Garmin GPSMAP 3005C Owner's Manual

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GPSMAP 3005C Owner’s Manual 19BASIC OPERATION > N AVIGATING TO A DESTINATIONNavigating to a DestinationUsing the NAV key, the GPSMAP 3005C provides four ways to navigate to adestination: Go To Point, Follow Track, TracBack, and Follow Route. When youare navigating, you see a straight line on the Map Page that always runs from yourcurrent location to the destination. The easiest method for selecting a destinationis the Go To function, which allows you to select a destination point and then seta direct course to it from your present location. If you highlight a point on a listor the map and press NAV, Go To appears in addition to Go ToPoint. The Go To function can be accessed from any list of points or graphicallyfrom the map display.Destination Current locationNavigating to a DestinationTo Go To a point:1. Press NAV.2. Highlight Go To Point, and press ENTER. The Find From Current PositionPage opens.3. Highlight Waypoints, and press ENTER. (You can also choose to go toother points from this list, such as cities or tide stations.)4. Select a waypoint from the By Name or Nearest tab list, and pressENTER to open the Review Waypoint Page for the selected waypoint.5. Press the Go To soft key to begin navigation. A magenta line appears onthe map display showing the course from your current location to theGo To point.To stop navigation:1. Press NAV.2. Highlight Stop Navigation, and press ENTER.Selecting a Map Item Go To DestinationA map item Go To can be used to select one of three items from the mapdisplay—an existing waypoint, on-screen map items such as rivers, cities,navaids, or a new map point. If you select a map item as the Go To destination,the GPSMAP 3005C automatically uses the name of the map item, but the pointis not stored in the waypoint list. If you select a new map point (non-map item)as the Go To destination, the GPSMAP 3005C automatically creates a waypointnamed MAP at the pointer location.To Go To an existing waypoint or map item from the map display:1. Use the ROCKER to highlight the waypoint or map item you want tonavigate to on the Map Page, and press NAV.2. On the Navigation menu, highlight Go To , and pressENTER.