Garmin GPS III - Manual (Page 17)

The Position Page shows you where you are, what direction you’re heading, and
how fast you’re going—and it’s the page you’ll want to use when you don’t have a
destination selected.
A graphic compass display at the top of the page shows your direction of travel
(track) while you’re moving, while six user-selectable data fields below display your
current speed, average speed, trip odometer, trip timer, and sunrise/sunset times at
your current position. “User-selectable” means you can change them to display other
information. We’ll cover these fields more in the reference section.
Below the user-selectable data fields are additional data fields to display your
current position, along with current time and date. The current position readout can
be in latitude/longitude, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead or one of several regional grids.
Current time and date can be in local time or UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
Position Page showing UTM
coordinates for use with
USGS topographic maps, etc.
The trip odometer, trip timer
and average speed readings
can all be reset from the ‘Trip
Computer’ option on the Main
Menu. See page 66.
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GETTING STARTED
Position Page
Position Page
Track Compass
Trip Odometer
Current Time
and Date
Current Position
Coordinates
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