Garmin GPSMAP 188 Owner's Manual And Reference Manual

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53ReferenceGoing to a DestinationGoing to a DestinationUsing the NAV key, the GPSMAP 188/188C/238 Sounder provides three ways to navigate to adestination: Go To Point, Follow Route, and Follow Track (TracBack). Once you are actively navigat-ing, you will see a straight line that always runs from your current location to the destination on theMap Page. The easiest method for selecting a destination is the ‘Go To’ function, which lets you select adestination point, then quickly sets a direct course from your present position. If you highlight a pointon a list or the map and press NAV, ‘Go To ’ appears in addition to ‘Go To Point’. The ‘GoTo’ function can be accessed from any list of points or graphically from the map display.To activate a ‘Go To’ from a point list:1. Press the NAV key.2. Use the ARROW KEYPAD to highlight ‘Go To Point’ and press ENTER.3. From the ‘Find’ menu, highlight ‘Waypoints’ and press ENTER. (You may also choose to go to otherpoints, such as Cities, Tide Stations, etc. from this list.)4. Select a waypoint from the ‘By Name’ or ‘Nearest’ list, then press ENTER. To display the WaypointReview page for the selected waypoint.5. With the ‘Go To’ button highlighted, press ENTER to begin navigation.To stop navigation:1. Press the NAV key. Use the ARROW KEYPAD to highlight ‘Stop Navigation’ and press ENTER.Selecting a ‘Go To’ GraphicallyA graphical ‘Go To’ may be used to select one of three items from the map display: an existingwaypoint, an on-screen map item (roads, rivers, cities, navaids, etc.), or a new map point (non-mapitem). If you select a map item as the ‘Go To’ destination, the GPSMAP 188/188C/238 Sounder willautomatically use the name of the map item, but the point will not be stored in the waypoint list (seepage 45 for creating waypoints using map items). If you select a new map point (non-map item) as the‘Go To’ destination, the GPSMAP 188/188C/238 Sounder automatically creates or moves a waypointnamed ‘MAP’ at the cursor position.Choose a waypointfrom either the ‘User’or ‘Nearest’ tab list.The waypoint or map itemname will automaticallyappear when highlightedand NAV is pressed.