Garmin GPS 12XL - Manual (Page 19)

Position Page
The second page in the GPS 12XL’s primary 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 waypoint. The
graphic heading display at the top of the page indicates
the direction you’re heading (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 12XL
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 con-
tains 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-selec-
table field.
The following user-selectable options are available
on the Position Page:
Trip Odometer (TRIP)— total distance
traveled since last reset.
Trip Timer (TTIME)— total (cumulative)
time in which a ground speed has been
maintained since last reset.
Elapsed Time (ELPSD)— hours and
minutes since last reset.
Average Speed (AVSPD)— average speed
traveled.
Maximum Speed (MXSPD)— maximum
speed traveled since last reset.
Altitude (ALT)— vertical distance above
sea level.
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The speed and track dis-
played on the Position
Page may fluctuate at
slow speeds (or when
you’re standing still)
because of position errors
caused by Selective
Availability.
REFERENCE
Position Page
The user selectable fields
on the Position Page give
you a variety of informa-
tion to choose from.
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