Garmin GPS II - Manual (Page 32)

Position Page
The second page in the GPS II’s main page sequence is the position page. This
page shows you where you are, what direction you’re heading, and how fast you’re
going (up to 103 mph), and is 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 (only while you’re moving).
Directly below this display are the track, speed, and trip odometer fields
(default). Track is the compass direction representing your actual 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 II 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 contains the alti-
tude field (default).
Both the trip odometer and the altitude fields are user selectable, and both offer
a trip odometer, trip timer, and elapsed time so that you can always be sure of view-
ing this information regardless of the option you’ve selected to view in the other
user-selectable field.
The graphic compass display is
designed to show your current
track and doesn’t serve as a
true magnetic compass while
you’re standing still.
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