Optional use of ECDIS
display than is available from paper charts. Consequently some alternative display
methods are being introduced as options in the Presentation Library, e.g.:
36 Facts about chart carriage reguirements
ANNEX III Types of Digital Charts
• Displaying/removing various types of chart and non-chart information;
• Selecting standard chart display or a thinned out display, and full or simplified
symbols;
• Using cursor interrogation for further detail;
• Overlaying/removing radar video or radar target information (in order to: confirm
ship's positioning; aid radar interpretation; show the entire navigation situation on one
screen);
• Overlaying/removing various other sensor information, or information telemetered
from shore;
• Changing the scale or orientation of the display;
• Selecting true motion or relative motion;
• Changing screen layout with windowed displays, text information in the margins, etc.;