Garmin GPS II Plus - Manual (Page 32)

The graphic compass display is
designed to show your current
track and doesn’t serve as a
true magnetic compass while
you’re standing still.
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Position Page
The second page in the GPS II + ’s main page sequence is the Position Page. This
page shows you where you are, what direction you’re heading, and how fast you’re
going, and it’s most useful when you are traveling without an active destination way-
point. The graphic heading display at the top of the page indicates the direction
you’re heading (only while you’re moving).
Directly below this display are the track, speed, and trip odometer fields
(default). Track is the compass direction representing your course over the ground,
and speed is how fast you’re moving. The lower left-hand corner of the page shows
your current latitude and longitude in degrees and minutes. The GPS II
+ uses this
basic information to mark exact positions as waypoints, which help guide you from
one place to another. The lower right-hand corner of the page contains the altitude
field (default). Below that field is a 12- or 24-hour clock.
Both the trip odometer and the altitude fields are user selectable, and both offer
a trip odometer, trip timer, and elapsed time. This way, you can always be sure of
viewing this information regardless of the option you’ve selected to view in the other
user-selectable field.
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