Averaging the Waypoint’s Location
Averaging a waypoint’s location makes the unit take several sample
location measurements for a waypoint to calculate a more accurate
position reading.
To calculate the average location:
1. Open the Waypoint page and press
MENU
to open the
options menu.
2. Select
Average Location
from the menu and press
ENTER
.
Average Location Page
3. The Average Location window appears. Watch the fields
change as the unit calculates the average position of the
waypoint. Press
ENTER
to save the position.
NOTE:
You must have a GPS satellite fix before you can average
a waypoint’s location.
Organizing Waypoints into Categories
You can organize your waypoints into categories to help you manage
and use your waypoints. For example, you can create a “Vacation”
category that stores all of the waypoints you will use for your
upcoming vacation. When the vacation is over, you can simply
delete all the waypoints in that category by pushing a few buttons.
You can create up to 15 waypoint categories.
To create a waypoint category:
1. From any of the waypoint pages or the Points Tab, press
MENU
to open the options menu.
2. Select
Edit Categories
and press
ENTER
.
3. Use the
Rocker
key to highlight
Add
and press
ENTER
.
Enter the name of the category, select
Save
, and press
ENTER.
4. Use the
Rocker
key to enter a name for the category.
5. Highlight
Save
and press
ENTER
.
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