3 distance and bearing calculator, 2-5 finding places – NorthStar Navigation Explorer 538i User Manual

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3-3 Distance and bearing calculator

The distance and bearing calculator can plot
a course of one or several legs and show the
bearing and length of each leg, as well as the
total distance along the course. The completed
course can be converted into a route.

To use the distance and bearing calculator:

1 Press

until the chart display is

displayed. Press

and select

Distance.

2

Move the cursor to the start of the first leg. It
does not matter if this point is a waypoint or
not. Press

.

3

To add a leg to the course, move the cursor
to the end of the leg. It does not matter if this
point is a waypoint or not. The display shows
the bearing and length of the leg, as well
as the total distance along the course. Press

.

4

To remove the last leg from the course, press

and select

Remove.

5

Repeat the above two steps to enter the
whole course.

6

To save the new course as a route, press

and select

Save.

This also saves any

new points on the course as new waypoints,
with default names. If necessary, edit the
route later (see section 6-2-2) and edit any
new waypoints later (see section 5-2-3).

7 Finally,

press

to return to the chart

display.

3-2-5 Finding places

To see places near the boat’s position, press

to switch to centre on boat mode.

To see places near a different point, move the
cursor to that point on the chart.

To find and display places of interest:

1 Press

and select

Find.

2

Select the type of place: Waypoints, Routes,
Ports, Port services or Tide stations.

3

For a Port service, select the type of service to
find.

4

A list of places is displayed. If there are more
places than will fit on the display, press

or

to scroll up or down a page at a time.

5

Select the place and press

. The chart

display changes to show the selected place in
the middle of the display.

6

To see stored information about the selected
place, press

and select

Chart

info

(see section 3-2-4). To display a tide

chart for a selected tide station, select

Tide

height

from the chart info.

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