Garmin 500 series Owner's Manual

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GPSMAP ® 500 Series Owner’s ManualuSInG chartSViewing Current Station InformationIf current stations are available in your g2 Visionregion, they appear on the navigation chart as ahighlighted arrow. This detailed icon shows thecurrent’s speed and direction at a glance.Detailed Road and POI DataBlueChart g2 Vision contains detailed road and POI data, whichincludes highly detailed coastal roads and points of interest (POIs)such as restaurants, lodging, local attractions and more. Forinstructions on searching for and navigating to these POIs, see the“Where To?” section beginning on page 19.Using Automatic GuidanceAutomatic Guidance automatically creates and suggests passagebased on available BlueChart g2 Vision chart information. Seepage 32 for instructions on setting up Automatic Guidance for yourboat. The “Where To?” section on page 19 has more information onhow to use Automatic Guidance.Changing the Chart SettingsTo change chart settings, from the Home screen, select Charts >Chart Setup.Orientation—change the perspective of the map display:• North Up—sets the top of the map display to a north heading.• Track Up—sets the map display to the current track heading.• Course Up—sets the map so the direction of navigation isalways up and turns the course line vertical on the screen.Heading lineTrackChartborderCurrent Stationicon