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Compass Plate: Click the Compass Plate button to enable or disable

the display of compass plates on all VOR navaids.

The compass plate is displayed as a green circle

with a radius between one and five nautical miles.

The compass plate circle is scaled appropriately

when the Vector Map is zoomed. A solid green line

points from the middle of the circle to magnetic

north. Along the perimeter of the circle are marks at

intervals of 30º, 10º and 5º. The Bearing To and

Radial From are displayed on the perimeter of the

circle. Flying the Bearing To directs your plane to the

compass plate along an imaginary line from your

airplane to the center of the circle. If you get lost

while flying, find a nearby compass plate and fly at

the Bearing To to resume your flight plan.

Text Labels: Click the Text Labels button to enable or disable

navaid labels. The amount of information in the text

label of each navaid type can be set in the Options

Screen.

Graphics Mode: Click the Graphic Mode button to toggle the display

of icons or colors for navaids. When displaying

icons for navaids, an icon appears in the Vector Map

corresponding to the type of navaid. The icons are

the same icons found in the Flight Planner, for more

information, see Map Icons p.34. When displaying

colors for navaids, airports are yellow, VOR navaids

are green, and NDB navaids are red.

Cursor Info: Click the Cursor Information button to display the

specified information near the mouse cursor. The

exact information displayed near the mouse cursor is

set in the Options Screen. The settings include the

distance from the airplane to the mouse cursor, the

radial from the airplane to the mouse cursor, and the

bearing to the mouse cursor from the airplane. All the

information is calculated from the center of the air-

plane to the tip of the mouse cursor. Click the Cursor

Information button again to disable the option.

Options: Click the Options button to display the Options

Screen. The options screen allows you to specify the

visuals in the Vector Map. The Vector Map Window

resizes to accommodate the Options Screen. The

options are described in more detail in Vector Map

Options, p.28. Click the Options button again to

close the Options Screen and restore the Vector Map

Window to its previous size.

Zoom-Out: Click the Zoom-Out button to decrease the amount

of visible area in the Vector Map while decreasing

the size of the items visible. Click and hold the

Zoom-Out button to zoom at an increasing rate.

When the Vector Map is at minimum zoom, the

Zoom-Out button becomes disabled. The maxi-

mum zoom out allows a 150 nautical mile visible

radius from the airplane.

Maximize/Restore: Click the Maximize/Restore button to quickly max-

imize the Vector Map to full size of the screen or

restore it to its previous size. Click the button to

maximize the window. Click the button again to

restores the window to its previous size.

Airport: Click the Airport button to enable or disable the

display of Airport navaids in the Vector Map. The

Airport appears as a yellow vector Airport when in

colored graphic mode, or as the appropriate

Airport icon when in icon graphic mode. As the

Vector Map is zoomed in, the Airport (in colored

graphic mode) displays runways. When the Vector

Map is close to maximum Zoom-In, runway iden-

tifiers are displayed at the ends of the runways,

helping you to find the appropriate runway when

attempting to land. Double-click an airport to open

an Airport Information Window about the corre-

sponding airport.

VOR: Click the VOR button to enable or disable the dis-

play of VOR navaids in the Vector Map. The VOR

appears as a green vector VOR when in colored

graphic mode, or as the appropriate VOR icon

when in icon graphic mode. The display of com-

pass plates is disabled when VOR navaids are dis-

abled. Double-click a VOR to open a Navaid

Information Window about the corresponding

VOR.

NDB: Click the NDB button to enable or disable the dis-

play of NDB navaids in the Vector Map. The NDB

appears as a red vector NDB when in colored

graphic mode, or as the appropriate NDB icon

when in icon graphic mode. Double-click a NDB to

open a Navaid Information Window about the cor-

responding NDB.