Garmin Quest Owner's Manual

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Reference23Using TracBackFinding Where You Are and Using TracBackYour Quest contains a “Where Am I?” feature that allows you to knowwhere you are at all times. This is particularly useful if you are travelingoff road or on unmarked roads, hiking, boating, or are any place wherestreet signs or navigational markers are not available. If at any time youneed to know where you are, press the FIND key and then select WhereAm I? Or, press and hold the OK key on your Quest. A Where Am I?page appears, listing your current location as well as the nearest majorintersections. Press Save to save your location to My Locations.In addition to telling you where you are, your Quest also tracksand stores an electronic bread crumb trail of where you have been. Asa result, you can backtrack your most recent movements by using the “TracBack® ” feature. This feature isparticularly useful when navigational markers are not easily available.To use TracBack, select TracBack from the Where Am I? page. You areasked if you wish to TracBack to the beginning of the track. Select No ifyou want to select a destination along your route, or Yes if you want totracback to the beginning of the track. If you select No, A TracBack pageappears which shows your most recent travel path. As you hover the mappointer over a part on the path, the time you last visited that area appearsas shown at right:When you have selected the spot to which you wish to return, press OK. A TracBackPreference window appears, asking if you want to return to this spot by following youroriginal track, by taking the fastest route to it, or by taking the shortest route to it.Select your preference, and the Quest calculates your route.Note: Follow Track is not recommended when you are driving on roads.The example above shows directions using‘Follow Track’ as a TracBack Preference. Ifusing a compass is more effi cient, press thePAGE key to view it. You can use a BearingPointer, as shown below, or press MENU touse a Coarse Pointer.A street name is listed under‘Current Location’ if one is available.Otherwise, it only lists your currentcoordinates.You can change the data fi elds on the Compasspage just as you can for the Map page (page 8).For a complete list and description of data fi eldoptions, see Appendix B.