Route Detail

The Route Detail displays the selected planning route in a tabular format together with information about the route as a whole. The Route Detail can also be used to calculate an ETA for each waypoint along the route and will help you select the best departure or arrival time possible. When planning a route, TimeZero computes automatically the Speed over Ground (SOG) according to the Speed through Water (that you can customize) and local currents.

Opening and Closing the Route Detail

Note: Although you can display the Route Detail in the Navigation WorkSpace, it is highly recommended to work with the Route Detail in the Planning WorkSpace (that provides simulation functions with the Timeline located at the bottom of the screen).

Select the Planning WorkSpace, right click on a leg-line of the route you want to see and then select "Route Detail". Alternatively, you can also double-click on any leg-line of the route to open its Detail:

To close the Route Detail, Click the "X" button at the top right of the route detail list.

Note: Line in the route detail can be displayed in red. This means that either a current is too strong on that leg or that the Route Safety detected a dangerous area or depth under the safety depth value.

Using the Route Detail

The top part of the Route Detail displays information about time of departure and ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival). The time of departure can be selected as the present time or another selected date. When a time of departure is selected, TimeZero will calculate the ETA according to the parameters available in the table (speed, current,...).

TimeZero also allows the user to set a date of arrival rather than a date of departure. This is useful when you need to arrive at a specific time (because of tidal currents for example). In this case, TimeZero will calculate the time of departure.

The information appearing in Bold in the table (such as "Name") can be edited by double clicking on the cell to be edited. After changing the value, press the ENTER key, or click outside the value to accept the new value, or press the ESC key to cancel the change.

Values that can be changed include: the waypoint name, the waypoint position, the speed (speed through water), the XTE (cross track error) and the layover time. The other values are computed by TimeZero, and cannot be changed directly:

  • Leg To: Each line of the list gives you information about the leg that allows to reach a specific waypoint. The "Leg To" value is the number of that Waypoint.

  • Name: Name of the waypoint.

  • HTS: Heading to Steer. This is the heading that you should follow to reach the next waypoint. This value is adjusted to take the currents into account. This value can be different from the CTS if currents are strong in the area.

  • STW: Speed through water of the boat (or surface speed). This value can be edited individually for each leg or can be set globally (for all legs) using the Action menu. If you want to revert to the default speed value, just erase the content of this cell.

  • CTS: The "Course to Steer" is the direction (bearing) of the route leg as it would be on a paper chart.

  • SOG: Speed over Ground being calculated based upon the surface speed and currents. The SOG will be different that the speed, because your boat can be "pushed" or "slow down" by the currents.

  • Leg Length: is the distance of that leg

  • Total: is the cumulative distance from the start of the route to that leg

  • ETA: The Estimated Date of Arrival to that Waypoint taking account the currents (based on SOG).

  • XTE: Cross Track Error of the leg. This value can be edited individually for each leg or can be set globally (for all legs) using the Action menu. If you want to revert to the default XTE value, just erase the content of this cell.

  • Layover: allows you to enter a pause in the route for a specific leg

  • TTG: "Time to Go" is the time to navigate on that leg. The SOG and Distance are used to compute that value.

  • Total TTG: is the cumulative time to go from the start of the route to that leg

  • Current D: is the current direction of the station closest to the middle of that leg (default) or the station that was manually assigned to that leg

  • Current S: is the current speed of the station closest to the middle of that leg (default) or the station that was manually assigned to that leg

  • Tidal Current Name: is the name of the tide station closest to that waypoint

  • Tide Level: is the tide height of the station closest to that waypoint.

  • Comment (hidden by default): Comment of the waypoint.

  • Current Angle (hidden by default): is the current angle (from the bow of the vessel) in which the current goes

  • Position (hidden by default): is the position of the waypoint

  • Tide Name (hidden by default): is the name of the tide station closest to that waypoint

The Route Detail "Action" menu provides quick access to main functions and parameters. It can be found on the right side title bar of the list. It includes the following options:

  • Activate Route: To activate the planned route and start navigating. Note that this option is not available when TimeZero is started in Home Planning mode or when no position (GPS) is available.

  • Reverse Route: To reverse the direction of the planning route

  • Set Speed of all legs: To adjust or reset the intended speed of all the legs

  • Set XTE of all legs: To adjust or reset the Cross Track Error of all the legs

  • Optimize Departure Time: To compute the best departure time according to currents (see next paragraph for details)

  • Arrive at High Tide: To compute the time you need to leave to arrive at your destination during high tide (see next paragraph for details)

  • Configure List: To add or remove columns of the Route Detail table

  • Copy to clipboard: To copy the list information as displayed on your screen. You can paste this information in a text editor or Excel for further editing

  • Export list: To export in text format the list information as displayed on your screen. Each field is separated by a Tab

  • Print: To print the route detail voyage plan