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Choosing the Type of Geographic Coordinates
You can select the system of coordinates used to display your position.
Menu
Æ
POS Tab
Æ
3-Coordinates
The available systems of coordinates include:
00º00.000’
Latitude and longitude in thousandths of a minute
00º00.0000’
Latitude and longitude in ten thousandths of a minute
00º00’00.0’’
Latitude and longitude in seconds
00.00000GRD
Position in grades
UTM
Position in UTM
Lamberts
Position in Lambert 1
British G.
Position in British Grid
Irish G.
Position in Irish Grid
Swiss G.
Position in Swiss Grid
German G.
Position in German Grid
Swedish G.
Position in Swedish Grid
Finnish G.
Position in Finnish grid
USER
User Format
Select a system of coordinates from the list and push Enter.
Note:
You can create your own user format. See Choosing the Type of
Geographic Coordinates in Position Menu.
Choosing the Map Datum
You can select the format corresponding to the chart you are using.
Menu
Æ
POS Tab
Æ
4-Map Datum
Use this function to make sure the position you report on your paper chart
matches the position displayed by your GPS.
Select a map datum from the list of 76 formats and push Enter. If you are
not sure which format to use, select the format WGS84.
Note:
You can also create your own user format. See Choosing the Map
Datum in Position Menu.
