Garmin StreetPilot GPS Owner's Manual And Reference Manual

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ŸThe Map PageAt the heart of the StreetPilot is the Map Page (see top right picture), which showswhere you are, where you’ve been, and where you’re going. The Map Page shows yourcurrent location on the background of highways, major thoroughfares, lakes, rivers,coastlines. If you’re using an optional MetroGuide cartridge, most city streets for theMetroGuide coverage area will also be available for display. An on-screen cursor lets youpan around to different map areas to view roads and geographic objects. The StreetPilotalso features i and o keys for instant Zing. The map portion of the page displays yourcurrent location as a pointer icon. Nearby Personal Waypoints are shown with namesand symbols. You may select which objects are shown on the Map Page with the‘Customize Map’ option (see page 20).At the middle of the Map Page is the vehicle pointer, which is in the shape of a vehi-cle or an arrowhead. The vehicle pointer points in the direction you are moving. If themap is set to ‘North Up’ orientation, North is always at the top, and the vehicle pointerturns different directions as you drive. On the other hand, with ‘Track Up’ map orienta-tion, the map automatically rotates as you make turns, keeping the current direction oftravel at the top of the map. If the StreetPilot GPS has yet to calculate your location,there is a flashing question mark (?) over the vehicle pointer and the status line at thetop of the page says ‘Acquiring Satellites. The three satellite icons show the StreetPilot’sprogress in getting information from the GPS satellites (see bottom right picture).Typically, the more satellite symbols are filled in, the closer the StreetPilot is to calculat-ing your location.The StreetPilot’s accuracy depends on many factors (see Appendix B). In many cases,an ‘Accuracy Circle’ is shown on the screen. The StreetPilot shows the vehicle pointeraccording to its position calculations, and shows a circle which shows the estimatedaccuracy at that moment. The StreetPilot has a very high certainty that your location iswithin the Accuracy Circle. A smaller circle indicates a more accurate GPS location.Map Page while the StreetPilotis finding your locationThe Map PagereferenceTThhee MMaapp PPaaggeeŸ13