Projected Course; Tracks And Tracking - NorthStar Explorer 538 Installation And Operation Manual

3-4 Projected course

If Projected course is turned on, then the Explorer
538/538i will display the projected position based
on the course over ground (COG), speed and a
specified time. To turn Projected course on and
off and to set the time, see section 14-2.
A Projected position
B Boat's projected course
C Boat position

3-5 Tracks and tracking

Tracking records the boat's position to memory at
regular intervals, which can be:
Time intervals.
Or distance intervals.
The track of where the boat has been can be
displayed on the chart. The Explorer 538/538i can
display one track while recording another.
To work with tracks, see section 14-5.
The Explorer 538/538i can store five tracks:
Track 1 can hold up to 2000 points and is
intended to record the normal progress of
the boat.
Tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5 can hold up to 500 points
each and are intended to record sections to
be retraced accurately, for example entering a
river mouth.
Tip: Record the tracks in good conditions.
When recording is on and the track becomes full
then recording continues and the oldest points
in the track are deleted. The maximum length of
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A
B
C
a track depends on the selected track interval: a
small interval will give a shorter, more detailed
track and a long interval will give a longer, less
detailed track, as shown in these examples:
Time intervals
Interval Track 1
1 sec 33 minutes
10 sec 5.5 hours
1 min 33 hours
Distance intervals
Interval Track 1
0.01 20
1 2,000
10 20,000
The track lengths are in the current distance units,
for example nm.
Track 2, 3, 4
or 5
8 minutes
1.4 hours
8 hours
Track 2, 3, 4
or 5
5
500
5,000
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