Cruisetrack Display page

The Cruisetrack Display page 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) or a bottom points variable. Default and Custom properties for thickness and colors on map based windows are available on the Cruisetrack Display page of the EV File Properties dialog box.

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.

Or use View menu > Cruise Track > Bottom points variable.

The settings in the following sections are available:

Display
Map display

Display

Transects

Settings

Description

Platform

Displays the platform associated with the position variable and transects. Use the Platform list to select an available platform.

Echoview may assign a platform but you can select a different platform by using the Override platform setting.

Override platform

Select to override the assisgned platform.

position GPS fixes variable

Settings	Description
Show good fixes	Toggle good GPS fixes (green crosses) on the cruise track window.
Show bad fixes	Toggle bad GPS fixes (red crosses) on the cruise track window.
Show grid	Toggle grid lines. Grid line labels are affected by the Map Projection on Mapping page of the EV File Properties dialog box.
Show scale bar	Toggle the scale bar. The scale bar shows nautical miles (nmi) and kilometers/meters (km or m). Note: This is not available on 3D cruise tracks.
Show zoom controls	Toggle zoom controls. Note: This is not available on 3D cruise tracks.
Show synchronized position	Toggle the cross-hair position when auto-synchronized.
Show transects	Visualize transects on the cruisetrack display.
Show transect labels	Display the transect name.

Bottom points variable

Settings	Description
Show grid	Toggle grid lines.
Show scale bar	Toggle the scale bar.
Show zoom controls	Toggle zoom controls.
Display As:	Select a display from the list: Alongtrack + displays bottom points as class-colored segments along the cruise track. Points displays bottom points as class-colored points along the cruise track.

+ Section colors change when the next point starts. Regions created around bottom points are displayed as beginning and ending at the mid-point of a section.

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. Echoview Software is not responsible for the content of online maps, and does not guarantee that they are rendered accurately within Echoview.