Garmin GPS III Owner's Manual

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Your GPS III Pilot uses a built-in Jeppesen database to provide position andfacility information for thousands of airports, VORs, NDBs and intersections. Eachfacility in the database is stored as a waypoint, with its own latitude/longitude, iden-tifier (up to six letters and/or numbers) and other pertinent information. Waypointinformation is available from the ‘Waypoints’ selection under the Main Menu.Waypoint information is divided into categories (each represented by a ‘file tab’),with different types of information available for each. The following table lists the filetabs and information available under each tab:Airport Identifier, city/state, name, position, elevation, fuelRunway Length, width, orientation, surface, lighting, diagramComm Frequencies for: ATIS, pre-taxi, clearance, ground,tower, unicom, multicom, approach, departure,arrival, class B, class C, TMA, CTA, TRSAVOR Identifier, city/state, facility name, position, freq.,indication of co-located DME or TACANNDB Identifier, city/state, facility name, position, freq.Int Intersection name, region/country, nearest VORUser Wpt Name, position, user comments, reference waypointUser List Name, symbol, total number of user waypts createdTo view waypoint information:1. Press MENU twice to display the main menu.2. Highlight ‘Waypoints’ using the rocker keypad and press ENTER. One of the waypointinformation pages listed above will be displayed.3. A series of tabs across the top of the page will indicate the other available pages.Select the desired page using the rocker keypad.The Main Menu’s ‘Waypoints’option allows you to viewdatabase information for air-ports, runways, comm fre-quencies, VORs, NDBs, etc.Select the desired waypointcategory by selecting thecorresponding ‘file tab’ at thetop of the page.48REFERENCEWaypoint Categories