AvMap GEOSAT 4 TRUCK - Manual (Page 24)

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7.1 Creating Marks
Geosat allows you to create and save user
points called Marks for example, the address
of a restaurant, of your home, of a client etc.
How to add a Mark on your GPS position:
Press the centre of the JOYSTICK to open the
Function menu, select Add Mark on cursor
and confirm by pressing the ENT button.
How to add a Mark on a specific address:
1. Insert the desired address following the
procedure described in par. 3.2 and 3.3.
2. Select Show on map and press the ENT
button to confirm. The cursor will indicate
7. Managing Marks
in the same menu or from the system setup.
For further details read par. 11.14.
6.6 Points of Interest (POI)
The database of the points of interests is very
useful when you are in an unfamiliar place.
This information is preloaded in the Geosat,
together with the cartographic data. The POIs
include hotels, restaurants, hospitals, police
stations, cinemas etc and are grouped in
these categories:
• Car services
• Transports
• Emergency
• Attractions
• Entertainment
• Food and drink
• Government
• Lodging
• Medical services
• Natural attractions
• Services
• Shopping
• Sport facilities
• Other
To select which POI categories to view, read
par. 11.4.
The Geosat holds more than 300,000 Points
of Interest in the UK (more than 1,800,000
in Europe).
To search a POI by name, either near to the
cursor or to the GPS position, read par. 8.6.
Safety Cameras
This is a special category of POI, for fixed
and mobile safety cameras. This database
can also be updated from an external file and
can be alerted with an alarm. To set the alarm
read par. 11.7.
For more information about the Safety
Camera database read par. 10.3.