User's Manual

Table Of Contents
NACOS Platinum
ED 3100 G 110 / 02 (2011-10)
Operating Instructions
A-8 User Symbols
A RADAR.fm / 10.11.11
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8.1 Symbols
User symbols are individual user made chart objects which
can be inserted into the chart database in order to supple-
ment the official electronic charts.
The user made symbols of different kind are stored perma-
nently in the common databases on all MFD with radar or
ECDIS functionality. Deletion of selected symbols is the
only method to remove User Symbols from the database.
The common database of the User Symbols can be stored
on external memory devices like USB-Memory sticks. See
chapter 2.9 on page H-13 for details.
The User Symbols panel of the Display expander provides
different object categories:
- Symbols (position fix, anchorage area, buoys and beacons, lights, landmarks, platforms, radio
stations and wrecks etc)
- Areas (highlighted danger areas and feature areas)
- Lines (safety lines, feature lines and clearing lines)
- Events and Text (for free text information and cautions)
The following figure shows examples of user symbols:
Fig. A / 20 User symbols on the electronic chart
Switching on and off the display of User Symbols: In Presentation > Display > User Sym, or by a
MORE click into the PPI(Chart area under Layer > User Symbols)
Danger highlight (red)
Own safety line (orange; the
hatching points towards the
unsafe area)
Feature area (ochre, brown)
Feature line (orange)
Text note, information
Text note, caution
Symbols (examples)
Names and notes are
displayed if the display
of the Text Labels is
switched on