Posts Tagged ‘Marine GPS’
A Chartplotter is a device that is used in marine navigation that integrates global positioning system data with an electronic navigational chart. The Garmin BlueChart g2 marine maps feature crisp labeling and an overall smoother presentation on your chartplotter display. The chartplotter displays the electronic navigational chart along with the position, heading, and speed of the ship, and may also display additional information from radar, automatic information systems, or other sensors.
In addition to the basic charts, tidal stations, currents, depth contours, IALA symbols and included fishing charts, the Garmin BlueChart g2 offers highly improved transitioning between zoom levels and more seamless continuity across chart boundaries. The BlueChart g2 also adds Safety Shading which will allow the user to enable contour shading for all depth contours that are shallower than the user-defined safe depth. The fishing charts are also designed to emphasize bathymetric contours with less visual clutter on the display.
There are five major oceans in the world.
Put simply, the Earth’s surface is approximately covered by 70.9% of oceans. That is a lot of water. This is probably the reason why many have been intrigued with the mystery of what lurks underwater. Boats, submarines, ocean liners, wavers, rafts, canoes and many more have been invented and manufactured to resolve the mystery. These people are wise. But there are more brilliant individuals than them; the ones who manufactured marine GPS like Garmin Marine GPS. So that these people won’t get lost while they try to resolve the mysteries that the ocean holds.
- Atlantic Ocean (approx. covers one-fifth of the Earth’s surface)
- Pacific Ocean (approx. covers 35%)
- Indian Ocean (approx. covers 20%)
- Arctic Ocean
- Southern Ocean (approx. 20,327,000sq km.)
I still haven’t gotten around to outfitting my car with a GPS mapping system. As an experienced, confident driver – with a stubborn streak to boot – I just can’t admit that I don’t always know exactly where I am on the road. The same cannot be said when I get behind the wheel of my motorboat, however. To me, a portable marine GPS is as essential as a life preserver or the boat’s propeller.
Rock outcroppings and other various forms of debris can pose a serious hazard to boaters, especially once it grows dark. The GPS sonar senses any geological threats that might lurk just below the water’s surface. So far I’ve yet to run my boat aground, which is a positive sign. And the navigational functions also come in handy at night when the stars are obscured by clouds and no lighthouse is near.
As an avid fisherman, Iâve become confident in my navigational abilities. Depending on the amount of cloud cover overhead on a given night, I can find my way through the water with sureness and efficiency. If the sky happens to be overcast, however, and the telltale constellations are obscured from my view, thereâs little I can do. More than any other single reason, thatâs why I trust a Garmin marine GPS.
Even though I spend most of my time angling near safe, sandy beaches, I also recognize that not everyone has that luxury. Certain lakes and waterways are dangerous to negotiate in the dark, especially if a sharp rock outcropping or a piece of manmade wreckage is jutting out menacingly from the murky deep. GPS technology has the capability to identify such obstacles, alerting the captain of the boat when itâs time to be wary.