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Tracks & routes : ON/OFF. The default setting is On.
3.5.10.5 other Settings
User Points : OFF/ICON/ICON LABEL. The default setting is Icon/Label.
objects overlap : ON/OFF. The default setting is On. When more then one object is at the same
position, the selection of On allows the screen to draw the objects overlapping.
lAT/lon Grid : ON/OFF. The default setting is Off.
3.5.11 Terrains
The shaded elevation map — Terrain Depiction — and associated software features are designed
to aid pilots by graphically and numerically displaying the approximate elevation of any location on
the map. It is not designed to replace any onboard altitude/elevation instrumentation (i.e. altimeters
or other altitude/elevation measuring devices).Terrain Depiction can be displayed in either the
Vertical or Horizontal display modes.
The “Map Orientation” is set to Track-Up and the Terrain Depiction is set to ON at system start-up,
and can be changed as needed (see below for instructions on how to change the Map Orientation
from Track-Up to Course-Up or North-Up, as well as how to turn OFF the Terrain Depiction Shaded
Land Elevations).
3.5.11.1 Terrain “on”
With the “Terrain” set to ON, the following occurs:
• With Map Orientation set to North-Up and Track-Up, the Terrain Depiction is displayed on all
mapping scales from 1 Nm and above. No Terrain Depiction is displayed with the mapping scale
from1/2 Nm and below.
• With the Map Orientation set to Course-Up, no Terrain
Depiction occurs on any map scale.
note : Terrain Depiction is disabled at 1/2 mile and below to allow for a normal Track-Up Map
Orientation to be used thus allowing for airport traffic patterns to be displayed on the map.
To turn-on/off the land elevation mapping, follow these steps:
> ‘MENU’ + “TERRAIN” + ‘ENT’
To change map orientation:
> ‘MENU’ + “MAP ORIENTATION” + ‘ENT’
3.5.11.2 Terrain “off”
With “Terrain” set to OFF, the following occurs: Normal mapping is displayed at all map scales
(without shading).
Determining the Elevation of any area on the map (with “Terrain” turned ON):
The cursor, when moved anywhere on the map, will open up a dialog box that will give the
approximate elevation of that point on the map. Units of measurement default to feet. To switch
to meters, go to MENU.
> ‘MENU’ x3+ “UNITS SETUP” + ‘ENT’+”ALTITUDE”
3.6 mAP PreSenTATIon menU
The Map Presentation Menu enables the user to switch quickly among several map presentation
modes : plain Land Elevation, TAWS and Weather (North America only) . From here use the cursor
key to select the item desired and press ‘ENTER’ to activate. At any time, press ‘ESC’ to back out