Advanced settings menu

The advanced setting menu contains advanced settings related to the chart app’s user interface, and determines which cartographic objects are displayed and the appearance of the chart and its data.

ChartAdvanced settings

Menu item and description

Options

Chart orientationChart orientation

Chart orientationNorth-upNorth-up

In North-up the top of the screen always points towards north. As your vessel’s heading changes, the vessel icon rotates accordingly.

Chart orientationHead-upHead-up

In Head-up the top of the screen always points towards your vessel’s current heading, and as your heading changes the chart rotates accordingly.

Chart orientationCourse-upCourse-up

In Course-up the top of the screen always points towards your destination, and as your destination changes the chart rotates accordingly.

  • North-up

  • Head-up

  • Course-up

Enhanced AIS targetsAISEnhanced AIS targets

Switches between using standard and enhanced AIS targets.

  • On

  • Off

Auto find shipChartAuto find ship

When enabled the Chart app will automatically center to your vessel after 30 seconds.

  • On

  • Off

Use Radar without heading dataChart Radar overlay

Enables use of Radar overlay without Heading data.

  • On

  • Off

Use SOG for hdg vector length Chart SOG for vectors

Enables you to use SOG data to determine the length of the vessel heading vector instead of STW (Speed Through Water).

  • On

  • Off

Cursor info boxesChartCursor info boxes

Allows display of information pop-ups for targets and objects.

  • On

  • Off

Background info boxesChartBackground info boxes

Determines whether an Info box is displayed when a location rather than an object or target is selected.

  • On

  • Off

Tide animation intervalChartTide animation interval

Allows you to select the time interval used for the Tide and Current animations in Tides mode.

  • 15 minutes to 2 hours in 15 minute steps.

Cartographic objectsChartCartographic objects

Enables and disables the display of cartographic objects. The settings available are dependent on the cartography in use.

Note
  • (1) Available on Navionics®, C-MAP® and Legacy LightHouse™ charts.

  • (2) Available on all charts.

  • (3) Available on Navionics®, C-MAP®, Legacy LightHouse™ and LightHouse™ charts.

  • (4) Available on Navionics®, C-MAP®, Legacy LightHouse™, LightHouse™and S–63 charts.

  • (5) Available on Navionics® and C-MAP® charts.

  • (6)Available on Navionics® charts.

  • (7) Available on S–63 Encrypted Charts

  • (8) Available on LightHouse™ charts.

  • Navigation marks (1)

  • Navigation mark symbols (1)

  • Hide rocks deeper than (2)

  • Light sectors (1)

  • Routing systems (3)

  • Caution areas (1)

  • Marine features (3)

  • Land features (4)

  • Ports & services (8)

  • Buildings (8)

  • Business services (5)

  • Panoramic photos (5)

  • Roads (5)

  • Colored seabed areas (6)

  • Buoy names

    (7)
  • Light desc (7)

Chart appearanceChart appearance

Allows you to change the appearance of the Chart app. The settings available are dependent on the cartography in use.

Note
  • (1) Available onNavionics® charts

  • (2) Available on Navionics® and LightHouse™ charts.

  • (3) Available on Navionics®, C-MAP® and LightHouse™ charts.

  • (4) This setting is always available and not dependent on the cartography in use.

  • (5) Available on Navionics®, C-MAP®, Legacy LightHouse™and LightHouse™ charts.

  • (6) Available on C-MAP® and LightHouse™ charts.

  • (7) Available on Navionics® and C-MAP® charts.

  • 2D shading

    (1)
  • Aerial overlay (2)

  • Aerial overlay opacity (3)

  • Relief shading

    (1)
  • Grid (4)

  • Chart text (4)

  • Chart boundaries (5)

  • Text/symbol size (6)

  • Deep water color (7)

  • Community edits (1)

My data appearanceChartMy data appearance

You can change how your User data appears in the Chart app.

This setting is always available and not dependent on the cartography in use.

  • Waypoints names

  • Route names

  • Track names

  • Route width

  • Track width

  • Vector width

  • Vector length