Radar targeting, About marpa – Garmin GPSMAP 6212 User Manual

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GPSMAP

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6000/7000 Series Owner’s Manual

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Radar

3. Adjust the size of the guard zone:

For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the Rocker and the on-screen arrows

( and ).
For the GPSMAP 7000 series, touch the guard-zone corner and drag.

4. Select

Corner 2

and repeat step 3 to adjust the location of the second corner of

the guard zone.

5. Select

Done

.

Radar Targeting

Radar targeting enables you to identify and track objects.

About MARPA

MARPA is primarily used for collision avoidance, through object targeting and tracking.
To use MARPA, you must assign a MARPA tag to a target. The radar system automatically monitors

the tagged object and provides you with information about the object, including the range, bearing,

speed, GPS heading, nearest approach, and time to nearest approach. MARPA indicates the status

of each tagged object (acquiring, lost, tracking, or dangerous), and the chartplotter can sound a

collision alarm if the object enters your safe zone.

MARPA Targeting

Acquiring

MARPA target

Tracking

MARPA target

Lost MARPA

target

Dangerous

MARPA target

Closest point and

time of approach

to dangerous

MARPA target

MARPA Targeting Symbols

Symbol Description

Acquiring a target. Concentric, dashed green rings radiate from the target while the radar is locking

onto it.
Target has been acquired. A solid green ring indicates the location of a target that the radar has

locked onto. A dashed green line attached to the circle indicates the projected course over ground

or the GPS heading of the target.
Dangerous target is in range. A red ring flashes from the target while an alarm sounds and a

message banner appears. After the alarm has been acknowledged, a solid red dot with a dashed

red line attached to it indicates the location and the projected course over ground or the GPS

heading of the target. If the safe-zone collision alarm has been set to Off, the target flashes, but the

audible alarm does not sound and the alarm banner does not appear (

page 18

).

Target has been lost. A solid green ring with an

X through it indicates that the radar could not lock

onto the target.
Closest point of approach and time to closest point of approach to a dangerous target.

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