Garmin GPSMAP 295 - Manual (Page 26)

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At the lowest map scales, ‘overzoom’ appears directly below
the map scale. This indicates you have exceeded the
resolution of the background map. Exercise caution when
referencing ground features at these scale settings.
Use the ROCKER KEYPAD to pan the map. Note the
panning pointer which appears on the map. Bearing and
distance to the pointer, along with the pointers position
coordinates appears in a window at the top of the map.
Map Page
Zooming, Panning and Pointing
There are three main actions you can perform on the Map Page: zooming, panning, and pointing.
The map display has 24 map scales (from 120 feet to 800 miles) which are selected by pressing the IN
and OUT zoom keys. The current map scale is indicated in the bottom left corner of the map display.
To change the map scale:
1. Press the IN zoom key to see a smaller area with more detail.
2. Press the OUT zoom key to see a larger area with less detail.
When zoomed in to the smallest map areas, ‘overzoom’ appears directly below the map
scale. This indicates the current scale exceeds the optimum resolution of available map
detail. Extra caution should be used in ‘overzoom’ since some detail, such as roads, are
drawn using widely spaced points and the actual layout of these details may differ
from the map presentation.
Panning allows you to move the map in order to view areas beyond the current map area. This
provides a “look ahead” capability which is particularly useful with smaller map areas.
To activate the pan function, use the ROCKER KEYPAD to move the map in any
direction, including diagonally.
As you begin to pan the map, a pointer will appear. This map pointer will serve as a target marker
for the map. If you change the scale, the map is redrawn with the pointer at the center. When the
pointer is placed on an object, the name of that object will be highlighted. (If the name wasn’t originally
displayed, it will appear when the pointer is placed on the object.) This feature applies to airports,
navaids, user-created waypoints, roads, lakes, rivers—everything displayed on the map except route
lines and track log data.
While panning the map, press NRST to display a list of cities, highway exits and points
of interest nearest to the map pointer’s location. The list of nearest airports and navaids
is always relative to your present position, not the panning pointer. See page 59.
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