Using Charts

Once a cell (vector) or chart (raster) is displayed, there are several available operations and options.

Panning, Scrolling, Moving, & Zooming

Zoom

The Scale popup menu on the Chart toolbar is set to the standard NOAA levels allowing direct jump to the range and zoom scale desired.

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The cell detail slider detailSlider will allow cells of less or more detail to be shown if they exist. For example, if you are viewing a general cell, the slider can be moved right to see any underlying harbor cell or moved left to see any coastal cell. The slider position will be reset to the center whenever the zoom scale is changed.

The [+] and [-] keys allow the cell or chart to be zoomed in and out sequentially.

Trackpad scroll gesture or mouse scroll wheel will zoom in and out.

Pan & Scroll

The arrow keys allow panning and scrolling. The page keys allow the chart to be scrolled.

Select the Hand button hand to drag/scroll the Chart window. Also selected by holding down the space bar.

Grabbing and dragging the display rectangle in the Overview window, will pan/scroll the chart display to the selected area.

Move

Single click anywhere on the Chart window while holding down the option key to center the Chart window to that point.

Double click anywhere on the Chart window to zoom and pan to the clicked location.

Select the selection button to choose an area of the Chart window to zoom. Drag to create the selection.

In Waypoints, Routes, and other areas, scroll to will jump the chart display to the selected spot.

While up, the Chart Manager view of cells, charts, or objects can be individually selected and scroll to will center the main display to that object’s location.

Single click on the chart window on a cell (vector) and any object (buoy, light, land feature) and details about that object(s) will be shown in the Object tab of the Navigation panel. They will be sorted from smallest to largest area. The More Info button will be available when an object contains more information such as additional text or a picture. Select the record indicated by 'Select More Info' then select the More Info button.

The Mode buttons mode toggle the mouse action on the Chart window:

Select the Waypoint button to move waypoints. Move the cursor over any waypoint name on the Chart window and drag.
Select the Pen button to annotate the Chart window. The pen color can be selected with the adjacent color well. To remove an annotation control click on it and select Delete from the context menu or use the delete key. To remove all annotations, use the Delete All Annotations button in the Preferences window.
Select the line measure button to get a distance and bearing from a point and/or move the mouse cursor anywhere on the Chart window to obtain a position. If the GPS panel is opened (via menu items Connect -> GPS) and a current position is transmitted from the connected GPS, that position will be used as the origin of measurement. To use a different origin hold down the command key before dragging. To use the selected waypoint in the Waypoint window, hold down the option key before dragging.

If the GPS panel is opened (via menu items Connect -> GPS) and a current position is transmitted from the connected GPS, the Chart window will scroll with the position as long as the menu item Position Centered on the View menu is selected otherwise press the ^ button to center the chart to the current GPS position or select a waypoint to scroll to. The orientation of the chart can be set to [ourse Up which will use the bearing to the active waypoint, otherwise use the GPS course over ground. The position Icon attributes such as Color and Size can be selected in the Preferences window. The Velocity Vector will draw a line segment in front of the position equal to the length of the selected time.

In the View menu checking the Low Light menu item will dim the intensity of the cell or chart displayed. In the View menu checking the Bounds menu item will display the bounds of each cell or chart. Loaded cells or charts will be in red. In the View menu checking the Simplified Symbols menu item will display more concise navigation icons on the chart. In the View menu checking the World Base Chart menu item will toggle display of the base World chart.

command clicking on any chart or cell name in the Chart window will select it in the Chart Manager.

control click anywhere on the Chart window displays a context menu.

Selecting AyeTides from the context menu will open up the AyeTides application to the closest station where clicked on the chart. In order for this to work the AyeTides application must be installed on your Mac in the Applications folder. AyeTides Mac can be downloaded from the App Store.

Selecting Google Earth from the context menu will open up the Google Earth application to the location clicked on the chart. In order for this to work the Google Earth must be installed on your Mac in the Applications folder. Google Earth can be downloaded from the App Store. For more info, visit:

Google Earth Versions

Selecting Maps from the context menu will open up the Apple Map application to the location clicked on the chart.

Position Formats

Can be in one of the following formats:

DDDºMM.MM'H (example: 37º41.87'N)

[OR]

HDDD.MM.MMM (example: N37.41.87)

[OR]

DDD.DDDDDDH (example: 37.697248N)

[OR]

DDDºMM'SS.S"H (example: 37º42'49.2"N)

The position format is set in the MacENC -> Preferences Units dialog (See preferences overview). These effect the display of all latitude and longitude positions shown throughout MacENCx64.