Thread: Hds8

Originally Posted by TN Hillbilly

I think what they're trying to do with the doughnut is to indicate that the unit isn't certain whether it's actually moving or just seeing position drift error. They should just leave the boat icon up at all times and let the operator be the judge as to whether the boat is actually moving or not.

I believe the donut exists 'cause some programmer that it was "cool".

Originally Posted by TN Hillbilly

And what would really be cool is if they could incorporate an electronic compass which could provide the boat heading info to the nav system at such low speeds. Everytime the boat was operating at higher speeds the gps bearing data could be used to automatically calibrate the compass so it would always be accurate. Also the size of the boat icon needs to be reduced, it's much too large.

I agree. I have to constantly calibrate my electronic compass.