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What’s on the display – Humminbird 955C User Manual

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What’s On the Display

The 900 Series™ Chartplotter can display a variety of useful information.

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Cursor Info Box: indicates the

Latitude and Longitude of the cursor position,
the distance to travel to the cursor position
and the bearing to the cursor position is
shown with a GPS receiver. A waypoint can
be marked at the cursor position for later
retrieval and use with a GPS receiver.

Latitude and Longitude
Position of Cursor

Distance to Cursor

Bearing to Cursor

Waypoint

Active Cursor Icon

Boat Icon

Course Projection Line: Arrow

extending from the bow of the boat that
projects your current course, and shows
where the boat will go if you continue on your
present course.

Route: Two or more linked waypoints

that show intended navigation and the
shortest path from one waypoint to the next.

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Track: Detailed position history,

displayed as a breadcrumb trail of trackpoints.

Cartography

Map Scale

Selectable Readout Boxes

Course Over Ground: the current

direction the boat is traveling measured in
degrees from North.

Bearing to Waypoint

Speed Over Ground: the measurement

of the boat’s progress across a given
distance, and is the speed measurement
provided by GPS.

Latitude and Longitude
Position of Boat

NEXT: Next Waypoint in the Route

TTG: Time to Go to Waypoint

DTG: Distance to Go to Waypoint

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