Garmin GPS 100 Owner's Manual

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5-5· ETE-Estimated time enroute. ETE is the time it will take to reachthe “active to” waypoint based on your speed.· ETA- Estimated time of arrival. ETA is the time at which you willarrive at the “active to” waypoint based on your speed.· TRK- Track. TRK is the direction of movement relative to theground.5.2 PRESENT POSITIONAltitude EPE/DOPLatitude LongitudeVelocity/ Ground Speed TrackReference SelectPOSITION PAGEThe Position Page displays your ground speed, track, and position relativeto the selected earth datum (see Section 11.7 for more information on earthdatums). The altitude displayed is the elevation above mean sea level(MSL); it is NOT equivalent to the altitude displayed on pressure altimetersin aircraft and should not be used for vertical navigation.You may display one of two system quality factors:· DOP- Dilution of precision. DOP is a measure of the satellitegeometry quality and hence the relative accuracy of yourposition (1 meaning the best and 10 meaning poor).· EPE- Estimated position error. EPE, computed using the satel-lite geometry (DOP), signal and data quality, receivertracking status and other factors, is an overall measure ofyour position accuracy.EPE and DOP are advisory information only and are not to be used asabsolute measures of accuracy.