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The document describes the Chart View, which visually represents lights on a map, allowing users to scroll and zoom to find specific lights. It details the types of lights (fixed and floating), their importance indicated by star symbols, and the color-coded flares representing light sequences. Additionally, it explains how to interact with the chart, including scrolling, selecting lights for more information, and the limitations of the coastline data used in the chart.

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ADLL

The document describes the Chart View, which visually represents lights on a map, allowing users to scroll and zoom to find specific lights. It details the types of lights (fixed and floating), their importance indicated by star symbols, and the color-coded flares representing light sequences. Additionally, it explains how to interact with the chart, including scrolling, selecting lights for more information, and the limitations of the coastline data used in the chart.

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Using the Chart View

The chart view gives a visual representation of the world which you can scroll about and zoom in and out to find the lights that you
are interested in.

The icons representing a light on the chart view are different based upon the characteristics of the light. Lights are one of two
types:

The light is fixed (on the shore, rocks or a platform of some kind)

The light is floating (on a buoy or light-ship)

The importance of a fixed light is indicated by the detail of the star symbol:

A major light range of 15M or more

A significant light range of 10M or more

A minor light range of less than 10M

The icon will contain a light flare for each sequence the light contains. The flares are coloured as follows:

A sequence containing only red lights (or red + white lights) is shown using this flare

A sequence containing only green lights (or green + white lights) is shown using this flare

A sequence containing only yellow lights (or yellow + white lights) is shown using this flare

A sequence containing only blue lights (or blue + white lights) is shown using this flare

A sequence containing only white lights is shown using this flare

Lights with multiple colours in the same sequence are shown using this flare

A light may also have any of the following properties:

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If a light has an associated fog signal then the icon has an additional part as shown here

Automatic Identification System (AIS) beacon

Radar transponder beacon (Racon)

Sectored lights are represented on the chart by a coloured arc for each sector (the colours of an arc are determined using the
same rules as for the light flares above).

An Obscured sector (black) and a partially obscured sector (grey).

An Intens sector is shown with an increased radius.

An Unintens sector is shown with a thin line.

A Leading line is indicated with an extended ray in the direction of the line.

Only certain lights are displayed in the chart view at certain scales, this is dependant on the range of the light. The minimum visible
range of lights shown for the current scale is shown on the status bar.

Scrolling around the Chart


If you click and hold down the left mouse button on the map and move the mouse near the edge of the chart, the view will scroll in
that direction. Alternatively you can use the horizontal and vertical scroll bars to scroll the view north, south, east or west.

If you wish to bring a light or a location that you can see on the chart to the centre of the view then you can use the context menu.
Right-click on the location you wish to move to the centre of the view and click 'Here to Centre' on the context menu that appears.

You can also change the scale at which you are viewing the chart (see Zooming and Changing Scale)

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In order to get information about a particular light move your mouse over the flare part of the icon that represents that light. Holding
the mouse over the icon displays more details as a tool tip. If you click on the icon the light is selected and a grey box will appear
around the light characteristics in the SE quadrant of the icon to confirm correct selection. To get more information just double click
on the light and the property window for that light will be displayed. You can also use the context menu for the light (opened by
right-clicking on the light) to synchronise the filter and list view with the light you are currently looking at in the chart view by
selecting either 'Scroll List' or 'Scroll Country / Area Filter'.

When the chart is viewed at a scale smaller than 1:10,000,000 (see Zooming and Changing Scale) the extent of the List of Lights
areas are shown. Unlicensed areas are shaded in grey.

Coastline
The coastline used in this product is based upon the World Vector Shoreline (WVS). The World Vector Shoreline is a standard
National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency (NGA) product that has been designed for use in many applications. This is a
generalised dataset suitable to indicate the approximate relationship between the lights and the surrounding coastline only. It is not
suitable for navigation.

Additionally, the coastline may not reflect recent modifications to the coastal region, (due to land reclamation, development or
natural causes) and should not be relied upon as a true indication of the status of the shoreline.

Source of data: U.S. National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency (NGA).


Nominal scale: 1:250,000
Accuracy requirement for this data: 90% of all identifiable shoreline features be located within 500 metres (2.0mm at 1:250,000)
circular error of their true geographic positions with respect to the preferred datum (WGS 84).
Horizontal Datum: World Geodetic System (WGS 84)
Vertical Datum: shoreline based on Mean High Water (MHW)
The version of WVS used in this coastline extraction does not include all of the features (such as lakes, rivers, backwaters,
glaciers, international boundaries, country names, etc.) that NGA has in their data set.

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