AVIATION MODE PAGES > MAP PAGE

Clearing Unwanted Details from the Map

You can remove items from the map (declutter the screen) to remove unwanted items, such as highways. Aviation Mode has various levels of declutter.

To quickly declutter the map, press ENTER. You can also declutter the map on the Terrain Page.

To declutter the Map Page:

1.From the Map Page, press ENTER. Clear-1appears under the map range. The background map detail—including highways, cities, rivers & smaller lakes—is removed from the map.

2.Press ENTER again. Airspace boundary detail is removed from the map. Clear-2appears below the map range.

3.Press ENTER again. Only the waypoints and navaids that are part of the current Go To or route appear on the map. Clear-3appears below the map range.

4.In Aviation Mode, press ENTER again to return ALL detail to the map.

In Marine and Automotive Modes, press MENU, highlight Declutter On or Declutter Off, and press ENTER.

Measuring Distance

You can measure the distance and bearing between two map items.

To measure the bearing/distance between two points:

1.From the Map Page, press MENU to open the options menu.

2.Highlight the Measure Distance option, and press ENTER. An on-screen arrow appears on the map at your present location with ENT REF below it.

3.Move the arrow to the reference point (the starting point that you want to measure from), and press ENTER. A push-pin icon marks the starting point on the map.

Push pin

 

End point of

 

indicating the

 

measurement,

beginning

 

labeled

point of the

 

“ENT REF”

measurement

 

 

 

 

 

Measure Distance

4.Move the arrow to the point want to measure to. The bearing and distance from the reference point and arrow coordinates appear in the data window at the top of the screen.

5.Press QUIT to finish.

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