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Icons found on Ship > Left panel > Navigation tab. Some of them are also used in System Map and Galaxy Map.

Icon Description Context Notes
many
mission File:Ship--HUD-Nav panel--Mission target.webp Location is either target of one of your missions, or the target is close to the location.
Location's row has blue background and text color.
many
Station or ship is disabled / damaged / destroyed Location's row has striped background.
non-landable planet Player can not land their ship on this planet for various reasons.
landable planet ('Landfall' planet) Player and NPCs can land their ships on this planet.
landable planet, requiring permit Planet is landable, but player requires permit to be able to land. 'Permit locked'
Location's row has grey background and text color.
Horizons 'Planetary port' - large base on planet surface Player docking permitted. Offers services.
Horizons 'Planetary settlement' - small base on planet surface Player docking NOT permitted. Usually designated as trespass zone.
They exist as mission targets for Horizons expansion planet surface missions.
Made to be accessed in SRV.
Odyssey 'Planetary settlement' - small base on planet surface Player docking permitted. Offers services.
Part of Odyssey expansion. But accessible in base game (resp. Horizons expansion).
Made for walking around and 'On foot' missions and activities.
Commonly has only one landing pad.
Odyssey 'Planetary settlement' in Conflict Settlement is under attack and became Planetary surface (On foot) Conflict zone.
Settlement Security level Indicates how well is the base secured and defended - how hard it would be attack it both in a ship, SRV and on foot.
    Low
    Medium
    High
Settlement Size
   none Tiny Usually only one or two buildings
    Small
    Medium
    Large
Station - large space station
Types:
Player docking permitted. Offers services. All types function the same.
    Coriolis
    Orbis
    Ocellus
    Asteroid base The station is built inside a large asteroid
Outpost - small space station Player docking permitted. Offers services. Landing pads limited to few Small and Medium.
you are at this location (marker) The marker is displayed at or next to an object that you are nearest to.
From the official Player's guide: "Closest point of interest or the object you are currently in the sphere of influence of."
Targeted location (marker) You have this location / object targeted. It is also 'locked' as destination for Supercruise, Supercruise Assist and in case of a system for FSD system jump.
Mission target Signal source File:Ship--HUD-Nav panel--Mission target.webp Special type of Signal source that contains mission objectives.
Location's row has blue background and text color.
Fleet carrier - player owned megaship Player docking only available if owner allowed it!
Various services available only if owner has them activated.
Fleet carrier - decommissioned The ship is completely disabled. Player docking not available. Because player owner failed to pay upkeep. Location's row has striped background.
Megaship - dockable Each Megaship functions differently.
Can be docked at, and offer services.
Megaship - non-dockable i.e. Bulk Cruiser, Generation Ship etc. Serve only as mission targets and sites for activities. Found under 'Point of interest' filter.
Installation
'Point of interest' - Faction-owned installation in space. Non-dockable. Battles often occur in their vicinity. Serve a useful purpose as part of System Colonisation
Dredger 'Point of interest'

location is bookmarked You have saved this location to your Bookmarks.
Engineer's base on planet surface
Conflict zone In space Conflict zone with PvE ship battles. 'Point of interest'
Tourist Beacon 1. Used for tourism gameplay. 2. Often marks interesting place worth visiting.
Signal source There are many kind of Signal sources, that offer different gameplay. All sharing the same icon.
Resource Extraction Site Large asteroids field.
Place for mining commodities and Materials, and for bounty hunting. Usually inside planet's ring.
Commonly abbreviated 'RES'
Asteroid belt cluster Place for mining commodities and Materials, and for bounty hunting.
Nav Beacon Navigation beacon. One is present in every colonized System.
Scanning it will reveal details of Signal sources and in-space Mission targets in the System.
star One of stars in current star system.
Star system Neighboring star system that you can target directly from Navigation panel, to jump to


Icons found in Location status and activities column on Navigation panel. If the column display is switched on in ship settings.
Descriptions of location's activities can be viewed in-game in location details panel, opened by activating location row.

File:Ship-HUD-Nav panel-Activities and fines.webp
Status and activities icons in the column in Nav panel
Icon Description Notes
fine or wanted Player has either outstanding fine or there is bounty on him at this location
route point Your FSD system jump route leads through this system
Activities at locations
mission Location is either target of one of your missions, or the target is close to the location.
Location's row has blue background and text color.
xeno hunting Space combat vs Thargoids
Search & rescue
salvage
exploration
mercenary
bounty hunting
piracy
trading
smuggling
mining