Garmin GPS 38 Owner's Manual

Also see for GPS 38: Declaration of conformity

Creating and Navigating RoutesThe last form of navigating to a destination with theGPS 38 is by creating a user-defined route. The route navi-gation feature lets you plan and navigate a course from oneplace to another using a set of pre-defined waypoints.Routes are often used when it’s not practical, safe or possi-ble to navigate a direct course to a particular destination(e.g., through a body of water or impassable terrain).Routes are broken down and navigated in smaller seg-ments called “legs”. The waypoint you are going to in a legis called the “active to” waypoint, and the waypoint imme-diately behind you is called the “active from” waypoint. Theline between the “active to” and the “active from” waypointis called the “active leg”.Whenever you activate a route with the GPS 38, it willautomatically select the route leg closest to your position asthe active leg. As you pass each waypoint in the route, thereceiver will automatically sequence and select the nextwaypoint as the “active to” waypoint.REFERENCERouteNavigation31Waypoint 2(“active to” waypoint)Waypoint 1(“active from” waypoint)“Active Leg”‰‰ ‰©