Eagle Electronics 502cDF manual Find Distance From Current Position To Another Location, Icons

Section 7: Advanced GPS Operations

Find Distance From Current

Position To Another Location

1.While on the Map Page press MENU↓ to FIND DISTANCEENT.

2.Center your cursor over the position you want to find the distance to. A rubber band line appears, connecting your current position to the cursor's location. The distance along that line will appear in a pop-up box. The box also shows the bearing to the point you're measuring to.

3.Press EXITEXIT to return to regular operation.

The distance from the boat's current position to the cove is 5.78 miles (left). The distance from Houston to New Orleans is 316.9 miles (right).

Find Distance From Point to Point

You can also measure distance between two other points on the map.

1.While on the Map Page press MENU↓ to FIND DISTANCEENT.

2.Center your cursor over the first position. A rubber band line ap- pears, connecting your current position to the cursor's location. Press ENT to set the first point and the rubber band line disappears.

3.Move the cursor to the second position. The rubber band line reap- pears, connecting the first point you set to the cursor. The distance along that line will appear in the pop-up box.

4.Press EXIT to clear the command and return to the main page dis- play. (Press EXIT once more to clear the cursor.)

Icons

Icons are graphic symbols used to mark some location, personal point of interest or event. They can be placed on the map screen, saved and re-

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