Cruisetrack Display page

The Cruisetrack Display page is of the Variable Properties dialog box is used to control the way data is displayed for the cruise track of a position variable (i.e. "position GPS fixes"). To display a cruise track, on the Filesets window, select a position variable then select Cruisetrack. Or use View menu > Cruise Track > Fileset > Position Variable.

The settings in the following sections are available:

Display

Settings

Description

Show good fixes

Select this option to display good GPS fixes on the cruise track window. Good fixes are displayed as green crosses.

Show bad fixes

Select this option to display bad GPS fixes on the cruise track window. Bad fixes are displayed as red crosses.

Show grid lines

Select this option to display grid lines on the cruise track window.

Show scale bar

Select this option to display the cruise track window's scale bar.

Show zoom controls

Select this option to display zoom controls on the cruise track window.

See also : About GPS fix status

Map display

WMS maps or map and waypoint files can be selected to display as a background on the cruise track window.

You can add WMS maps and map and waypoint files with the Mapping page of the EV File Properties dialog box.

WMS maps

The WMS maps section shows available WMS maps. Select the WMS map to display in the cruise track window.

Note: Echoview may incorrectly render WMS maps with unusual projections.

Map and waypoint files

The Map and waypoint files section is available for position variables and is used to manage the map and waypoint files. Select the files to display in the cruise track window.

Warning: Echoview is not a navigational tool. Any map files supplied with Echoview show indicative positions of coastlines only; they do not show navigational hazards. Myriax is not responsible for
the content of online maps, and does not guarantee that they are rendered accurately within Echoview.

See also

About mapping and map projections