Automatic Radar Plotting Aid/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Automatic Radar Plotting Aid.

A feature of radar used for marine navigation that sends messages giving radar target position, course, speed etc., so it can be fused into a chartplotter display rather than depending on the analog radar screen