Raymarine Platinum Chart Card User Manual
Navionics
Platinum Chart
Card
User’s Guide
Document Number: 8 1259-1
Date: June 2005
Navionics Platinum Chart Card - User’s Guide
Trademarks and registered trademarks
Autohelm, HSB Raymarine, RayTech, RayTech RNS, Sail Pilot, SeaTalk and Sportpilot
are registered trademarks of Raymarine Limited. Apelco is a registered trademark of
Raymarine Holdings Limited (Registered in all major marketing territories).
AST, Autoadapt, Auto GST, Autoseastate, Autotrim, Bidata, Marine Intelligence,
Maxiview, On Board, Raychart, Raynav, Raypilot, Raystar, ST40, ST60, Seaclutter,
Smart Route, Tridata and Waypoint Navigation are trademarks of Raymarine Limited.
Navionics is a registered trademark of Navionics SpA.
All other product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks (if
applicable) of their respective companies.
Handbook contents © Raymarine Ltd 2005.
Contents i
Contents
Important information .............................................................................................. 1
Introduction ................................................................................................... 1
Safety notices ................................................................................................. 1
Disclaimers .................................................................................................... 1
About this manual ......................................................................................... 2
Technical accuracy ......................................................................................... 2
Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3
2D cartography .............................................................................................. 3
Enhanced features ....................................................................................3
New features............................................................................................. 3
3D bathymetric charts ....................................................................................3
2D Chart Enhancements ............................................................................................. 4
Introduction ................................................................................................... 4
New Port Services ...............................................................................................6
Pilot book information ................................................................................... 6
Panoramic photos .......................................................................................... 7
New cartographic objects ...................................................................................8
Business services ........................................................................................... 8
Additional wrecks .......................................................................................... 9
Major coastal roads ....................................................................................... 9
New features ....................................................................................................10
Aerial photo overlay ..................................................................................... 10
Adjusting the level of opaqueness .......................................................... 10
Specifying the overlay area .....................................................................11
Increased coverage ...........................................................................................11
Changed control ...............................................................................................11
Additional menu items ......................................................................................11
3D Cartography ......................................................................................................... 12
An introduction .................................................................................................12
The application ............................................................................................ 13
Using the 3D chart ............................................................................................14
Set-up ..........................................................................................................14
Controls .......................................................................................................14
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Rotary control ......................................................................................... 14
Range button .......................................................................................... 14
Trackpad ................................................................................................. 14
Soft keys..................................................................................................15
Changing the mode ..........................................................................................16
Active motion mode ..................................................................................... 16
Planning mode .............................................................................................16
Changing the view ............................................................................................17
View options ................................................................................................17
Multiple views ............................................................................................. 18
Making the view clearer ...................................................................................19
Exaggeration ...............................................................................................19
Declutter ......................................................................................................20
Using 2D and 3D charts together ......................................................................20
3D view locator ............................................................................................ 21
Chart synchronization .................................................................................. 21
Navigating with 3D charts ................................................................................22
Technical support ..............................................................................................24
For Raymarine products ............................................................................... 24
United States .......................................................................................... 24
Europe .................................................................................................... 24
For Navionics cartography ........................................................................... 25
Important Information 1
Important information
Introduction
This handbook introduces the Navionics Platinum chart card and its features. These
chart cards are intended for recreational marine use.
Safety notices
WARNING:Navigation aid
When this product is used within a navigation system, it is only an
aid to navigation. Its accuracy can be affected by many factors,
including equipment failure or defects, environmental
conditions and improper handling. It is the user’s responsibility
to exercise common prudence and navigational judgements. This
product should not be relied upon as a substitute for such
prudence and judgement. Always maintain a permanent watch
so that you can respond to situations as they develop.
WARNING:Product installation
This equipment must be operated in accordance with the
Raymarine instructions provided. Failure to do so could result in
poor product performance, personal injury and/or damage to
your boat.
Disclaimers
This electronic chart is an aid to navigation designed to facilitate the use of authorized
government charts, not to replace them. Only official government charts and notices
to mariners contain the current information needed for the safety of navigation, and
the Captain is responsible for their prudent use.
This program and its charts do not exclude the user from carrying the required official
charts and documents.
Raymarine does not warrant that this product is error-free or that it is compatible with
products manufactured by any person or entity other than Raymarine.
This product utilizes digital chart data, and electronic information from the Global
Positioning System (GPS) which may contain errors. Raymarine does not warrant the
accuracy of such information and you are advised that errors in such information may
cause the product to malfunction or give incorrect readings. Raymarine is not
responsible for damages or injuries caused by your use or inability to use the product,
by the interaction of the product with products manufactured by others, or by errors in
chart data or information utilized by the product and supplied by third parties.
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About this manual
This manual describes how to install and operate your display with the Navionics
Platinum Chart Card. It assumes that the display(s) in which the software is to be
installed meets the requirements for running this version of the software, and that all
peripheral equipment to be operated with it is compatible and has been correctly
installed.
This manual is intended for users of varying marine abilities, but assumes a general
level of knowledge of display use, nautical terminology and practices.
Technical accuracy
To the best of our knowledge, the technical information contained within this
handbook, was correct at the time of printing. However, Raymarine cannot accept
liability for any inaccuracies or omissions it may contain.
If you wish to file a report of an error or omission on a Navionics chart, please provide
the information to the Navionics web site, Discrepancy Report section at the link
below:
http://www.navionics.com/DiscrepancyReports.asp
For details of how to contact Raymarine or Navionics see
In addition, Raymarine’s policy of continuous product improvement may change
specifications without notice. As a result Raymarine cannot accept liability for any
differences between the product and this handbook.
page 24
and
page 25
.
Introduction 3
Introduction
This User’s Guide introduces the Navionics Platinum chart card. Used in conjunction
with your Raymarine display, you will be able to access new and enhanced features
that will give you an accurate, easy-to-view image of the area around your boat.
Operation of the charts and their features is similar to the way in which existing chart
cards are operated. For full details please refer to the relevant display handbook.
Note:
The range at which these features appear may vary between display types and sizes.
2D cartography
The Platinum chart card enhances many of the conventional 2D cartographic features
and introduces several new ones.
Enhanced features
• Additional business services information e.g. local restaurants, shops etc.
• Additional wrecks data for new wrecks.
• Major coastal roads.
• US inland waterways.
New features
• Panoramic photos for many of the ports and marinas on the chart.
• Pilot book information for many ports.
• Aerial photo overlay of land and coastal waters.
• 2D and 3D (new application) synchronization.
• 3D locator indicating the area covered by the 3D view.
3D bathymetric charts
Navionics Platinum introduces the new 3D chart application. This provides you with a
three dimensional graphical view of land and sea contours around your boat.
3D cartography has the following features:
• Choice of operating modes, Active or Planning.
• Change of view point.
o
• 360
• Vertically exaggerate the view.
• Ability to indicate the area which your fishfinder transducer cone covers (if fitted).
degree rotation of the selected view.
To obtain the best results from thisapplication you should make sure that your display
is receiving accurate heading and position data from a suitable source.
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2D Chart Enhancements
Introduction
(when available)
Port services
(now includes Panoramic Photo
and Pilot Book information)
Panoramic photo symbol
(also accessed via Port Services)
Business services
information
Major coastal roadsAdditional wreck data
Aerial photo overlay
(60%, land and sea)
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The Navionics Platinum chart card provides additional features that enhance the 2D
cartography described in your display’s manual.
New Port Services
• Panoramic photos.
• Pilot book information.
New cartographic objects
• Business services information.
• Additional wrecks data.
• Major coastal roads.
• Panoramic photos.
New features
In addition to Radar Overlay, Chart Layers now includes:
• Aerial photo overlay.
2D Chart Enhancements 5
• 3D locator (see
• 2D/3D chart synchronization (see
page 21
).
page 21
).
Increased coverage
• In addition to coastal regions, the Platinum chart card also covers US lakes and
inland waterways.
Changed control
• The radar overlay is now controlled via the chart layers soft key and the radar/chart
synchronization via the chart mode and orientation soft key.
Additional menu items
• The Cartography Setup Menu now includes additional menu items to cover the
new cartographic objects and the aerial photo overlay.
Notes: (1)
For further information relating to your particular display, please refer to the individual User’s Manual.
(2)
For details of how to combine 2D and 3D features, please refer to page 20.
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