🔍 Key Concepts

• How chart symbols and text styles (upper case vs. lower case) indicate different characteristics of features • The meaning of conspicuous vs. inconspicuous landmarks in navigation • How chart legends distinguish special-purpose facilities (like radio transmitters or government stations) from ordinary visual landmarks

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: when you’re navigating visually, what kind of landmark do you most want to stand out clearly from the background? How might the chart help you notice that? • Think about whether all government facilities, radio transmitters, or stations are printed in the same way, or whether those have their own specific symbols and abbreviations instead of just relying on capital letters. • Consider how the chart makes it easy for a mariner to quickly identify features that are easiest to see from seaward, especially for coastal piloting and fixing your position.

✅ Before You Answer

• Check what upper-case lettering usually indicates about how easily a feature can be seen from offshore. • Verify whether radio transmitters and government stations are identified more by special symbols/abbreviations than by text capitalization alone. • Confirm the difference between a feature that is visually prominent versus one that does not stand out against the background.