A raft of new map enhancements feature in Lowrance HDS V2 upgrade. New Features include Easy View, Dynamic Tides and Currents, Depth Contour Shading and Shallow Water Highlighting.

• Easy View - When enabled, this feature increases the size of the Cartography on screen, as though the user were using a magnifying glass.This feature is controlled with a simple on/off toggle– Easy view is found under View in the Chart Options menu
• Dynamic Tides and Currents replaces the standard Navionics tide/current icons with larger, animated icons that show the Tide levels and the Current strengths and directions. This feature is controlled with a simple on/off toggle- Dynamic Tides & Currents is found under View in the Chart Options menu
• Depth Contour Shading- Highlight a defined depth region.This allows the user to specifically highlight a specific Range of depths for fishing purposes. The Range will only be as accurate as the underlying Chart data, meaning that if the Chart only contains 5 meter intervals for contour lines, the shading will round to the nearest available contour Line. This feature is controlled with two adjustment bars, found under Chart Options– View. A Max depth must be chosen first.
• Rock Filter- Show only rocks above a certain depth Navionics has introduced a feature that allows users to hide rock POIs beneath a given depth. This is intended to help users declutter charts in areas where there are many rocks located at depths well below their vessel draught.
  The feature is a slider bar, found under Chart Options– Settings, that allows the user to choose a depth below which rocks will be filtered.
• Shallow Water Highlight-Highlight shallow water.
  This feature allows the user to highlight areas of water between 0 feet and the selected depth (up to 30 feet). This feature will be implemented with a slider bar, allowing the user to select a depth between 0 and 30 feet. This option is under Chart Options—View