Garmin GPS 12XL Owner's Manual & Reference

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Position PageThe second page in the GPS 12XL’s primary pagesequence is the Position Page. This page shows youwhere you are, what direction you’re heading, and howfast you’re going, and it’s most useful when you aretraveling without an active destination waypoint. Thegraphic heading display at the top of the page indicatesthe direction you’re heading (while you’re moving).Directly below this display are the track, speed, andtrip odometer fields (default). Track is the compassdirection representing your course over the ground,and speed is how fast you’re moving. The lower left-hand corner of the page shows your current latitudeand longitude in degrees and minutes. The GPS 12XLuses this basic information to mark exact positions aswaypoints, which help guide you from one place toanother. The lower right-hand corner of the page con-tains the altitude field (default). Below that field is a12- or 24-hour clock.Both the trip odometer and the altitude fields areuser selectable, and both offer a trip odometer, triptimer, and elapsed time. This way, you can always besure of viewing this information regardless of theoption you’ve selected to view in the other user-selec-table field.The following user-selectable options are availableon the Position Page:Trip Odometer (TRIP)— total distancetraveled since last reset.Trip Timer (TTIME)— total (cumulative)time in which a ground speed has beenmaintained since last reset.Elapsed Time (ELPSD)— hours andminutes since last reset.Average Speed (AVSPD)— average speedtraveled.Maximum Speed (MXSPD)— maximumspeed traveled since last reset.Altitude (ALT)— vertical distance abovesea level.15The speed and track dis-played on the PositionPage may fluctuate atslow speeds (or whenyou’re standing still)because of position errorscaused by SelectiveAvailability.REFERENCEPosition PageThe user selectable fieldson the Position Page giveyou a variety of informa-tion to choose from.