 04 11h Ebb 2000 April 13 Thurs 07 30 10 6ft Flood 2000 April 13 Thurs 13 51 01 Ebb 2000 April 1
104. ered alarms See page 86 On Water Mode FULL VERSION ONLY Designed to make navigation even simpler In On Water Mode the toolbar and controls that you need for On trip planning are replaced by a simple set of buttons with the features you re most likely to need during US navigation With this simple interface you can quickly find the tools you need while keeping your attention on your surroundings Press the On Water button in the lower left corner of your screen to enter On Water Mode In On Water Mode press the Plan button to return to Plan Mode Offshore Navigator s standard operating mode See Chapter 5 page 96 Automatic Zoom Scale Buttons new in 5 01 cd DOTE The pair of Plus and Minus buttons at the lower right corner of the Offshore Navigator screen provide automatic zoom level chart scale adjustment When you press the plus button Offshore Navigator will either adjust your zoom level or automatically switch to a different chart whichever better provides a 50 closer view Pressing the minus button does the same thing in reverse for a view that s 50 farther away Spherical Horizon View FULL VERSION ONLY An option in On Water Mode Chapter 5 In Spherical Horizon View charts are presented in a curved format much like a globe This lets you see your immediate surroundings in high details while benefiting from a look ahead viewpoint of the chart area in your path Position Marks FULL VERSION ONL
105. etpc com for more information Your Pocket PC must be connected to a GPS unit in order to perform realtime tracking The GPS unit must be able to provide position data in NMEA 0183 format Nearly all GPS units work with NMEA 0183 consult your GPS manual or contact your GPS manufacturer for details if you are unsure about your receiver s specifications Some GPS manufacturers such as NAVMAN produce sleeve style GPS receivers that fit over the Pocket PC and Snap in place connecting via the Pocket PC s COM port Standard handheld GPS receivers may be connected to a Pocket PC via a serial patch cable available from Maptech For more information on the NAVMAN sleeve style GPS or the connecting serial cable for use with standard handheld GPS units visit www maptech com Installing Software and Charts Installing Pocket Contour on Your Pocket PC To install the program connect your Pocket PC to your desktop computer then from Offshore Navigator s View menu choose Options Contour Charts and press the Install Pocket Contour button Installing Charts on Your Pocket PC 1 Connect your Pocket PC to your desktop and start Offshore Navigator In Offshore Navigator open the contour chart that you d like to copy to your Pocket PC Requires first opening a nautical chart for the area then choosing Link to Contour Chart from the Charts menu Click on the contour chart window s title bar to highlight the window making it the active window
106. ext Waypoint D Dest Distance to Destination T NWpt Time to Next Waypoint T Dest Time to Destination D T Date Time RB NWpt Range Bearing to Next Waypoint RB LWpt Range Bearing to Last Waypoint STW Speed through Water RB Cur Range Bearing to Cursor RB Ves Range Bearing to Vessel HDG Heading ETA NWpt ETA at Next Waypoint ETA Dest ETA at Destination XTE Cross Track Error see below COG Course Over Ground SOG Speed Over Ground Ves LL Vessel Latitude Longitude Cur LL Cursor Latitude Longitude NWpt Name and Number of Next Waypoint 67 Steer NWpt Course to Steer to Next Waypoint Set D Current Set and Drift Contour Contour Look Ahead Tracks FULL VERSION ONLY Recording Tracks Record Track Log Matt s Point to Spruce lsland Created Sun Feb 10 2002 22 22 Largex y n E Offshore Navigator includes a tracking feature which lets you record the vessel s course The tracking feature may be used when you are actually in motion on the water or when you are simulating vessel movement To record a track choose Tracks Record from the Vessel GPS menu The Record Track Log window shown above will appear You can choose options for how to record the track assign the track a name and decide how it should look on the chart Press OK and start the vessel icon moving choose a Navigation Mode from the Vessel GPS menu Name Note Assign the track a name and a brief note if you wish Neither will appear on the ch
107. f you are viewing your vessel location on a Navigation Photo checking this option will cause Offshore Navigator to open only Navigation Photos as it follows the vessel s progress Always Open Nautical Chart In following the vessel on its course check here if you want Offshore Navigator to open and display only nautical charts i e no topographic maps no Navigation Photos etc See Chapter for more about different chart types Contour Chart Options If you have installed contour charts a fourth tab appears in the Options window For more information on contour charts see page 46 33 CHAPTER 3 CHARTS The Chart List The Chart List shows all charts immediately available for viewing To view the Chart List press the Chart List button or click Charts Chart List Chart List Available Charts Copy Charts to Hard Drive Advanced Chart Management Chatib ChatName O O O O o o o Te Scale f Ope Chaat 13206 4 KENNEBUNK RIVER Nautical 10000 1326605 WELLS HARBOR INSET Nautical 20000 Open Another 1328 1 SACO BAY AND VICINITY ME Nautical 20000 13768 1 MONHEGAN ISLAND TO CAFE ELIZABETH Nautical 80000 Chart Info 132307 CASCU BAY Nautical 40000 13292 1 PORTLAND HARBOR AND VICINITY ME Nautical 20000 Print List 1329371 DAMARISCOTTA SHEEPSCOT AND KENNEBEC RIVERS MN autical 40000 13293 2 CHRISTMAS COVE INSET ME Nautical 10000 1329313 SOUTH BRISTOL HARBOR INSET ME Nautical 10000 192334 CONTINUA
108. fficial record of your vessel position course speed and progress and print this information for use as a paper reference The data you collect may also be exported to a text file for electronic transfer or use in other programs To open the logbook click Vessel GPS Ship s Log The top portion of the window is a list of Logbook entries for a given date Highlight an entry to read it in the Entry Details section below The most recent entry is shown at the bottom of the list and is automatically highlighted and displayed Making a New Entry To make a log entry press New Log Entry This will open a new window noting your position speed and course at the moment when you pressed the New Log Entry button If you like you can add comments under Notes Weather When finished press OK and the entry will be saved in the log Note You can also bring up the Log Entry anytime simply by pressing the letter L on your keyboard 86 Details Latitude Longitude Position from kl Kts 47 33 218 H OFO 4 617 Ww GPS 08 2 40 Notes Weather Wiatchstander Po Date 01 10 2003 Time 16 2923 OK viswlogbook Cancel Help Paging through Previous Entries To look back in the logbook for previous dates use the Page controls at the top of the window Each Page represents one 24 hour period but Pages are only created for days that have logbook activity If you make no entries on a particular date no Page will be cre
109. from True North This figure changes depending on location Full Path Gives the precise directory location of this chart whether it is on a CD or hard drive Chart Management Options other tabs in this window Other Chart Management options are available from different tabs in the window pictured above You can copy charts to your hard drive and use the Advanced Chart Management options to manage your chart storage 35 Copying Charts to Hard Drive Chart List FE Available Charts Copy Charts to Hard Drive Advanced Chart Management Charts on CD Chart ID CAPE May TO CAPE H CAPE Mai TO FENWICK DELAWARE BAY LITTLE EGG HARBOR TI ATLANTIC CITY MULLICA RIVER EXTEN GREAT EGG HARBOR Al CAPE Mai HARBOR LITTLE EGG INLET TO H ABSECON INLET SEA GIRT TO LITTLE EG SAND HOOK TO LITTLE SHARE RIVER INSET MANASGUAN RIVER INS BAY HEAD HARBOR INS SANDY HOOK TO LITTLE fe Se A Pd Im m A e h M Mm Info Space Required 720 MB I Copy other non chart information Copy gt A Copy All gt gt Change CD Refresh Chart List PA Charts on Hard Drive Chart ID APPROACHES TO HE OCEAN CITY TO CAPE tl CAPE SABLE TO CAFE H WEST QUODDY HEAD T WEST QUODDY HEAD T GULF OF MAINE AND GE GEORGES BANK AND He GEORGES BANK WEST GEORGES BANK EAST F BLOCK ISLAND SOUND e BLOCK ISL SND PT JUDI BLOCK ISLAND Al MARTHA S VINEYARD TI PT JUDITH HARBOR Al MARRAGA
110. fshore Navigator to use when you create Named Waypoints 145 Named Waypoint Properties Hamed Waypoint Properties Name Short Hame Goat Island Goat Latitude Longitude Symbol jaa 18 26 H jose OF oe W E E Change Values in 465084 Datum IY Display IM Lock M Show Label Name Notes il OF Cancel Help To view a Named Waypoint s Properties right click on it and choose Properties The Properties window lets you assign or view the name short name for GPS use and lat lon You can also choose a different colored symbol to use as this Named Waypoint s symbol Checking Display ensures that your Named Waypoint will be visible on the chart Checking Lock prevents accidental clicking and dragging of the Named Waypoint Finally the Notes space lets you record comments about the point PNTMs Personal Notices to Mariners What is a PNTM Offshore Navigator s PNTM Personal Notices to Mariners feature is modeled after the Notice to Mariners publication distributed by NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency each month If you own a Maptech ChartKit Professional CD your subscription to Maptech s Chart Update Service will let you automatically update your electronic charts with all the latest NTM chart corrections If you aren t a ChartKit Professional user you can instead use PNTMs to mark chart features that have changed since the chart image was created or any features of personal importance to you in
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112. ggered with this alarm listed first Auditory A warning beep will sound Anchor Alarm Diameter The range to which the vessel can drift when anchor is set If the vessel moves beyond the range you assign the anchor alarm will be triggered Alarm Type Entry The alarm will be triggered when the vessel enters the alarm zone 79 Exit The alarm will be triggered when the vessel exits For the Anchor Alarm these options are grayed out because the Anchor Alarm is always an Exit alarm Activate For an alarm to perform its job it must be activated For safety reasons all alarms you create are automatically activated If you want to temporarily disable an alarm you can uncheck this Activate option When an alarm is deactivated the cross hatching is shown in green instead of red and the alarm points change from red to gray This serves as a visual reminder that the alarm has been deactivated Lock To ensure that this alarm is not accidentally moved on the chart check the Lock option You won t be able to click and drag the alarm until you uncheck Lock Prompt for Properties upon Creation When this option is checked every time you create and save a new alarm the Alarm Properties window will automatically appear on the screen so you can adjust the settings for the new alarm This is a timesaver if you are planning to create several different types of alarms in a row it saves you the time of right clicking and choosing Propert
113. graphic on this Help page Simply click the heading at the top of the column and the chart list will rearrange itself automatically 34 For example to place all the charts in alphabetical order click on the Chart Name heading at the top of the chart name column This will arrange the charts in order from A to Z To reverse the order that is to list charts from Z to A simply click on the Chart Name heading again Information Shown for Each Chart In addition to the Chart ID Name Type and Scale as shown in the graphic above there are several other pieces of information available for each chart in the list Use the scroll bar along the bottom of the chart list window to find the following types of information Rev Date The date when this chart was last revised See Edition below Prod Date This field is available for certain kinds of data only It indicates the date the chart or map was created Edition The edition number of this chart For example as NOAA chart coverage of a particular region is revised over time a new edition is printed after each revision NTM Edition If any Notice to Mariner changes have been applied to this chart the edition of the most recently applied changes is given here Agency The agency that created the original paper chart that was scanned into electronic format Mag Var The magnetic variation for the chart magnetic variation is the number of degrees by which Magnetic North differs
114. gt 04 00 039 Mag 0 9 Kt f 05 00 041 Mag 1 0 Kts 08302002 13 00 l 4 06 00 044 Mag 1 0 Kts Ex Week lt Day Tide Stations Curent T dal Stream Statins Day gt Week gt gt For charts produced by the British Admiralty current data is shown in a Tidal Stream Diagram Tidal stream is the preferred term in British English This tidal stream data is obtained from the British Admiralty The direction and drift speed of water flow are measured and monitored at specific tidal stream stations Since most of these stations are located offshore in water over five fathoms deep nearly all indicate a rotary stream Rotary Stream Closer to shore water typically flows in a predictable cycle ranging between two extremes of drift flood highest speed and ebb lowest speed For the most part the flow is bi directional reversing at ebb But in a rotary stream the stream drift does not fluctuate as greatly while the direction of flow may shift through all points of the compass To better portray these directional changes rotary tidal stream data is shown not in a graph but in a diagram Interpreting the Diagram N The tidal stream diagram shows the direction of stream The arrow points in the direction odt in which the water is flowing The level of red color in the arrow outline indicates drift the more red the faster the stream w 4 a E Times when drift is negligible or nonexistent are known
115. hart at the location of the vessel when Man Overboard tracking is started A line will join the vessel icon to the MOB life ring location for quick visual reference An additional status bar will appear at the bottom of the Offshore Navigator screen This is the MOB status bar showing the range and bearing to the man overboard Elapsed time and time to man overboard are also shown here Start MOB in In the event of a Man Overboard start Offshore Navigator s Man Overboard tracking feature by choosing Start MOB from the MOB Man Overboard menu You can also press the Man Overboard button on the HGE toolbar Locate MOB If Man Overboard MOB location is off screen choose Locate MOB and chart display will center on the MOB location indicated by a red and white life ring symbol To end Man Overboard tracking e Press the MOB toolbar button or e Choose Cancel MOB from the MOB menu or e Right click on the MOB life ring icon on the chart and choose Clear For safety reasons a warning window will ask you to confirm the Cancel MOB command before Offshore Navigator will cancel MOB tracking 91 Datum Warnings Errors Ready A Datum OF GPS l Datum W aming Datum Error What is datum Simply put datum is a model used for calculating the location of the Earth s center This center calculation is used as a reference point in establishing coordinate locations like latitude longitude on the Earth s surface Why does it mat
116. hart scale only or whether the buttons should automatically decide whether to change zoom OR scale If you choose this last option Offshore Navigator will do whatever better represents a 50 adjustment in your chart view Sometimes this will mean zooming in out on the same chart and sometimes you ll be switched to another chart scale In either case the chart image will automatically be centered on the point of interest Note The plus minus buttons in the Navigation Panel aren t the only buttons you can use for zooming and scaling They re just the only buttons that you can configure for either function The toolbar along the top of the Offshore Navigator window offers dedicated zoom and scale buttons and you can also right click anywhere on a chart and choose zoom scale options from the popup menu Automatic Chart Selection When the Follow Vessel checkbox bottom of chart window is checked the screen follows the vessel as it moves so that the vessel icon is always visible If your vessel leaves the chart that you re viewing Offshore Navigator automatically opens an adjacent chart Open Most Detailed Chart Available When you reach the edge of one chart Offshore Navigator will always open the largest scale most detailed chart available for the area you have entered Always Open Same Chart Type as previous Whenever Offshore Navigator opens an adjacent chart it will always be of the same type you re already viewing For example i
117. he up arrow on the top of the spin ball To move your viewpoint around to the left click the left arrow etc To continue spinning just hold the arrow down Finally the plus and minus buttons let you zoom in and out on the chart Hold either F a button down for a continuous zoom Removing the Contour Chart Control Click the X button at the top of the Control to close it Switching to Another Chart You can switch charts while you re linked to contour coverage Simply open a different nautical chart or Navigation Photo in the linked window As always when you drag the linked chart the contour chart will automatically follow along If you open a chart for a different area you may need to drag the new nautical chart slightly to send a signal to the contour chart display and alert it to the presence of a new chart in the linked window 47 Contour Chart Options If you have installed contour charts this fourth tab will appear in the Options window Choose View Options Chart Display Overlays General Contour Charts Contour Chart Display Options Depth Scale Surface Layer Depth Marker 12FT Y E TT Shipwrecks Obstructions Transducer Cone Ea 2 5 deg E Angle Nautical Chart Display r Show Outline of Contour wiew rea on Nautical Chart Center Screen Or Wezsel Location Same Point as Linked Chart Colors Underwater Blue Beige Land
118. heck Also apply vessel data which will allow you to edit the Vessel Speed and Heading fields How do I include a Named Waypoint in a route You can add a Named Waypoint while you re creating a route just right click and choose Add Named Waypoint then select the Waypoint from the resulting list and press OK The Named Waypoint will be inserted into the route If you have already created the route you can still add a Named Waypoint to it Right click on the route and choose Insert Waypoint In Line At Beginning or At End then right click again and choose Add Named Waypoint Select the Named Waypoint from the resulting list and press OK Can I move waypoints in the route that I m following Yes Just hold the cursor over the waypoint and click and drag to move it to a new location If you aren t able to grab the waypoint it means the waypoint s position is locked To unlock it right click on the route and choose Route Properties then under the Display tab uncheck Lock You will now be able to drag the waypoint How do I add waypoints to a route I ve already created Insert Waypoint at Beginning 1 Right click anywhere on the route and choose Insert Point at Beginning The cursor will change to the Route tool ready to set a waypoint A line stretches from the route s first waypoint and follows the cursor as you move 2 Left click to set new waypoints 3 When finished right click and choose Done Insert Waypoint at End
119. ian ON SN Hh NY IN A N AA MAPTECH Offshore Navigator 5 06 Printable Guide MOSOO 2005 Maptech Inc All rights reserved Offshore Navigator 5 06 Printable Guide Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION cccccssseeeeeeeeeecceceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 7 Welco Mentira elec 7 la al A A e E OU o t alied vite tabs belted alte Baie a Alu teen mete tie 7 Overview of Toolbal and CONTO Si rritias rectas Eran 10 ARo eiea EEE cesta ET E suena k es erate STAATS 10 Chart Status BAT oriin AAA A A EEN EENAA OAT NANENANE Erect 13 Navigatio Fl Panels dan 14 CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED THE BASICS cccsscseceennssss 16 Opening Charte TAE Chart Lita e abate hed ain ius 16 MOVING ArOUMNGNUNe Chatto aea a aaa a a Aaaa a a AEA alcoi cirio cree 16 ZOOMING IRANO state EEA EA EE EE A A E Rd iaa 17 Diferent scales ONCE A A A A A USDA 18 Automatic Zoon CO cc ie aim fon dose cect ca el cr tl th acer an ahaa cetera aterm acatuameacatete eae 18 Hinka iwo Charts Tor One Locations 19 TING WOSS Clr aee acre aa tomate tenet O aa ae neat nent Mead Renae eeu ne een 20 Creating Routes Setlind COUTO dada AAA AAA A 21 GO NO Feature FUEL VERSION ONO iuris ota 21 FOMOW INGE ROUTE WIA GP S tri a 23 GS o A A duster weneameasoamsuncuntwaemsen mua iueeineneanmon ear 23 Monitoring Your Progress with Data WINDOWS usura AE AAA AER AAA AAA AAA 24 CUAN i a lt P e ee ec ae en ee ee Oe oe er ore errr erent tence ter en mre errr ctr re eee a 25 L catin
120. ick the left arrow etc To continue spinning just hold the arrow down Finally the plus and minus buttons let you zoom in and out on the chart Hold either button down for a continuous zoom 103 Removing the Contour Chart Control In On Water Mode the Control button acts as a toggle turning the Contour Chart Control on and off Just press Control to activate or remove the Contour Chart Control On the Water Mode Shortcut Keys Use your keyboard for shortcuts to several On Water Mode features MOB Man Overboard F5 Starts Man Overboard tracking Tile Contour Chart Window C Opens Contour Chart coverage for the location you re viewing Locate Vessel V Centers the screen on your vessel location opens a new chart if necessary Plan Mode On Water Mode O works as toggle Toggles between On Water Mode and Plan Mode Zoom In Out in out If you have one you can also use your Mouse Wheel spin towards screen to zoom in spin towards self to zoom out Moving Around the Chart 4 Arrow Keys gt to pan to the right lt to pan left etc Maximize Active Window X Maximizes active chart window and also removes navigation panel status lines from bottom of screen for maximum display area 104 CHAPTER 6 ROUTES What is a Route A route is a series of waypoints connected in sequence along a path of travel Waypoints are individual latitude longitude locations In Offshore Navigator routes
121. ies for each new alarm Alarm Properties To assign a name to the alarm choose a notification method decide whether the alarm should be an Entry alarm or an Exit alarm etc right click on the alarm and choose Properties The Properties window will open to the Display tab The Alarm Properties window lets you do several things with an alarm assign it a name record notes about it set it to be Entry or Exit type a message to be displayed when the alarm is triggered temporarily disable it etc Line Shape Alarm Properties OK cancel tony Hee For access to these settings tight click on an alarm point and choose Properties There are four other possible Properties tabs 80 e Type Lets you choose Notification Type visual or auditory and specify whether this is an Entry or Exit alarm You may also type a short Message to be displayed in the Triggered Alarms window when this alarm is triggered a Points for Line Shape alarms Lets you edit each point s coordinates or insert a new point by assigning coordinates Provides total length of alarm line o Size for Ellipse alarms Adjust the lat lon of the alarm s center point and its total height and width o Notes A space for you to record or view your notes about this alarm Adjusting Alarms Size and Shape Line Shape Alarms To change the size or shape of a polygon line alarm grab one of the bell symbols at the corners and drag that alarm point to a new loc
122. iew Options General and check the Large Toolbar Buttons option Another possibility is that Offshore Navigator is in On Water Mode which uses a simplified toolbar for efficient navigation see page 96 Press Plan to return to Plan Mode Offshore Navigator s standard operating mode Printing I want the chart to print sideways so the printout is wider than it is tall This requires setting the Paper Orientation to Landscape There are two ways you can do this 160 e Choose Print Setup from the File menu and set Paper Orientation to Landscape This will affect the next print job you send from Offshore Navigator but you will need to reset the Paper Orientation again each time you want another Landscape printout e To avoid having to specify Landscape each time you want to print you can instead adjust the paper orientation setting in the Windows Control Panel This will affect everything you print with that particular printer From the Start menu choose Settings Printers Right click on the printer you re using and choose Properties You can then set Paper Orientation to Landscape I want to print a chart without any routes marks or other overlays showing If it isn t showing on screen it won t show in a printout so the thing to do is remove the overlays from display To temporarily remove ALL overlays of a certain type choose Options from the View menu select the Overlays tab and under Show uncheck Routes Marks etc To
123. igation Borders The lat lon for the four corners of this chart s navigable area Excludes notes in margins legends etc Chart Notes List Search Chart Notes Search for Biev Found Entries In List 17 Wert Chart Seres 13322 Open Chart ID 133 71 Notes ABBREYIATIONS GENERAL 19322 1 AIDS TO NAVIGATION GENERAL 19322 1 AUTHORITIES GENERAL 19322 1 COLREGS CHART 19322 1 COMMENTS REQUEST GENERAL 19322 1 HEIGHTS GENERAL 13322 1 HORIZONTAL DATUM GENERAL 19322 1 NOTE A LETTER 19322 1 NOTICE TO MARINER DATES GENERAL 19322 1 NOTICE TO MARINERS CAUTION 19322 1 POLLUTION REPORTS GENERAL 19322 1 RADAR REFLECTORS GENERAL 19322 1 SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION GENERAL 19322 1 TEMPORARY CHANGES TO AIDS CAUTION 13322 1 TIDE BOX CHART 13327 4 gt 4 F As you know paper nautical charts don t always contain perfectly rectangular chart areas In addition to navigable cartographic data other information such as notes legends etc can occupy much of a printed chart For safety reasons non navigable areas of a chart aren t included in the on screen display in Offshore Navigator To view the non cartographic data click Charts List Chart Notes or right click on a chart and choose List Chart Notes A window will appear listing the additional pieces of information included on the paper version of this chart To read any note double click it You can also hold your cursor over a See Note icon and the corresponding note will appear
124. imes the scale of a chart or the high number of current icons in one area make it hard to use the Current Stations for which No Current Graph is Available There are a few types of currents that are not represented in current graph format These current stations are marked by particular icons Though no graph is available the icon itself gives you some general information about the type of current at that location WV Weak and Variable A current is classified as weak and variable when its maximum velocity is below 0 3 knots per hour in other words too weak to provide a practical measurement In such cases the current graph and table will note the current s Weak and Variable classification and will not provide speed data for flood or ebb The same current may at other times become strong enough to lose this weak and variable classification in which case the current graph table will provide current speed data for this station ROT Rotary A rotary current flows continuously and its direction changes through all points of the compass during the tidal period Typically rotary currents are found offshore where there are no barriers to restrict the flow of the current Except where affected by local conditions the direction of change is clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise in the southern hemisphere NEG Negligible Although the current is detectable its speed is too slight to provide a practical measurement
125. indow In addition you can remove individual values from the data window display right click on the value and choose Hide Units of Measurement Lat Lon Format True Magnetic North To adjust how your data is presented choose View Options Chart Display These settings affect all data displays in Offshore Navigator including data windows Note on Cross Track Error When you are off course the Cross Track Error XTE data window tells you whether you are left or right of your course line and how far you are from it In the example XTE window below L 0 14 km indicates that the vessel is 0 14 kilometers left of the course line IMPORTANT L and R indicate your vessel s position relative to the course line They are NOT steering commands ae chee HDG STW 4 si AT G 5 19M y pO ap 16 118 Noe cs ds lige E E Ae Ming Y i E 66 Contour Look Ahead When Contour Charts are Present If you have installed contour charts on your computer a special data window is available This Contour Look Ahead data window provides a cross section view of depth changes in the upcoming 3 4 mile of your course See page 46 for more about contour charts Ves Pos 44 06 23 N 069 05 30 W RB Cur 1 30 355 Compass Data Value Abbreviations Abbreviations conserve space and enable quick identification Below is a list of abbreviations and their meanings ABBREVIATION DATA VALUE D NWpt Distance to N
126. ings To pause the simulation uncheck the Position from Simulator at the top of the Vessel GPS menu A check next to this menu option indicates that the Simulator is in use Uncheck it to pause simulation recheck to restart In the image above the vessel s course is shown by the red track line Without any course corrections the vessel s location upon route completion is nearly a quarter mile south of the final waypoint By looking at this result you can gauge the amount of correction needed Alternatively you can run the simulation again this time checking Also apply vessel data and actually make corrections as the vessel icon moves Following a Route with Autopilot Offshore Navigator can send route data along with position data from your GPS to your Autopilot device If you haven t yet set up your Autopilot choose Vessel GPS Setup Autopilot to configure settings for use with Offshore Navigator See page 59 Next make sure your Autopilot device is turned on To start sending data to the Autopilot check Send Data to Autopilot found under the Vessel GPS menu Important This alone will not necessarily ensure that communication is established You must verify that your Autopilot is receiving the data that Offshore Navigator is sending 112 As always when navigating with Autopilot as you finish each leg of your route your Autopilot will request that you confirm each waypoint as it is achieved before setting course for th
127. is at the top of your screen North Up True North is straight up on your screen For most charts this will be the same as Chart Up but some paper charts were drawn with North facing in another direction e Course Up The chart rotates as necessary so that the vessel always points and or moves towards the top of the screen when following a route or in Simulator mode NTM Status For subscribers to Maptech s Chart Update Service The date that this chart was last updated with Notice to Mariners corrections 13 Chart Width The width of the geographic area being shown on the screen in the active chart window If you zoom in or make the window smaller this figure will decrease If you zoom out or enlarge the window the figure will increase Chart Scale The scale of the active chart Zoom Level The zoom level at which you are viewing the active chart Navigation Panel AS A Water 132831 PORTSMOUTH HER CAPE NEODICE HBR aut iaa C MANUAL VESSEL PLACEMENT o Ang 1 96 NM E Ready Bro 294 Magnetic Datum OF Al 0 50 The Navigation Panel provides information about the chart you re viewing the name chart ID and scale of the chart and the lat lon of your cursor position On Enter On Water Mode FULL VERSION ONLY On Puts Offshore Navigator into On Water Mode replacing menus and controls with a simpler set of buttons Wee See Chapter 5 On Water Mode on page 96 Scale Selector info on
128. l be removed from view Chart Notes Chart Notes are text notes made by the cartographer in creating a particular chart A Note might refer to areas where special caution is needed or it might draw your attention to some important data To read a list of all Notes on the chart you re viewing click Charts Chart Notes You can then click on any Note to read it in full The chart image itself may include text captions to indicate some of the areas mentioned in Notes but usually there are several areas that are not specially marked on the charts Offshore Navigator can mark ALL note areas with See Note icons to draw your attention to each area You can either click Charts Chart Notes to find a particular note or you may hover the cursor over any See Note icon and the corresponding Note text will appear in a popup window If you would like to remove these See Note icons from view click View Options Overlays and under Pilot Aids Chart Notes See Note icons select none Even though the area won t be marked by a See Note icon you can still hover the cursor over a Note area to read the related note NTM Icons For subscribers to Maptech s Notice to Mariners Chart Update Service Locations of Notice to Mariner updates can be marked by red circles on the charts Check this option to display these NTM icons and or include the NTM labels NTM Chartlet Grids For subscribers to Maptech s Notice to Mariners Chart Update Service
129. le menu choose Open 2 Browse to the location of your exported text file Unless you modified the filename the exported file is named Shipslog_ date txt To bring the file into view you may need to specify All or Text Files under Files of Type at the bottom of Excel s Open window The next window that appears will offer you two choices Choose Delimited and press Next 4 Under Delimiters check Tabs Also check Treat Consecutive Delimiters as One If your text file contains two or more tabs back to back this will prevent Excel from creating any unnecessary blank columns Press Next 5 Inthe final window you may leave the Column Data Format settings as they are unless you have a preference here and press Finish UJ 90 MOB Man Overboard Tracking Feature G 6 a7 IRA ao j Fi 28 la MOB Course 309 Mag Range O09 N Lat 44 20 760 N Lon 0687 06 3344 Elapsed Time 2 51 Nee Offshore Navigator is equipped with a Man Overboard tracking feature In case of such an emergency press this button and Offshore Navigator will mark the location and note the lat lon provide the range and bearing to the man overboard track the elapsed time and calculate the time it will take to reach the man overboard from the current vessel location To start the MOB tracking feature press the MOB toolbar button or choose Start MOB from the MOB menu Offshore Navigator will place a life ring symbol on the c
130. luding antenna 53 Speed and Fuel Tell Offshore Navigator your typical cruising speed and maximum speed then press the Adjust Fuel Burn Rate button to provide further details in the Fuel Burn Rate Table This data will be used to calculate trip times in Route Planning so be sure to be as precise and accurate as possible Fuel consumption information can usually be found in the vessel manufacturer s Vessel Engine Specifications Fuel Burn Rate Fuel Used OK gph Cancel del GPS Offset For the greatest possible position accuracy specify where your GPS is located on board your vessel These settings are of greatest use for large vessels where the GPS is not located at the vessel s center Type the distance in feet from the center of the vessel to the location of the GPS unit If your GPS is located starboard of the centerline type a minus sign before the number Also use a negative number if the GPS is located forward of center Changing Settings Any time you need to change your settings choose Setup Vessel from the Vessel GPS menu or simply right click on the vessel icon Additional settings are found under the Vessel Display tab Vessel Setup Display From the Vessel GPS menu choose Setup Vessel to provide vessel data and adjust vessel display shown below Settings under the Vessel Display tab affect the vessel icon letting you control how your vessel location is displayed See below for explanations
131. m to the red cross will remain stationary throughout your calculations The latitude and longitude figures alone will change you can read the Shifted Latitude Longitude in the Calculator window The yellow cross shows your Unshifted Coordinates This is intended solely as a visual aid for observing datum shift when working within the boundaries of the chart you re viewing The location of the yellow cross in relation to the red cross demonstrates the amount and direction of datum shift between the two datums For example if the yellow incorrect cross appears south of the red correct cross this indicates that your Latitude figure was augmented in order to be plotted properly If you had NOT converted your latitude and longitude figures if you had simply used your original figures without applying any shift your coordinates would be improperly plotted and if you used them for navigation you would be south of where you actually wanted to be 94 Adjusting Offshore Navigator s Datum Setting Offshore Navigator displays coordinates either in WGS84 datum or in the Local datum whatever datum was used in creating the chart you are viewing T o adjust Offshore Navigator s datum setting click View Options and select the Chart Display tab To find out the datum of the chart you re viewing right click on the chart and choose Chart Info 95 CHAPTER 5 ON WATER MODE FULL VERSION ONLY About On Water Mode Nauthcal COGISOG MA HaT
132. me they are inserted after the Rebuild The Rebuild feature is intended primarily for use as a diagnostic tool If you suspect that your list of available charts is corrupt performing a Rebuild will solve the problem or eliminate the possibility Chart Information Nautical Chart Information E3 li 33181 li 0000 Topo Chart Information EJ agi 04F58 0 2 li 24000 Hav Photo Information ES 4406801 1 li 20000 FRENCHMAN BAY AND MOUNT DES Agency fu 54 M044 H05 Edition ics Date psoas ooo NTM Edition PET NTH Date li 1 06 1999 Projection MERCATOR Depth Units FEET Est Mag War li 8 3 Degrees West Datum North American 1983 CONUS Navigation Borders Top Lat pr 35 505 H Bottom Lat 44 17 005N Lett Lon 0557 22467 Ww Right Lon 068 01 351 wo ENGLEWOOD Agency pse o Edition Noe Rew Date mo NTM Edition No NTM Found Prod Date o 0165 Projection Lambert Conformal Coni Depth Units Feet Est Mag War li 0 0 Degrees East Datum North American 1927 Mean value CO Navigation Borders Top Lat as 45 000 H Bottom Lat 39 a50N Left Lon pos onoo w Right Lon for 52500w WINTER HARBOR Ww ME E NAVPHOTOAS06801 1 5PH E dition i Rev Date A619 Agency bse o Prod Date pasas ooo Projection Universal Transverse M Depth Units MA Est Mag War li 3 Degrees West Datum North American 1983 CONUS Navigation Borders Top Lat
133. min users change the GPS Setup settings to match your unit and choose GPS On again Everything should now be working properly I can t get HyperTerminal to display any data NMEA sentences If you have followed the connection procedure explained in the last section and if you have tried each COM port then there is something wrong with either your COM port your data cable or your GPS unit Since the problem is outside Offshore Navigator you should contact your computer or GPS manufacturer for further troubleshooting tips I can t find HyperTerminal How do I install it on my machine HyperTerminal is a standard Windows application that is included with all modern versions of Windows If it is not installed on your computer open the Windows Control Panel choose Add Remove Programs select the Windows Setup tab click on Communications and press Details Turn on the check box for HyperTerminal and press OK then OK again You may need your Windows CD to complete the installation 158 I believe my COM port is working properly but I still can t connect If you have already used HyperTerminal to verify your connection and you believe the COM port connection is sound but you re still unable to connect to Offshore Navigator here are a few more suggestions for you to try 1 Ensure that your GPS unit has the latest manufacturer s software Your GPS unit is actually a miniature computer containing built in software that controls all
134. mission Set amp Drift Dual Ground Water Speed Water Speed amp Heading Distance Traveled through Water Speed Measured Parallel to Wind Course Over Ground amp Ground Speed Waypoint Closure Velocit Waypoint Closure Velocity o Time amp Date o ZDA Time amp Date Sentence Formatters Not Recommended for New Designs These sentences are sometimes used by older Autopilots CHARACTER DEFINITION ID Autopilot Sentence A BER Bearing amp Distance to Waypoint Dead Reckoning Rhumb Line Depth Below Surface Dead Reckoning Positions Loran C Positions OMEGA Positions TRANSIT Positions TRANSIT Position Compass Heading Heading amp Deviation Heading Magnetic Magnetic Variation Automatic Magnetic Variation Manually Set Gea TRANSIT Positions S o GXA TRANSIT Position SS 62 IMA MDA MHU MMB MTA MWH MWS OLN OLW OMP ONZ nn SBK SCY CD D G SGR SIU SLC SNC SNU PS il W W JJ J O vN W WY TI T STR Y E TEP GA WY O W T p 5 WN R lt O pa ou m D PE VIA VII VWE WR WT D WD lt WY 2 lt O N IN O U Vessel Identification Meteorological Composite Humidit Barometer Air Temperature Omega Lane Numbers Omega Lane Width OMEGA Omega Zone Number Routes Loran C Signal Strength Position Accuracy Estimate Loran C Chain Identifier Loran C Stations in Use Loran C Status
135. move charts from one directory to another 38 Remove Highlight a directory in the list and press Remove to remove it from the list This will not delete the directory or its contents but it will no longer be scanned into the Chart List You will need to add it back to the chart list in order for access to those charts Add When you have specified a new chart directory in the Chart Directory to Add window press the Add button to add it to the directory list Copy Lets you copy charts to any new location Highlight a directory and press Copy A list of that directory s charts will be displayed In this new window select a chart s press Copy again and choose a target directory where you d like the copy to be saved Move Works just like the Copy button described above but moves a chart to a new location instead of just copying it Delete Highlight a directory and press Delete and you will be presented with a list of that directory s charts from which you can select the ones you want to delete e Chart Directory to Add Browse Lets you specify or create a new chart directory Once you select the new directory you must press the Add button see above to add it to the list of chart directories e Rebuild Chart List The Rebuild button will rebuild the Chart List from the ground up reading through all your chart directories and any CD s present in your drive s CDs not present during the Rebuild will be scanned the first ti
136. n this chart paper original was issued Production Date For topo maps this is the date that the map was initially created by the USGS For Navigation Photos this is the date that Maptech produced the Navigation Photo CD containing this image NTM Notice to Mariners Edition For subscribers to Maptech s Chart Update Service The Chart Update Service uses electronic chart patches to keep electronic charts as current as their paper equivalents The NTM Edition tells you the paper chart edition to which this electronic chart now corresponds Since topographic maps do not receive NTM updates in the case of topographic maps this field will always be blank Projection The projection used in creating the paper original of this chart Depth Units The unit of measurement for depth readings printed on a nautical chart In the case of topographic maps the depth units field refers to the units of measurement of the elevation readings shown on the map image For Navigation Photos this field is blank since Navigation Photo charts do not contain depth or elevation readings Estimated Magnetic Variation The degree of magnetic variation for the chart The magnetic variation figure is the number of degrees by which Magnetic North differs from True North This figure changes from location to location depending on the distance and relative bearing to the magnetic pole and local magnetic disturbance Datum The datum used in creating this chart Nav
137. nd Ground Speed 60 Table of Passthru Character IDs Sentence Formatters The following list was taken from the NMEA 0183 Standard for Interfacing Marine Electronic Devices CHARACTER DEFINITION ID AAM Waypoint Arrival Alarm ACK Acknowledge Alarm ALM GPS Almanac Data ALR APB EC OD BWC Bearing amp Distance to Waypoint BWR BWW Bearing Waypoint to Waypoint DBT Depth Below Transducer DCN Decca Position DPT Depth DSC Digital Selective Calling Information SE Expanded Digital Selective Calling DSC Transponder Initialize DSC Transponder Response Datum Reference S GA L LL Heading Monitor Receive U J J V W 7 U F S G U mT G O G Z G J S A I OJO O LA Gy L foe L WY IL Y D M M S L JD Heading Monitor Set Heading Steering C Heading Track Control Command TD Heading Track Control Data CD Loran C Signal Data GLONASS Almanac Data MSK MSK Receiver Interface MSS MSK Receiver Signal MTW Water Temperature MW Wind Direction amp Speed W Wind Speed amp Angle ZC JI JETE gt O J i Own Ship Data Recommended Minimum Specific Loran C Data 61 Recommended Minimum Navigation Information Recommended Minimum Specific GNSS Data Rudder Sensor Angle Radar System Data Routes RTE Routes Scanning Frequency Information Multiple Data ID Target Label Target Latitude Longitude Tracked Target Message Text Trans
138. nd double click the name of the route Either will open the Route Properties window 2 Select the Points tab Highlight a waypoint and press Delete Continue until you have deleted all that you want to 4 Press OK and close the Route Properties window The waypoints have been removed from the route a Vessel I m using the Simulator to follow a route Is there any way to speed up the vessel Yes From the Vessel GPS menu choose Setup Simulator and use the Time Compression lever to adjust the speed of the simulation This won t affect your cruising speed or maximum speed settings but it will decrease the time that it takes to simulate movement on the chart Think of it like watching a videotape in fast forward Note Try a low setting at first How do I place the vessel at a specific location Just right click where you want the vessel to be and from the resulting menu choose Put Vessel Here near bottom of menu I lost track of the vessel icon how can I get it back again If you want to find the vessel press the Locate Vessel button on the left side of the toolbar or choose Vessel from the Locate menu If you want to put the vessel in a particular location right click on the chart and choose Put Vessel Here To keep your vessel in view on the screen check the Follow Vessel checkbox at the bottom of the chart window See page 20 for details 156 How can I keep the vessel icon on the screen during navigation T
139. nd receiving an accurate signal To check whether Offshore Navigator is receiving position data from your GPS check the vessel position status note in the lower left corner of the screen GPS FIX means that the vessel icon represents the lat lon received from your GPS The GPS status note tells you at a glance whether the vessel icon represents your actual GPS location If it doesn t you ll see one of these notes instead 98 GPs ESTIMATED If your GPS signal is lost for any reason the note will read GPS ESTIMATED When this happens Offshore Navigator can continue to move your vessel icon along an estimated course using Dead Reckoning requires setup see page 58 MANUAL POSITION If your GPS isn t turned on and connected you can click and drag the vessel icon on the chart SIMULATOR You can also use the Simulator to control vessel icon movement and direction Tracking Your Progress Marking Your Position Anytime you want to mark your location for future reference press the Position Mark button For example to mark the location of a submerged rock school of fish etc This will create a mark at the location occupied by your vessel at the time that the button is pressed This Position Mark will remain in place on the chart even after your vessel moves away The only difference between Position Marks and standard marks is in the way they re created Position Marks have all the same characteristics as stan
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141. nterface these two devices via a computer running Offshore Navigator In this way you can select a route in Offshore Navigator and have your Autopilot follow it To configure communication settings for using your Autopilot with Offshore Navigator choose Setup Autopilot from the Vessel GPS menu Offshore Navigator gets current position data from the GPS and sends it along with data for the selected route to the Autopilot This communication takes place using the NMEA National Marine Electronics Association 0183 Standard for Interfacing Marine Devices NMEA 0183 defines electrical signal requirements and specific sentence formats or NMEA sentences Each sentence represents a particular type of data one sentence might provide the time and date another sentence might contain the bearing from waypoint to waypoint etc Some of these strings are generated by Offshore Navigator and some are taken directly from the GPS unit and passed through Offshore Navigator to the Autopilot Offshore Navigator can generate NMEA sentences and send them to the Autopilot Select the sentences you want from the options under Sentences to Generate Three are pre selected for you APB Heading Track Controller Autopilot Sentence B HSC Heading Steering 59 XTE Cross Track Error Measured You can change these selections and or choose other sentences see the following page for a list of character IDs and NMEA Sentences When you have configured your
142. o gt 1 Feature Class bay BSB Region 2 State ME Maine County Hancock Latitude E 17 550 N Longitude 068 35 600 Ww Values in 504 Datum You can right click on a Place Names icon and choose Properties for additional data about the location it marks 127 Marine Facilities Search Marine Facilities E List Setup Search Foor Pemaquid Frew Region REL Found 2 Matching Marinez Found _Hext y Help Fawtuset Cove Marina Payne s Dock Pemaquid Beach Boat Works Inc Eee Jaa O69 317 087 Ww ary a aay Pepperell Cove Yacht Club 7H AA Performance Marine 43 21 387 N yy i Perkins Marina A ar 51 H at Perry s Boat rard 41 43 12 N at Pert Lowell Co Inc 4245 397 N at Pettegrow Boat Yard 44 36 43 N NA Philip Clark Public Landing 423014 N AA e A E ER EEE Aged 197 hl ovo Ba GA a Total 507 cancel top Most Digital ChartKit Regions feature a searchable list of marine facilities for U S regions Search for a marina or service station by name or keyword or view the list in order of name latitude or longitude To go directly to a marine facility s chart location double click its name in this list If your Marine Facilities list is empty you need to set up your Marine Facilities See page 130 128 Marine Facility Properties Right click on a Marine Facilities icon and choose Properties for additional information including telephone number
143. o include range bearing data or borders around your A2Bs choose A2Bs from the Tools menu and check the option to Enable Borders and Range Bearing Can I create an A2B measurement across multiple charts The A2B tool will work across charts and is a handy way of finding straight line distance as the crow flies Select the A2B tool from either the toolbar or the Tools menu then click to set point A Open the chart containing point B and click again Right click on the A2B and choose Properties to read the range and bearing data 161 Miscellaneous What are the minimum system requirements for running Offshore Navigator The Minimum System Requirements for running Offshore Navigator are e Windows 98 ME NT 2000 or XP operating system e Pentium class CPU e 32 MB memory e 256 Color Palette e 800 x 600 Desktop Area 100 MB free Disk Space e Internet Explorer 4 0 What chart formats does Offshore Navigator support Offshore Navigator is compatible with the following chart map formats e Maptech BSB editions 2 x 3 x 4 x and 5 x e Maptech PCX e Resolution Mapping RML e Maptech Navigation Photos e Maptech Topographic Maps Terrain Navigator e Maptech AeroPacks Aeronautical Charts e Maptech Contour Professional Edition 4 0 e Fugawi BSB Edition 1 NDI BSB Edition 2 1 or later How to Contact Maptech If you have a question and you haven t found the answer here in the Help pages Maptech s technical
144. o keep the vessel from straying out of sight check the Follow Vessel option in the Navigation Panel at the bottom of your screen This way Offshore Navigator will follow the vessel as it moves along its course See page 23 for details on the three vessel to chart orientation options For some leeway to scroll away from the vessel and explore surrounding areas choose View Options General and check Allow Temporarily Scrolling away from Vessel This will let you scroll away from the vessel location for a few seconds at a time before Offshore Navigator automatically restores the vessel view This is handy for scouting out the area ahead without breaking the Follow Vessel command GPS Connection What hardware do I need for the GPS connection Successful communication with a GPS unit requires a variety of hardware and software connections Therefore the first step is to ensure that you have the proper equipment There are three pieces of equipment required to connect a GPS unit to your computer These are 1 A compatible GPS unit 2 A data cable available from your GPS manufacturer 3 An available COM port Where do I get a GPS cable GPS to computer cables are only available from your GPS manufacturer Typically cables can also be bundled with software provided by the GPS manufacturer Although it is not required for communication with Offshore Navigator that GPS manufacturer supplied software can be useful in diagnosing problems c
145. of each setting When you have made your selections press OK 54 Vessel Setup Vessel Icon Shape Choose Vessel Airplane or Crosshairs Color Red Green Blue Cyan light blue Yellow Magenta Black or Transparent Size Length From bow to stern Beam The maximum width Draft The depth to which the vessel sinks when afloat measured from the waterline to the lowest immersed part of the hull or keel Height From the waterline to the highest point including antenna Display Options Show vessel icon Check whether or not you want the vessel icon to be shown on the screen Show course line extension This will display a line pointing straight out from the vessel s bow in the direction the vessel is headed Range Marks Range marks radiate out from the vessel icon to help you gauge distance range Check Show Range Marks to include range marks on the screen 55 Circles Four circles will surround the vessel Ticks Ten tick marks of graduated size will extend forward from the vessel s bow Measured by Distance Specify an interval at which the marks should be set According to the settings in this sample graphic the range marks would be 0 5 nautical miles apart Measured by Time Specify a time interval in minutes Offshore Navigator will set the range marks at intervals that show how far the vessel will travel in that time interval This lets you see at a glance how many minutes away you are from a giv
146. of the unit s functions including communication Contact your GPS manufacturer to ensure that you are using the latest version of their software Software updates are often available from the GPS manufacturer s website 2 Try getting a satellite lock Sometimes a GPS unit will not communicate properly until it has a good position fix Try operating the GPS unit near a window or initializing it outdoors before attempting to transfer data 3 Try other GPS software If you own other GPS enabled software or if you received software from the manufacturer when you purchased your GPS cable try connecting to your computer with that software If you are unable to connect using any available software the problem is most likely equipment related COM port data cable or GPS unit 4 Check your cable Defective cables can also be the source of trouble If you made your cable yourself ensure that the proper pins are being used and the soldering is sound The wires should be spliced together as follows PS COMPUTER Data Out Send Data In Pin 2 Receive Data In Receive Data Out Pin 3 Send Ground Pin 5 Ground If you can connect when NMEA Generic is selected under Manufacturer in Offshore Navigator s GPS Setup window but not when you select your particular GPS make and model your cable may be transmitting data from the GPS unit but not receiving data from the computer Check your cable and COM port for problems Char
147. ok then press Print This will print the logbook Page 24 hour period that you re viewing in the logbook window Official Ship s Log requirements vary in different areas Some regulations require paper logs reviewed and signed by specific ship s personnel For such purposes a Signature space is provided at the bottom of each printed page The ship s name name of the owner and date of the log page is also automatically included at the top of each print This information is taken from Offshore Navigator s Vessel Setup click Vessel GPS Setup Vessel to modify 89 Exporting the Logbook to a Text File 12 27 2002 1408 2003 hd C Documents and Settings ahab bmy DocumentssShipsLog_ 010820043 tet Offshore Navigator allows you to export the ship s log in text file format Press the Export button in the logbook window and select the date s you wish to export Each date represents one Page of the logbook Exported data may be used in other programs for example for spreadsheets or databases The exported files may also be e mailed Importing the Ship s Log into Microsoft Excel Several Maptech customers have told us that they plan to use Microsoft Excel to view and arrange their exported data For your convenience we include the following step by step procedure for opening mark text files in Excel These instructions were written for Excel97 they may need to be modified for use with other Excel versions From Excel s Fi
148. om the drive that was specified as the default drive during Offshore Navigator installation Pictures Aerial Photographs Locate Pictures Fa Bar Harbor 44 25 550 H Oe 12 240 yw C Program Fi Bare Island and Merchant Row ae 44 OF 231 H Ob 37 812 W C Program Fi Bass Harbor Bap 44 14 357 H Oe 20 9817 W C Program Fi Belfast Bar 44 25 602 N 069 00 134 LA Program Fi Bunker Cove South Gouldsbora Bay 44 76 005 H Oe 07 O25 wW C Program Fi Burnt Coat Harbor Bap 44 08 389 H Oba 26 854 W C Program Fi Camden Harbor al 44 12 565 H O69 Os 946 W C Program Fi Castine Harbor Bay 44 23194 H Oe 47 G28 yi C Program Fi Center Harbor Bay 44 15 765 N 068 35 771 Ww C Program Fi Corea Harbor Bay 44 23057 H Oe 58 220 wW C Program Fi Cranberry Harbor Bay 44 15 027 H Oe 14 526 W C Program Fi Display Locate Copy to HD Cancel Help If you own a Maptech Coastal Navigation Photo CD you can view a list the pictures it contains by choosing Pictures from the Locate menu Highlight a photo name and press the Display button to view the photograph To see where the picture was taken press Locate The location where the photo was taken will be marked by a picture icon Whenever you see a camera icon on a chart you can view a picture by right clicking on the icon and choosing Display To enlarge the picture right click on it and choose Enlarge The picture list may be sorted by Feature
149. on This Copy Charts to Hard Drive feature is designed to provide a quick and easy way of transferring charts from a CD to your machine Once charts have been copied to your hard drive you can rearrange your chart storage if you like using the Advanced Chart Management options provided For details on copying Contour Charts to your hard drive see page 51 37 Advanced Chart Management Chart List FE Available Charts Copy Charts to Hard Drive 4dvanced Chart Management Chart Directories Charts LALHARATEITABSBLHARTA Remove Copy C PROGRAM FILESSMAPTECHSCHART NAVIGATORSDAT AS E Add E BSBCHART EXCA EATSA EXACHARTSA EINDE E MAPS E MAYPHOTO EAPHOTOS EAPILTURES Move Delete Chart List Rebuild Chart Directory to Add Browse Change CD Refresh Chart List Close Help The Advanced Chart Management feature is designed to let you manage your chart storage The directories shown in this list are scanned by Offshore Navigator when building the Chart List Every chart in each of these directories will be included in the chart list For the directories on the CD drive you must remember to give the Change CD Refresh Chart List command so that Offshore Navigator will scan the CD drive s directories By manipulating the directories in this list you can control what charts are included in the Chart List You can create new directories remove directories and
150. on the screen To make sure See Note icons are included in the chart display click View Options and check Show See Note Icons 41 Charts at Your Location Charts at This Location Chart List e G Scale Open Chart ie FRENCHMAN Br AND MOUNT DESERT ISLAND MENautical 40000 13312 1 FRENCAMAN AND BLUE HILL BAYS AND APPROACHNautical 0000 Upen Another 13006_1 WEST QUODDY HEAD TO NEW YORK EAST COAST Nautical 6 5000 MAPTECH WORLD CHART Nautical 17716535 Chart Info Print List Chart ID i Change CD Refresh Chart List Close Help To see a list of the chart titles available for the location you re viewing choose Charts Charts at This Location A modified Chart List window will appear listing all the charts that share the lat lon of the point at the center of your screen To switch to one of these charts highlight the chart and press Open or double click the chart title If you want to open one of these charts in addition to the chart you re already viewing press Open Another This will open the chart in a separate window without closing your original chart If you like you can link the two charts together so that the two charts will scroll together at the same time as you move around on one chart the other chart will mirror your movements Printing Charts Print Click File Print to print the chart area you re viewing on the screen This is a one step process so you don t need
151. onnecting to your GPS unit What s a COM port A serial communications or COM port is a connector in the back of a computer that enables serial devices like a mouse or an external modem to communicate with the computer Most computers provide at least two external COM ports COM 1 and COM 2 Your mouse may be connected to one of these Consult your computer s documentation to determine if you have an available COM port My COM Port is 25 pin but my GPS cable has a 9 pin connector Can I get an adaptor Yes Computer supply stores should carry an adaptor My Computer does not have a 9 pin COM Port but does have a USB serial port Can I get an adaptor Yes Computer supply stores should carry an adaptor Be sure to also install the driver software that accompanies the adaptor otherwise it will not be recognized by your computer s operating system I have set up my GPS unit but I get an error message when I try to connect First try running the GPS Setup Wizard click Vessel GPS Setup GPS Setup Wizard The Wizard will likely detect the problem and suggest a solution If you still get an error when you give a GPS command the next step is to verify that your connection is physically sound and that your equipment computer GPS and data cable is working properly You can use a standard Windows accessory called HyperTerminal to check this 157 Using HyperTerminal to Check your Equipment Connection First close Offshore Navig
152. or elliptical alarm area Click on the chart and hold the left mouse button down As you move the cursor away from the point where you clicked the alarm circle will grow Release the mouse button when the circle is the size you want Creating an Ellipse Alarm E A The Anchor Alarm The Anchor Alarm is an ellipse alarm surrounding your vessel when anchor is set It is by nature an Exit alarm You tell Offshore Navigator the amount and direction of drift that is acceptable at anchor and if AHCHOR the vessel strays beyond this range the anchor alarm will be triggered Anchor alarm To configure the Anchor Alarm press the Anchor Alarm toolbar button or choose Alarms Create Anchor Alarm from the Tools menu This will place a special ellipse alarm directly over your vessel icon You can then click and drag to stretch the alarm zone as needed 78 AE fas PA AE Fo E Atar Ea E eta A EN PTE Another way to configure the anchor alarm from the Tools menu choose Alarms Alarm List This will bring up the Alarm Setup window which contains a space for you to type the Anchor Alarm Diameter Alarms Setup The options in the Alarm Setup window let you choose settings to apply automatically to any new alarms you create Notification Type The method by which Offshore Navigator notifies you when this alarm is triggered Choose one or both Visual A window will appear on the screen listing the alarms that have been tri
153. ot ETA At Destination Cross Track Error Course Over Ground Speed Over Ground E Lancel Help 65 The left hand window lists the values that you can choose to include on your screen during navigation Pick a value that you want and click to select it Then press the gt button to transfer the value to the right hand window Viewable Values The values you place on the right hand side will be included in your data windows Use the gt gt and lt lt buttons to transfer all the values at once and use the gt and lt buttons to move one value ata time You can include as many as you want but bear in mind that because your screen space is limited it is usually easier to use just a few values at a time Press Font Settings to specify the fonts to use for the data readings and their headings and also to adjust the colors used in the data windows Note Color changes will only take effect when your Chart Color Scheme setting is Normal Choose View Options Chart Display to adjust your chart color scheme Font Settings also lets you choose Full Titles if you prefer that each data window be identified by a full title instead of an abbreviation Turning Data Windows On and Off To bring data windows into view check the Data Windows option on the View menu Uncheck it to turn data windows off Moving Data Windows You can move the data window display to another area of your screen just click and drag to reposition the w
154. own above is the standard format for conveying tide fluctuations hour to hour The vertical axis shows the height of the tide Time progression moves from left to right and is shown in hourly increments on a 24 hour scale with afternoon and evening hours represented as 13 1 PM through 23 11 PM Zero is midnight In the tide graph red indicates when the tide is flooding rising blue shows when the tide is ebbing The dark and light gray shading above the line distinguishes day from night 115 Checking Different Dates and Times When you first open the tide graph it shows the present conditions It gets the date and time from your computer s system clock There are several ways to adjust the date and time being displayed As you change the day or hour the graph scrolls to represent tidal conditions at the specified time All time and date readings are updated simultaneously in other words if you change the date the day of the month will change too Tide Graphs from BA British Admiralty Charts Tide graphs for stations on charts produced by the British Admiralty contain some additional data e Datum of Soundings The point used as a base in determining tide height Tidal datum is a local measurement also known as Datum height and is usually the level of low water at ordinary springs in this region or sometimes mean low or lower low water This figure is printed on most paper nautical charts e Reference Place The location wh
155. own as red labels To get details about any hotspot on the Map Page just tap the green hotspot symbol with your stylus A popup window will appear with the hotspot s name the bearing and distance from your vessel to the hotspot and GOTO option Goto Hotspot Tap a hotspot and select Goto and Pocket Contour will guide you to that hotspot s location In this ex aring to the hotspot 36 steer L is the number of deges Wet is the distance to the hotspot and 3 2 knots is the vessels ese figures will be updated as you move brg WF steer L The Goto figures will remain ADS 3 2 at the top of the screen even if you toggle to a different Page When you dst H u te brits reach the hotspot or if you decide to abandon course for it you can remove these North figures from view by tapping the Hotspot button which is relabeled Quit Goto Di a Deleting Hotspots To delete a hotspot tap it and choose Delete To delete ALL your hotspots and start with a clean slate tap Options Clear All Hotspots ALL of your hotspots will be permanently deleted The GPS Page Position Data 152 En Pocket Contour Tracking O Satellites Options E GPS Setup A Pocket Contour 3 01p ok Scan for MMEA 0183 Input on the Following COM Portis _ Serial Cable Input on COM NAVMAN _ COM Port po GPS Input Sensitivity High 8 Normal Low The GPS Page tells you your latitude and longitude along with your COG Cou
156. pear on the screen prompting you to 142 enter a name short name and notes If this window does not appear automatically you can simply right click on the Named Waypoint and choose Properties to assign this information Using a Named Waypoint in a Route When you re creating a route and you want to use a Named Waypoint as the next point in your route right click and choose Add Named Waypoint This will bring up a window listing all your Named Waypoints choose the one you want and press OK Your route will automatically connect to that Named Waypoint and you can continue adding regular waypoints after the Named Waypoint The Named Waypoint is distinguished by a circle Done Fey in Lat Lon Save as Template Delete Route Close Menu loo o A Locating Named Waypoints Choose Named Waypoints from the Locate menu or the Tools menu to view a list of your Named Waypoints To view a Named Waypoint on the screen highlight one from the list and press the Locate button to go straight to its location on the chart The Visible column indicates whether each Named Waypoint is included in on screen display or whether it has been temporarily removed from view To restore a Named Waypoint to view highlight its title in this list press Edit and check the Display option 143 Named Wf aypoints ga Baxter Harbor YF Goat Island E Named ayPoint Mon Feb 14 2000 11 25 Ea Named avpoint Fri Mar 31 2000 13 32 ES Star Island stop
157. psed time and calculate the time it will take to reach the man overboard from the current vessel location See page 91 Locate Vessel If your vessel is not visible on the screen and you want to go to its location press the Locate Vessel button and Offshore Navigator will center the chart window on your vessel You can also choose Locate Vessel from the Vessel GPS menu F mau Chart List Press this button to view the list of available charts and select one for display You could also click File Open Chart or Charts Chart List Pi pT ntem Max Detail Automatically switches to the largest scale most detailed chart available for the area you re viewing See page 18 for more information about different scales of charts F Scale In Opens the next available chart of a larger scale for the area you re viewing This lets you get a more detailed view Larger scale charts cover less area but provide greater detail e Scale Out Opens the next available chart of a smaller scale for the area you re viewing This is a bit like zooming out to get a better overall view of the area Smaller scale charts cover more area at a lesser level of detail am Print A one step way to print the chart area you re viewing on the screen The printout will include the chart name and ID its corner coordinates and lat lon rulers around the edge of the page See page 42 E Cascade If you have several windows open this
158. r This means that the COM port you have chosen is not receiving NMEA data Close the HyperTerminal data window and repeat the process trying a different COM port If you are certain that you are selecting the proper COM port there is something wrong with either your COM port your data cable or your GPS unit Since the problem lies outside of Offshore Navigator you should contact your computer or GPS manufacturer for further troubleshooting tips 3 I get a screen with text scrolling upward You are successfully connected to your GPS unit The data that you see scrolling by are the NMEA sentences coming from your GPS Note the COM port that you used for this successful test and exit HyperTerminal When asked if you want to disconnect now answer Yes When asked if you want to save session Test answer No Now that you have determined the correct COM port start Offshore Navigator Leave your GPS unit in NMEA mode fora moment In Offshore Navigator s GPS Setup window choose NMEA Generic for Manufacturer choose NMEA 0183 2 1 for Unit choose the correct COM port and press OK Check GPS On Close the GPS Setup window and you should find a checkmark next to the GPS On option in the GPS menu The checkmark indicates that communication has been established between Offshore Navigator and your GPS You should now be able to change your GPS You should now be able to set your GPS back to its native mode i e from NMEA to GRMN GRMN for most Gar
159. r labels on the charts The label appears underneath the icon and tells the station name 31 General Options Chart Display Overlays General Contour Charts General Following Wessel l Confirn Before Deleting n Follaw vessel upon Locate Wessel Command Large Toolbar Buttons E Automatically Start Program upon i Allow Temporary Scrolling Insertion of Chart CO in Orive away from Wessel Plus Minus Buttons C Adjust zoom level same chart Adjust scale switch to different chart f Adjust either zoom OR scale whichever better represents a 50 closer wider view Automatic Chart Selection Always Open Nautical Chart if Available buttons adjacent charts Open Most Detailed Chart of Preferred Type adjacent charts only Cancel Help Confirm Before Deleting Check Confirm Before Deleting and every time you tell Offshore Navigator to delete something a marker or route for example you ll be asked if you re absolutely sure before Offshore Navigator actually deletes the item This is a good safeguard if you re afraid you might accidentally delete something important If you would rather not be prompted to confirm your decision each time you delete something uncheck this checkbox Large Toolbar Buttons For help distinguishing the different toolbar buttons The buttons are enlarged and labeled The example button pictures throughout this Help system are all shown in L
160. r uses a smaller version of the tide icon shown above These smaller tide icons always look the same regardless of tidal conditions so you will need refer to each station s tide graph for further information Alternatively you can zoom in or scale in until there is room for Offshore Navigator to display the standard tide icons Right click on an icon to read the station name view its tide graph or get additional data about the station Properties 114 Tide Graph Tide Station Properties Tide Graph Tide Graph Station Name Bazz Harbor Tide Table Station Number 684173651 Reference Station Portland Mane Print Help Distance 29 5 MM 44 14 000 4 068 21 0007 wv Mean Tide Level 5 3 ft gt gt Sunrise 04 56 05 085 11 0 ft Tue Apr ma au Sunset 18 13 D 11 31 0 2 ft m eal Moonrise 10 25 18 00 g 7 ft 1212 Eastern Daylight T maz See dedi aera Moonget 01 49 First 235 1 0 ft 4411 2000 E 44 22000 Ex Week lt Day Tide Stations Current Tidal Stream Stations Day gt Week gt gt Maptech ChartKit CDs edition 3 0 and higher include tide graphs for several tide stations within each region The stations are represented by icons on the charts To view a tide graph just right click on a tide station icon and choose Tide Table The graphs provide the time and estimated water height of predicted high and low tides Interpreting the Tide Graph The tide graph sh
161. r will notify you as you near each waypoint The Diameter range controls the range at which Offshore Navigator will notify you in this example the alarm is triggered when the vessel comes within 01 NM nautical miles of the waypoint Enable Waypoint Achievement Alarms When your vessel has reached a waypoint Offshore Navigator will notify you The Diameter range tells Offshore Navigator how close the vessel must come to the waypoint before the alarm is triggered adjust the diameter according to your personal preference Background Color Preview The background and text color choices are for use with waypoint numbering and range bearing data The Preview pane lets you see how your choices will look Uncheck the Background Color checkbox if you prefer a transparent background Waypoint Symbol Five waypoint symbols are available press Change and then click on the symbol you want Line Color Pick a color to use for the lines that join the waypoints Color of Selected Line The lines of a route can change color when that route is selected for example when you click on a route or when you are following the route Pick a line color that will signify when a route is selected Enable Routes to be Dragged You can move individual waypoints by clicking and dragging but the Enable Routes to be Dragged option lets you move an entire route at once by clicking on a line and dragging the route to another location Prompt for Route Properties When
162. raps 42 31 460 H 070 50 920 w Tue Feb 22 2000 11 50 33 44 24 310 N OBS 12 630 w Nice beach 44 50 14 N 06731 OF WY Position Mark DOF Lancel Help Choose Mark from the Locate menu or the Tools menu for a list of all your marks Click on a mark in the list to go straight to its location on the chart You can also use this List window to delete marks from your mark list Highlight the mark you want to delete then press the Delete button This will remove the mark Nice beach from Offshore Navigator To highlight all marks for deletion press Select All Eno AZ Annotations Offshore Navigator lets you add short notes annotations to the chart image To add an annotation AMHOTATE i e Select the Annotation tool from the toolbar or e Choose Create Annotation from the Tools menu or e Right click on the chart and choose Create Annotation The cursor will change to the annotation tool symbol looks like a pen Click on the chart where you d like to add your annotation and type your note in the window that appears 136 Create Annotation Align Test ie Left C Center Cancel Color Font C Right Caught tuna here W Position Locked Deleting Annotations To delete an annotation right click on it and choose Delete Annotation A2Bs A2B List List Setup 44 23 091 N Ob 12065 w Thu Mar 16 2000 15 32 42 31 397 H 070 51 2235 Ww Values in 46584 Datum
163. ries you can still make log entries manually whenever you like by pressing the New Entry button in the logbook window or by pressing the L key on your keyboard Prompt Before Saving Each Entry Unless you check this Prompt option these automatically timed entries will be made in the background during program operation you won t see the entries being made but you can read them anytime by opening the logbook However if you d like a chance to view the data or add some notes you can check Prompt before saving each entry Every hour or half hour Offshore Navigator will automatically open the Log Entry window for your review Add notes if you like then press Close to add the entry to the logbook Notes on Prompting e The vessel data shown in the entry window won t change no matter how long you leave the entry window open to add notes The position course and speed are recorded at the time intervals you specified and aren t affected by the timing of your Notes e It is not possible to cancel an automatically timed log entry once that entry window has appeared e The log entry window will remain open until you close it If you haven t closed it by the time the next entry must be made Offshore Navigator will close the last log entry adding a note saying Log entry not acknowledged Require Watchstander Initials The log entry window provides a space where the watchstander may record his initials If you want to ensure that this
164. rse Over Ground and your SOG Speed Over Ground When your GPS is receiving a valid satellite signal and providing accurate position data this data is shown in green type When red type is shown this indicates invalid data or loss of signal you may also see a message like Waiting for GPS Once a valid signal is received the data will change back to green type The GPS Page also tells you how many satellites your GPS unit is tracking at any given time On the GPS Page tap Options GPS Setup In the resulting window select the Port where your GPS is connected to your Pocket PC If you aren t sure which port you re using check your Pocket PC s User Manual Signal strength position accuracy and data update frequency differ between GPS units In order for Pocket Contour to track your movements as efficiently as possible you should adjust your GPS Input Sensitivity This controls the precision of your latitude longitude data and therefore the accuracy and speed at which your vessel icon is placed on the screen You should base your GPS Sensitivity setting on your activity level Use High when you re anchored so that Pocket Contour will recognize subtle movements while drifting Use Low when you re moving at high speed when extreme precision is unnecessary and might slow down vessel display update time Leave this setting at Normal the rest of the time At Normal sensitivity your vessel icon will generally be placed wi
165. rts have been installed a fourth tab appears in the Options window Choose View Options and select the Contour Charts tab to adjust display settings for your contour charts For example you can adjust the contour chart colors assigning different colors and patterns to use for dry land underwater terrain and the horizon Several optional enhancements are also available including a depth scale and transducer cone graphic translucent surface layer a depth marker that you may set to indicate a specific depth level and a variety of different vessel icon shapes See the following page for information about all settings Moving Around a Contour Chart To look at a different geographic area you must move the nautical chart to which the contour chart is linked The contour chart will follow along as you move the linked chart You can adjust the angle at which you re viewing the contour chart by clicking and dragging the chart foreground If you hold the left mouse button down on the foreground and move the cursor up on the screen this will lift the contour chart If you click and drag down it pushes the chart down so you re viewing it from higher up You can use the same method to spin the chart and change the angle of your viewpoint North South East and West are labeled on the horizon to help keep you oriented 46 Zooming In and Out e MIMI MINIM The plus and minus buttons in the Navigation Panel at the bottom of your screen can be use
166. s SOUNDINGS FATHOMS In the lower left corner of the screen a note window tells you whether the soundings on the chart are given in feet fathoms or meters DATUM OK Just as in Plan Mode a datum status note is provided Adjusting the Chart Display Square buttons across the bottom of the screen make up the rest of the controls Scale In Opens the next larger scale chart available for closer detail Scale Out Opens the next smaller scale chart available for this area providing a wider view Maximizes the chart viewing area by removing shrinking controls Press View again to restore all controls Opens the Chart Overview window as an inset in the top left corner The Overview Window gives you a view of the entire chart The area being shown on your screen is outlined in red You can drag this Inset red outline across the overview to view a different area of the chart 97 Positioning the Vessel Locating the Vessel Icon Press Vessel to center the screen on your vessel location Same as the Locate Vessel button in Plan Mode Your position is marked by a vessel icon on the chart Positioning the Vessel Icon To represent your actual vessel location Offshore Navigator relies upon GPS Fix position data received from your GPS All you need to do is make sure your GPS is turned on is properly connected and is receiving a valid position fix The vessel icon location is accurate ONLY as long as your GPS is on a
167. s at the beginning and end of the straight segment A track being recorded You can temporarily pause the recording by choosing Tracks Pause from the Vessel GPS menu To stop recording and finish the track choose Tracks Stop You can continue to add to the track at a later time if you wish using the Open Append option in the Record Tracks window pictured above 69 Track List Track List Mf Matt Point to Spruce Island Created Fri Jan 11 2002 14 39 Aandall to Heart s Rock Created Sun Feb 10 2002 3 43 Offshore Navigator lets you record tracks during vessel movement You can also transfer track logs into Offshore Navigator from a GPS unit To see a list of your track logs choose Tracks from the Locate menu or choose Tracks Tracks from the Vessel GPS menu From the Track List you can pick a track to view on the screen edit a track s properties convert a track into a route delete tracks etc Click on the buttons in the image above for details 70 Convert Filter Track Log Track Log Filtering and Conversion to Route Name Buckspor Total Points in Track Log 484 Note Created Fran 11 2002 14 39 Track Points Checked 454 Track Points to Convert Filter TkH Date Time Lat Lon SOG COG intTime ntCist 0171172002 14 40 13 CN 00 SZ 45 we D First First E 0171172002 144137 431 se NH OPO oS 29 103 06 00 01 44 0 25 3 0171172002 144237 42s sa NM 07052 dew 15 064 00 04 00 0 25 4 01112002 144337
168. scale edition number and date the agency that created it datum projection and depth units The Index page is printed next It provides a grid overview of the chart with each rectangle labeled in order AO Al A2 BO B1 B2 etc Each printed chart image is then labeled with the corresponding rectangle code so you can use the Index page as a reference and see where each rectangular quadrant is on the chart 43 Print Setup Print Setup Letter 8 142 11 in E Auto Select Choose Print Setup from the File menu or press the Print Setup button in the Print Chart Packet window to adjust paper size and orientation or to select a different printer Press the Properties button to specify number of copies print quality and adjust printer device options These options vary from printer to printer so your options may differ 44 Navigation Photos A Navigation Photo linked with a nautical chart Mahoe Havigalea 12302 1 Sounds if T Follow Wessel ea JF EZ Lip j Ho TMs F ara ra ten ip e 3 Le 43 51 22 M aa APPROACHES TO PENOBSCOT BAY ME Bng A eae MANUAL VESSEL PLACEMENT AS Bra 47 True i Doim OF CU 050 Maptech Coastal Navigation Photos are included in most Digital ChartKit regions Navigation Photos are aerial photographs of coastal areas georeferenced so that your overlays vessel icon routes etc may be properly positioned Navigation Photos help you discern depth changes and other details
169. sel location The mark symbol remains in place on the chart even after your vessel has moved away This is handy for keeping track of where you were at a particular time The date and time of creation 11 is automatically recorded with each Position Mark A Position Mark looks just like regular marks but is indicated in the Mark List by an asterisk See page 134 a A2B Measurement A measurement tool designed to let you find the range and bearing between two points that you designate Click on the chart to set point A then click again elsewhere to set point B Right click on either point and choose Properties to find range and bearing Al Annotate Lets you add notes to the chart Click this button then click on the chart where you want to add a note You can type up to 256 characters they will appear on one line Anchor Alarm FULL VERSION ONLY Sets an alarm to notify you if the vessel drifts beyond expected range after anchor is set You can specify the maximum acceptable range controlling the conditions that trigger this alarm Line Shape Alarm FULL VERSION ONLY An alarm is an area you define on a chart so that Offshore Navigator can warn you when your vessel enters or leaves that area The Line Shape alarm button lets you delineate alarm areas For example you might set an alarm around an area of shallow rocks and ask Offshore Navigator to warn you if you enter that alarm zone Or you can delineate an area where you
170. sel position DEAD RECKONING BEGUN Loss of GPS signal has prompted Dead Reckoning mode Position shown is Entering Dead Reckoning mode last known vessel position Until GPS signal is regained position will be estimated using course and speed assigned for Dead Reckoning Beginning GPS navigation i e each time Position from GPS is selected GPS CONNECTED Position data in use from Vessel GPS menu Un checking Position from GPS in STOPPED USING GPS FOR VESSEL POSITION Vessel GPS menu Vessel icon to be moved manually on chart Position oe OO is last known true vessel position Man Man Overboard reported ss reported MAN OVERBOARD MAN OVERBOARD REPORTED Man Overboard alert canceled MAN OVERBOARD ALERT CANCELED Vessel enters zone of an Entry Alarm eri TRIGGERED by entering zone name of Vessel exits zone of an Exit Alarm see TRIGGERED by exiting zone name of Vessel exceeds circular range allowed ALARM TRIGGERED Anchor drag by Anchor Alarm settings Offshore Navigator is closed OFFSHORE NAVIGATOR STOPPED Offshore Navigator is started OFFSHORE NAVIGATOR STARTED Automatically timed log entry never LOG ENTRY NOT ACKNOWLEDGED Log entry acknowledged even though window was automatically closed at time to make Prompting was requested room for next scheduled log entry Printing the Logbook You may print the Ship s Log for recordkeeping or reference Click Vessel GPS Ship s Log to open the logbo
171. support staff will be happy to assist you Support is available from 8 30AM to 5PM Eastern Time Monday through Friday E mail support maptech com Fax 978 792 1095 Internet http www maptech com support Maptech s support site includes an interactive question and answer wizard as well as an online technical support discussion forum where Maptech software users and technical support staff can share information suggestions and comments 162
172. t Setup Advanced Autopilot LPS Setup Fort Settings Dead Reckoning Select GPS M GPS On Manufacturer Garin SetT ime From Unit GPS 12 L UF GPSTime Setup COM Fort 2 a Properiess GPS Datum Query Unit zj Test GPS 12L Your Garmin GPS unit provides several interlace settings For al successtul communication ensure that the GPS units nterface is set to GAMNGAMA Interface options can usually be found under the GPS unit s main menu x Cancel Help Before Offshore Navigator can establish communication with your GPS unit you need to supply some information so the GPS can be properly configured Configure Your GPS Settings Easily with the GPS Setup Wizard The fastest and easiest way to get Offshore Navigator properly configured for your GPS is to use the GPS Setup Wizard The Wizard will automatically detect your GPS find out its make and model and determine what COM port it is connected to on your computer The Wizard will then make all necessary settings so Offshore Navigator can communicate with your GPS unit and vice versa If any connection problems are detected the Wizard will likely tell you exactly how to fix them All you have to do is click Vessel GPS Setup GPS Setup Wizard and follow the simple instructions on the screen When the Wizard is finished Offshore Navigator will be ready to communicate with your GPS unit GPS Status As explained on page 55 when you click Vessel
173. t it and press Delete Favorite Help Menu To open the electronic Help document to the Table of Contents page choose Contents from the Help menu or press the Help toolbar button yellow question mark Choose Search from the Help menu to open the Help to the Search tab so you can type in the word or phrase you re looking for Other items available on Maptech ChartKit CDs edition 3 0 and higher include a guide to Chart Symbols commonly found on NOAA nautical charts the Coast Pilot publication which includes information not found on charts bridge clearances ice conditions traffic separation schemes etc Tide and Current Stations and data sheets Lights lists and Help documentation for Contour Professional software See www maptech com for further information on Contour Professional 133 CHAPTER 8 ANNOTATION MEASUREMENT TOOLS Marks Offshore Navigator lets you add symbols on the charts to indicate points of interest These symbols are called Marks Several symbols are available for you to choose from and you can label your marks with names Creating Marks Press the Mark toolbar button or choose Create Mark from the Tools menu and then click on the chart at the point you d like to mark SETHARK Nice heachM Position Marks FULL VERSION ONLY aie d Position Marks are marks you place at your current vessel location The position Ai cat mark stays behind on the chart after the vessel icon moves away Position marks
174. tap Options Units Depth The line extending downward from the vessel helps you visualize your location in relation to the contours Viewing Angle You can adjust the angle at which you re viewing the contour chart Press the Lock button to lock the chart into a different viewing angle You can choose between three views over the right shoulder over the left shoulder and straight ahead Pressing the Lock button toggles between these three angles In addition you can temporarily adjust the chart angle by dragging your stylus across the chart image Think of this as taking hold of the foreground of the chart and rotating tilting the chart to your liking When you stop moving the stylus the chart will remain for several seconds in the position that you have chosen so you can look around After this delay the chart will automatically return to the Locked viewing angle Moving In and Out Contour Page Tap the Plus button to move in for a closer view of the contour chart Tap the Minus button for a wider view of the area Vertical Exaggeration Sometimes it is helpful to adjust the vertical exaggeration For example in a relatively flat area you may wish to increase exaggeration to emphasize the rises and dips of the terrain Or in an area with many peaks and valleys 150 close together you may find it easier to flatten the terrain and view your vessel against a more moderate backdrop To increase the vertical exaggeration
175. tatus Bar will report Datum Error and provide the following message Datum Error This chart was drawn using a datum that Offshore Navigator cannot process accurately Your vessel and or overlays such as marks and routes may not be displayed at their true coordinates Because errors may occur between charts of different datums use caution while navigating on this chart Datum Calculator Using the Datum Calculator to Convert to Local Datum The Datum Calculator can convert a set of coordinates from one datum into another To open the Calculator click Tools Datum Calculator Datum Calculator Ales ca al x Coordinates to Flot Latitude Longitude 43 04 40 N OO 43 28 Ww Close Original D atur world Geodetic System 1904 Help Location marked by cross on chart TES The most common need is to convert coordinates from WGS84 datum the most popular datum in GPS use to the Local datum the datum of the chart you re viewing When you first open the Calculator it will automatically fill in the Latitude and Longitude of the point at the center of the screen and it will automatically select WGS84 as the Original Datum the datum of the coordinates that you want to convert You may overwrite the Lat and Lon fields with your own coordinates and if your coordinates aren t in WGS84 select their datum from the drop down list Then to see this location on the chart press Plot The location of your coordin
176. ted to type a name for each new track route that you create Your original track remains in Offshore Navigator Press Done to exit 72 Track Log Properties Track Logs a Natt Pont to Spruce Island Created Fidan 11 2002 14 39 The Track Log Properties window lets you e Adjust the track s appearance track point symbol and color e Get the track s total distance and number of track points e Add a note about the track or read existing notes e See how the track was recorded record By settings To view Properties for a track e Right click on one of the track s waypoints and choose Track Log Properties or e Choose Tracks Tracks from the Vessel GPS menu to view the Track List then highlight the track name and press the Properties button and select the Track Log Properties tab Other tabs in the Track Properties window Select the Track Point List tab to get data about each track point in the track log Highlight a track point then select the Track Point Properties tab to add a note about that particular point 73 Track Logs Track Point List Track Log Properties Track Pont List Track Point Properties Print List 012322002 01715 2002 01715 2002 0171572002 01715 2002 0171572002 01715 2002 0171572002 0171572002 0171572002 0171572002 0171572002 01715 2002 01152002 Delete 11 35 00 16 27 16 16 26 13 16 25 10 16 24 07 16 43 04 16 22 01 16 18 21 16 17 18 16 16 15 16 15 12 16
177. ter There are many different datums A coordinate location calculated using one datum may differ by several hundred feet from the same coordinates calculated from another datum Therefore before relying on coordinate location information it is important to know what datum was used in establishing those coordinates Offshore Navigator s Status Bar provides at a glance datum status Usually the Status Bar will read Datum OK If there are any discrepancies you need to know about the Status Bar will note Datum Warning or Datum Error you can then click on the status bar s datum note for further information Below are explanations of the Datum Warning Error messages Overlay Datum Warning If you import data or transfer data from a GPS to Offshore Navigator Offshore Navigator needs to know the datum that was used in creating that data Most of the time Offshore Navigator can determine the coordinates datum and make the necessary adjustments to display the coordinates in their proper position on the chart However if there is any uncertainty about the datum of an overlay route mark track etc Offshore Navigator will display a warning message It is unsafe to navigate using coordinates whose datum is uncertain Without knowing the datum you cannot be sure if the position indicated by the coordinates is really the location that is intended For example if you attempt to follow a route of uncertain datum the Status Bar will read Da
178. tervals this selects the track points that would be nearest to the vessel each time the vessel moves a certain distance Distance is measured in nautical miles e Error Let Offshore Navigator decide which points to include Instead of selecting track points at regular intervals of time or distance Offshore Navigator will select only the track points that are nearest to a change in course direction In other words if the track continues in a straight line for a great distance Offshore Navigator will only select the track points at the beginning and end of the straight segment and exclude the points between them Specify the amount of error that you will tolerate The smaller the distance the more closely the new track route will follow the original track s course However insisting on a very small error amount can make it hard to reduce the number of track points significantly Experiment with various error amounts and press the Refresh button to see how different error amounts affect the track point total for the new track route Refresh The Refresh button lets you test your settings before you finalize anything Make a selection and whenever you want to see how your selection would affect the new track route press Refresh to see which points are checked in the list above When you have made your track point selections To create a route press Convert to New Route To create a new track press Filter to New Track Log You will be promp
179. the minus button to move farther out from the chart also by a factor of approximately 50 This will let you see more area on the screen In each case the point at the center of your screen will remain the same In adjusting your view Offshore Navigator will either zoom in out on the current chart OR switch to a chart of a different scale This depends on the zoom level at which you are already viewing the chart and on the availability of other charts for the area For example if you are viewing a chart at close zoom you might be better off switching to another chart scale instead of trying to zoom in further on the same chart In this case Offshore Navigator will open a larger scale chart whose scale best approximates a 50 closer view A larger scale chart covers less area but provides greater detail In other cases a 50 closer view may be best obtained by zooming in on the chart that s already open If you prefer you can set the plus and minus buttons to adjust zoom level ONLY or scale ONLY To adjust this setting click View Options and select the General tab Limit of Plus button 18 For areas where you do not have detailed chart coverage Offshore Navigator will zoom in to the maximum usable zoom level on the most detailed chart available If the plus button is grayed out this means you have already attained the closest view possible for that area Limit of Minus button The smallest scale chart available is
180. thin 3 5 feet of your actual location Anything more precise is unnecessary during high speed travel By contrast you can benefit from greater accuracy at anchor when it is important to monitor smaller movements Units of Measurement Tap Options Units to adjust units of measurement for the following 153 Position This setting affects the display of your vessel s latitude and longitude coordinates Choose Decimal Degrees DDD DDDDDD Degrees Minutes Seconds DDD MM SS or Degrees and Decimal Minutes DDD MM MM COG Choose whether your Course Over Ground should be measured from True North or Magnetic North SOG Your Speed Over Ground may be reported in Statute Miles Kilometers or Knots Depth Depth may be shown in Fathoms Meters or Feet This setting affects the depth display at top left of the Pocket Contour screen 154 Chapter 10 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Routes I want to follow a route but the vessel isn t moving It sounds like you ve already chosen the route and given the Follow command right click on a waypoint and choose Follow The vessel isn t moving because you haven t chosen a Position Source From the Vessel GPS menu choose either Position from GPS or Position from Simulator If you re using Simulator mode and vessel still isn t moving or is moving in the wrong direction choose Setup Simulator from the Vessel GPS menu Assign a different vessel heading if the Heading field is grayed out c
181. to search for specific places or feature types Poly Line Alarms are now Line Shape Alarms The feature itself hasn t changed you can still create alarms in the shape of lines or multi sided polygons Contour Charts Additional chart control added in 5 01 For owners of Maptech Contour Charts 3 D underwater topography Viewing your contour chart coverage in split screen has just gotten easier Just click Charts Link to Contour Chart and the corresponding Contour chart will automatically open in a second window within Offshore Navigator If you have installed contour charts a fourth tab appears in the View Options window so you can configure your contour chart display A new optional Contour Chart Control has been added for more precise chart manipulation See page 48 for details on contour chart options Overview of Toolbar and Controls Toolbar Toolbar buttons may be shown in small or large The image below shows large buttons each with a label For large buttons choose View Options and under the General tab check Large Toolbar Buttons HOE LOCATE CASCADE TILEWERT TILE HORIZ 7 alm e i CREATE CREATE CRAG PAr GO TO 00H IH 00H OUT 2 Man Overboard Offshore Navigator is equipped with a Man Overboard tracking feature In case of such an emergency press this button and Offshore Navigator will mark the location and note the lat lon provide the range and bearing to the man overboard track the ela
182. to the right or to the left of the PNTM icon e Symbol Color Several symbols and colors are available preview your selections in the display area provided in the Properties window e Position Locked When Position Locked is checked the PNTM symbol cannot be moved on the chart When unlocked the PNTM may be dragged with the mouse e Latitude Longitude The coordinates of this PNTM If you want to change the PNTM location by typing new coordinates here first uncheck Position Locked 147 PNTM List Locating PNTMs Personal Notices to Mariners 47 OF B45 N 070 97 000 wv 45 07 325 N 070 49 245 Ww i 43 06 995 H 070 50 014 WwW Downed tree 43 OF 345 H 0700 51 668 44 To go directly to a PNTM s location on the chart double click its title You can also use this PNTM List window to delete selected PNTMs or print the entire list for reference The Setup tab lets you specify the settings you want Offshore Navigator to automatically use each time you create a PNTM See PNTM Properties for information on available settings 148 Chapter 9 POCKET CONTOUR System Requirements Pocket Contour software comes bundled with Offshore Navigator It is designed to let you view contour charts see page 46 on a Pocket PC handheld computer while navigating If you own a Pocket PC you can install Maptech s Pocket Contour software on any PDA equipped with the Microsoft Pocket PC operating system and an ARM SA1110 processor See www pock
183. ts When scrolling to the edge of a chart is there a quick way to open a chart for the adjacent area Yes hold the cursor at the very edge of the chart until it turns into an arrow symbol then double click open the adjacent chart The chart you were previously viewing will close Is it possible to adjust the chart scrolling speed Yes Choose View Options Chart Display and slide the Chart Scrolling Speed lever to adjust the scrolling speed Note Another way to increase scrolling speed is to try switching to 16 bit color decreasing color resolution from 32 bit to 16 bit Use the Windows Control Panel to adjust this Display setting from the Start menu choose Settings Control Panel Display Settings Colors You may also try 256 Colors if necessary 159 Datum What is datum Simply put datum is a model used for calculating the location of the Earth s center This center calculation is used as a reference point in establishing coordinate locations like latitude longitude on the Earth s surface Why does it matter There are many different datums A coordinate location calculated using one datum may differ by several hundred feet from the same coordinates calculated from another datum Therefore before relying on coordinate location information it is important to know what datum was used in establishing those coordinates See page 92 for more information Toolbar Menus and Control Panels Can I rearrange the tool
184. tting as you wish Install Pocket Contour If you have purchased Pocket Contour software insert your Pocket Contour CD and press this button to installed Pocket Contour software on your Pocket PC Visit www maptech com for more information about Pocket Contour software 50 Vessel Icon on Contour Chart Choose a shape for the contour chart s vessel icon In addition to Pointer and Sphere the following shapes are available Trawler Tugboat Restore Default Settings Press this button to return all options in this window to their original Maptech settings Copying Contour Charts to Hard Drive Chart List Available Charts Copy Charts to Hard Drive Copy Contour Charts to Hard Drive Advanced Chart Management Current Contour Chart CD Information Ready to Copy To copy Contour Charts from this CO to your hard drive press Copy Allo Contour Charts on Hard Dre Space Available 2 837 GB Contour Charts on CO o ay Copy All gt gt Space Required g Contour Charts Maptech offers Contour Charts 3 0 renderings of underwater topography Contour Charts may be viewed in split screen mode with nautical charts or Navigation Photos sa that you can ee your 2 D chart in one window and see the of comesponding Underwater contours in another For further information on Contour Charts visit wew maptech corm To tr Contour Charts pourself install the sample charts inclu
185. tum Warning and will provide the following message Datum Warning The datum of this overlay is unknown making it unsafe for navigational use Please verify that the position of the overlay is correct then right click on the overlay and choose Accept Datum as Good If you cannot solidly confirm the overlay s accuracy by looking at the chart then do not accept the datum as good and do not use that overlay for navigation 92 Chart Datum Warning WGS84 World Geodetic Survey of 1984 is the most widely accepted datum and is a standard datum used in creating charts for US waters If you open a chart that was created using a different datum Offshore Navigator will convert it to WGS84 and provide this warning Datum Warning This chart was drawn using a datum other than WGS84 but Offshore Navigator has converted the chart to WGS84 the globally accepted datum Your vessel and overlays marks routes etc are displayed at their true coordinates shifted to WGS84 datum Your cursor position is indicated either in the local datum of this chart or in WGS84 depending on the setting you have specified in Options under the View menu You can rely on all your overlays and coordinate data when using this chart The Datum Warning message is simply a notification that lat lon data is being given to you in WGS84 datum Chart Datum Error In very few cases a chart may use a datum that Offshore Navigator is unable to convert to WGS84 The S
186. u Or you can just click on any data window Right click if in Plan mode left click in On Water Mode See page 67 for a list of available data Contour Chart Control Contour Chart Titles COG SOG PA NA Wes Pos dz 26 454 070 52 118 W RA Hpi MAT NA HB Cur Nan Nas Compass MAMUAL POSIMIO e Plam Mark Chart IDs Chart Scales When viewing contour charts an optional control may be used for more precise chart manipulation The Contour Chart Control lets you rotate the chart to any angle tilt it up or down for a better view and zoom smoothly in and out Control To activate the Contour Chart Control when in On Water Mode press the Control button The Contour Chart Control will appear in the upper right corner of your screen The top section of the control lets you make major viewing angle adjustments quickly and precisely The chevron shape in the center represents your vessel bow facing forward Click any arrow to look in that direction for example to look at the contours to starboard click the arrow pointing to the right to look straight ahead click the arrow that s pointing in the same direction as the vessel icon etc The spin ball lets you make more minute adjustments Click any point on the spin ball to rotate or tilt your viewing angle in that direction To view the chart from higher up click the up arrow on the top of the spin ball To move your viewpoint around to the left cl
187. ur computer s clock Amount of Color You may also notice that some current icon arrows are longer than others The longer icons represent currents with a greater range of speed currents that can be quite fast The outlines of these icons are not always completely filled in with color They fill with color as the current builds up speed When the current is building up speed the arrow outline is not yet completely filled with color When the current is moving very quickly at or near maximum speed the arrow symbol will be completely filled in When a caret symbol gt is visible within the current station icon the current s speed is 1 4 Kts increasing When there is no caret the speed is decreasing Cable Ares Tidal Stream Icons on British Admiralty BA Charts For European areas where chart coverage and tide current data is provided by the British Admiralty current stations are known as Tidal Stream Diamonds Tidal stream is the preferred term in place of current in British English and the station locations are referred to as diamonds because they are indicated by diamond shaped symbols on paper BA charts These tidal stream icons are based on the same arrow outline but instead of varying between red and blue the arrows are always red This is because most of the tidal streams shown are rotary in nature In rotary streams there is no noticeable ebb or flood as the water flow fluctuates more in direction than
188. w Vessel upon Locate Vessel command Monitoring Your Progress with Data Windows ES sie 03 23 00 13 36 34 PM 4 2 fa H je set Ei a i i 4 zi 5 Iw ane to Vessel q aj ail Link oe m Up Jr ATM 1140641999 0136 NM 110000 Mox Data windows are designed for quick reference during navigation The data window panel may be dragged to any area on your screen Each data window displays a different piece of information you specify what information you want to see Turning Data Windows On and Off To bring data windows into view check the Data Windows option on the View menu Uncheck it to turn data windows off Configuring Data Windows To configure your data windows choose Vessel GPS Setup Data Windows or just right click on the data windows themselves There are several kinds of data that you can select for display See page 65 for more information about using data windows including a list of available data values 24 Creating Marks Offshore Navigator lets you add symbols to indicate points of interest on the charts These symbols are called Marks Creating a Mark I Press the Mark toolbar button or click Tools Marks Create Mark Nice beach SETHARE p Og l Position Marks FULL VERSION ONLY F Position Marks are marks you place at your current vessel ys De location The position mark stays behind on the chart after the POS MARK vessel icon moves away Position marks are handy for
189. y generated by Offshore Navigator Lite includes your vessel s latitude and longitude and a chart image of your immediate surroundings e The full version of Offshore Navigator includes a built in Ship s Log which lets you keep an official record of your vessel position course speed and progress and print this information for use as a paper reference e The full version of Offshore Navigator also entitles you to free technical support by telephone The full version of Offshore Navigator is included with Maptech s Digital ChartKit and Marine Navigator products For more information on upgrading please visit www maptech com upgrade What s New in 5 0x If you re upgrading from a pre 5 0 version of Offshore Navigator here are the new features and terms that you ll notice GPS Setup Wizard new in 5 06 An automated setup utility is now available to make configuring your GPS settings quick and easy Just click Vessel GPS Setup GPS Setup Wizard to run the Wizard The Wizard will automatically detect your GPS manufacturer model and the port where it is connected to your computer and will make the appropriate configuration settings in Offshore Navigator Ship s Log new in 5 02 FULL VERSION ONLY An electronic logbook lets you keep a record of trips conditions and vessel operations Optional timed entries can be made hourly or half hourly and entries are automatically logged to record specific events like GPS signal loss and trigg
190. y half a screen in any direction hold the cursor at the edge of the screen until the edge arrow appears and then double click 16 Using the Overview Window 99923 1 BAR HA Ball gt Y The Overview Window is a smaller separate window that appears as an inset in a corner of your screen It shows a thumbnail overview extremely zoomed out view of the chart on display in the main window A small red rectangle represents your screen enclosing the area that is being shown in the main window You can use the cursor to click and drag this red rectangle to any part of the Overview and the desired area will appear in the main window This is handy for quickly moving to a distant portion of a chart Zooming In and Out 2 Y 3 Vv I9 A Bald Rock 15 6 27 4 38 27 LA N22 You can view your charts at up to seven different zoom levels There are several ways to zoom in and out on your charts Toolbar buttons Click on either button to select that tool then click anywhere on the chart to zoom in out one level The point you click will be centered on the screen EJEA 17 View menu Select Zoom In or Zoom Out from the View menu then click on the chart e Right click on the chart and choose Zoom In or Zoom Out Use the plus and minus buttons in the navigation panel at the bottom of your screen Plus zooms in minus zooms out Different Scales of Charts Chances are good that you have more than one chart
191. y used with GPS systems Itis like Deg Min Sec except that the seconds are replaced by fractions of minutes the digits to the right of the decimal point Maptech s NH Office Location 43 02 141 N 070 50 596 W Degrees and Decimal Minutes carried out four decimal places DD MM mmmm The same format as the previous example but carried out one more digit for more specific readings Maptech s NH Office Location 43 02 1411 N 070 50 5957 W Degrees Minutes and Decimal Minutes DDMM mmm This is just like Degrees and Decimal Minutes except that there is no space between the degrees and the whole minutes The minutes are carried out to the third decimal place Maptech s NH Office Location 4302 141 N 07050 596 W Default Zoom Level When you first open a chart it will be presented at whatever zoom level you select here 1x 100 or 1 1 zoom original image 2x 50 or 1 2 zoom 4x 25 or 1 4 zoom 8x 12 5 or 1 8 zoom maximum zoom out 28 Chart Outlines Chart Outlines are black rectangular outlines that indicate areas covered by larger scaled Maptech charts To find out the chart s ID and scale hover the cursor over any corner of the outline This highlights the outline in green for easy visibility and the chart s ID and scale are displayed in a small popup window To open the chart double click the outline s corner Chart Outlines are shown on the World Chart and in any other area for which larger sc

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