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Old October 3rd 07, 03:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Edwin Johnson
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Default Lowrance 600C question

On 2007-10-03, Jackal24 wrote:
Thomas Borchert wrote in
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They said they couldn't replicate the problem and to return the unit. If
you have one, can you try zooming in to the airport 5NN and seeing if your
unit shows the problem. At a close zoom level on mine, you can see the
terrain disappears on part of the screen.


On my 600C the terrain doesn't disappear using the air map mode and I can
see a portion of the lake at .6 miles and continuing to zoom doesn't make
the terrain disappear. Just for your information the two pertinent maps in
my unit a

International Map.lcm 51092233 2006-03-29 15:28
Terrain_Americas.at5 406493181 2006-03-29 15:28

And haven't updated the Jeppesen database, so:

JepAmer0306.at5 10899350 2006-03-29 15:28

Not certain, but seems as if the Terrain... map has the details, roads,
businesses, etc. and the International... has the broader terrain features,
which is the one that would be displaying the area around 5NN. Would
updating those files help? They can be downloaded from Lowrance, I believe.

....Edwin
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