DEPTH HIGHLIGHT, DEPTH HIGHLIGHT RANGE, AND WATER LEVEL OFFSET HIGHLIGHT DISPLAY AND SYSTEMS
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1. A method to graphically output a depiction of one or more selected areas of a body of water together with adjacent contiguous land surface areas above the water surrounding said water body to a GPS Display Device, the display being coupled to a GPS device, the method comprising:
- providing at least one chart out of a plurality of charts of one or more regions of a body of water, the chart comprising a plurality of bottom depths below a surface of the one or more regions of the body of water, the chart being configured to be output on the display;
selecting at least one depth to be highlighted simultaneously with the chart on the display;
processing information associated with the selected depth with information from the chart to identify a contour line at the selected depth; and
outputting one or more indications associated with at least the contour line on the display to highlight the contour line at the selected depth.
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Abstract
A digital mapping display and related system for fishing, and other applications.
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1. A method to graphically output a depiction of one or more selected areas of a body of water together with adjacent contiguous land surface areas above the water surrounding said water body to a GPS Display Device, the display being coupled to a GPS device, the method comprising:
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providing at least one chart out of a plurality of charts of one or more regions of a body of water, the chart comprising a plurality of bottom depths below a surface of the one or more regions of the body of water, the chart being configured to be output on the display; selecting at least one depth to be highlighted simultaneously with the chart on the display; processing information associated with the selected depth with information from the chart to identify a contour line at the selected depth; and outputting one or more indications associated with at least the contour line on the display to highlight the contour line at the selected depth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for displaying a graphical output of one or more selected areas of a body of water, the system comprising one or more computer readable memories including:
- one or more codes directed to at least one chart of one or more regions of a body of water, the chart comprising a plurality of bottom depths below a surface of the one or more regions of the body of water, the chart being configured to be output on the display;
one or more codes directed to receiving information associated with at least one depth to be highlighted on the display simultaneously with the chart;
one or more codes directed to processing information associated with the selected depth with information from the chart to identify at least a contour line at the selected depth; and
one or more codes directed to outputting one or more indications associated with the contour line on the display to highlight.
- one or more codes directed to at least one chart of one or more regions of a body of water, the chart comprising a plurality of bottom depths below a surface of the one or more regions of the body of water, the chart being configured to be output on the display;
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20. A method to graphically output a depiction of one or more selected areas of a body of water together with adjacent contiguous land surface areas above the water surrounding said water body to a GPS Display Device, the display being coupled to a GPS device, the method comprising:
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providing at least one chart out of a plurality of charts of one or more regions of a body of water from a computer readable memory or memories, the chart comprising a plurality of bottom depths below a surface of the one or more regions of the body of water, the chart being configured to be output on the display; selecting a range of depths to be highlighted simultaneously with the chart on the display; processing information associated with the selected depth range with information from the chart to identify the selected depth range; and outputting one or more indications associated with the one or more regions on the display to highlight the selected depth range.
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21. A method to graphically output a depiction of one or more selected areas of a body of water together with adjacent contiguous land surface areas above the water surrounding said water body to a GPS Display Device, the display being coupled to a GPS device, the method comprising:
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providing at least one chart of one or more regions of a body of water, the chart comprising a plurality of bottom depths below a surface of the one or more regions of the body of water together with a land surface adjacent to the body of water, the chart being configured to be output on the display; and selecting a value consisting of either a positive off-set or a negative off-set by which to modify at least one depth label of the bottom depths and to modify a display of the land surface adjacent to the body of water on the display. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A mapping system comprising a display device coupled to a GPS, the display device comprising one or more computer readable memories, the one or more computer readable memories including:
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a code directed to selecting a chart from a plurality of charts to be displayed, the selected chart including a representation of a body of water and a plurality of labels indicative of a plurality of depths for the representation of the body of water, at least one of the plurality of labels being a first zero depth label representing a first shoreline for the body of water; a code directed to highlight a contour line from a plurality of contour lines on the selected chart; a code directed to highlight a range of contour lines or a portion of contour lines from the selected chart; and a code directed to output a resulting chart representative of a second zero depth label representing a second shoreline for the body of water, the second shoreline being indicative of a change in height of a surface of the body of water.
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29. A system for mapping coupled to a GPS, the system comprising a computer readable memory, the computer readable memory including:
- a code directed to retrieving a chart in a first format having a first set of attributes corresponding to a first water level of the body of water;
a code directed to receiving a value representative of off-set in a positive or negative direction, the off-set being indicative of a change in a water level of the body of water;
a code directed to process the value with information from the chart; and
a code directed to output a second chart in a second format having a second set of attributes corresponding to a second water level representative of the value of the off-set. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
- a code directed to retrieving a chart in a first format having a first set of attributes corresponding to a first water level of the body of water;
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