Raymarine gS Series User Manual

18.2Electronicchartsoverview
Yourmultifunctiondisplayincludesbasicworld
basemaps.Electronicchartsprovideadditional
cartographicinformation.
Thelevelofcartographicdetailshownvariesfor
differentcharttypes,geographiclocationsandchart
scales.Thechartscaleinuseisindicatedbythe
on-screenscaleindicator,thevaluedisplayedisthe
distancethatthelinerepresentsacrossthescreen.
Youcanremoveandinsertchartcardsatanytime.
Thechartscreenisautomaticallyredrawnwhenthe
systemdetectsthatacompatiblechartcardhas
beeninsertedorremoved.
Usingadualviewpageitispossibletodisplay
differentcartographytypessimultaneously.
Caution:Careofchartandmemory
cards
Toavoidirreparabledamagetoand/or
lossofdatafromchartandmemorycards:
•DONOTsavedataorlestoacard
containingcartographyasthecharts
maybeoverwritten.
•Ensurethatchartandmemorycards
arettedthecorrectwayaround.DO
NOTtrytoforceacardintoposition.
•DONOTuseametallicinstrumentsuch
asascrewdriverorplierstoinsertor
removeachartormemorycard.
LightHouse
CHARTS
LightHousecharts
WiththeintroductionoftheLightHouseIIsoftware,
Raymarinemultifunctiondisplaysnowsupportthe
useofRaymarine’snewLightHousecharts.
LightHousechartsarederivedfromvectorandraster
basedcharts,theLightHousechartengineenables
Raymarinetooffernewcharttypesandregionsfrom
aroundtheglobe.
RefertotheRaymarinewebsite:forthelatest
informationonavailableLightHousecharts.
Rastercharts
Rasterchartsareanexactcopy/scanofanexisting
paperchart.Allinformationisembeddeddirectlyin
thechart.Ranginginandoutofrasterchartswill
makeeverythingappearlargerorsmalleronthe
screen,includingtext.WhenchangingtheChart
application’sorientationeverythingonthechartwill
rotate,includingthetext.Asrasterchartsarea
scannedimagethelesizeisnormallybiggerwhen
comparedtothevectorequivalent.
Vectorcharts
Vectorchartsarecomputergenerated,consisting
ofaseriesofpointsandlinesthatmakeupthe
chart.Chartobjectsandoverlaysonvectorcharts
canbeswitchedonandoffandchartobjectscan
beselectedtoprovidefurtherinformation.Ranging
inandoutofvectorchartswillmakegeographical
featuresappearlargerorsmalleronthescreen,
howevertextandchartobjectswillremainthesame
sizeregardlessofrange.WhenchangingtheChart
application’sorientationgeographicalfeatureswill
rotatebuttextandchartobjectswillremaininthe
correctorientationforthedisplay.Asvectorcharts
aregeneratedratherthanascannedimagethele
sizeisnormallysmallerwhencomparedtotheraster
equivalent.
DownloadingLightHouse
TM
charts
LightHouse
TM
chartscanbedownloadedthrough
theRaymarinewebsite.
Important:Youmustreadandagreeto
theLightHouse
TM
chartsEndUserLicense
Agreement(EULA)beforedownloadingandusing
LightHouse
TM
charts.
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Raymarine gS Series Specifications

General

Brand	Raymarine
Model	gS Series
Category	Monitor
Language	English