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Projecting a waypoint – Garmin GPSMAP 296 User Manual

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Projecting a Waypoint

You can also create a new waypoint by “projecting” the distance and

bearing from a specific location to a new location.

To create a new waypoint by projecting its location:

1. Create a waypoint using your favorite method (discussed in

previous sections). The new waypoint is created with the next

available waypoint number and the receiver’s last known

location as the default location.

2. Press

MENU twice to open the Main Menu.

3. Highlight

Points from the vertical list of tabs using the

ROCKER.

4. Press

MENU to open the New Waypoint Page options menu.

5. Highlight

Project Location, and press ENTER.

Project Location Menu

Enter the distance, bearing, and location to project from.

6. To change the location from which you are projecting the new

waypoint, highlight the

From field, and press ENTER. The

Find Menu opens.

Select the point from which you project you new waypoint

just as you would select a waypoint or point of interest. For

more information, see the

“Finding an Item”

section on

page 53

.

7. To adjust the distance that the new waypoint is projected

beyond the original waypoint, highlight the

Distance field

and press

ENTER. Enter the projection distance and press

ENTER.

To adjust the bearing that the new waypoint is projected from

the original waypoint, highlight the

Bearing field and press

ENTER. Enter the bearing, and press ENTER.

8. When you have adjusted all elements of the projected

location, highlight

Save, and press ENTER.

9. Make any other changes to the new waypoint data (such as

the name or symbol), highlight

OK, and press ENTER.

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