Garmin GPS III Owner's Manual

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The GPS III Pilot features a powerful real-time moving map that can do much morethan just plot your course and route. The Map Page also displays a digital chart, includ-ing airspace boundaries, airports, navaids, lakes, rivers, coastlines and highways. An on-screen cursor lets you pan ahead to other map areas, determine the distance and bear-ing to any map position, and perform various waypoint and route functions. The GPS IIIPilot also features dedicated zoom keys for instant zooming (see p. 2). The map portionof the page displays your present position using an aircraft icon, with your track and/orroute displayed as small points on the screen (an electronic bread crumb trail, if youwill). You may select which features are shown via the Map Page Options (see pp. 37).The data window beside (or above when display is vertical) the map displays thetime and distance to next waypoint, plus your current speed (all defaults). A bearingpointer lets you know if you’re heading toward your destination. If the pointer pointsstraight ahead, you’re heading directly to it. If the pointer points any direction otherthan up, turn toward the arrow until it points up—then continue in that direction.Each data field may be configured to display any one of twenty-eight data options.Zooming and PanningThere are three main functions you can perform from the Map Page: zooming,panning, and pointing. The map display has 23 scales (from 120 feet to 500 miles, or30 meters to 800 km) which are selected by pressing the IN and OUT zoom keys. Thecurrent map scale is indicated in the bottom left corner of the map display.To change the map scale:1. Press zoom IN to see a smaller area with more detail.2. Press zoom OUT to see a larger area with less detail.The Map Page displays a dig-ital chart, including airspaceboundaries, airports, navaids,rivers, lakes and highways.Zoom IN to see more detailfor a smaller area. ZoomOUT to see a larger area.35REFERENCEMap Page