Garmin GPS V Personal Navigator Owner's Manual And Reference Manual

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12The Map PageThe GPS V features a real-time moving map to illustrate your current position andyour intended route. The Map Page is one of the main operating pages of the GPS V andyou’ll likely use it more than any other page. It graphically shows the area around yourcurrent location, and marks your route to a destination with a bold dark gray route line.It tells you what direction to go or the direction you are traveling. It also tells you yourspeed, the distance to the next turn, and the time and distance to the final destination.If the GPS V has not yet determined your current location, there is a fl ashing questionmark over the vehicle symbol and the status text displays, ‘Acquiring Satellites’.The map display shows your present position and direction of movement using atriangular vehicle symbol in the center of the map. The map display also shows themap scale and geographic details such as lakes, rivers, highways, and towns. You canuse the IN and OUT keys to change the map scale to show more map area withless detail, or less map area with more detail. Press and hold either key to zoom themap scale rapidly. When zoomed in to very small map areas an ‘Accuracy Circle’ willappear around the vehicle symbol. The accuracy circle graphically portrays the positionaccuracy on the map.ReferenceMap PageMap ScaleNorth DirectionYour CurrentPositionTime and Distanceto Next Turn or NextWaypointTime and Distanceto Final DestinationSubject Finder:Changing Map Scale..................pages 12-13Overzoom........................................ page 13Panning the Map............................. page 13Pointing to Map Features ................ page 13Selecting Full Screen Map................ page 16Configuring Map Features............... page 17North Up Map ................................ page 18Use the IN and OUT zoom keys to changethe map scale. The map scale appears in thelower left corner of the map.