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Magellan Meridian GPS Receiver
A GOTO route is simply a route with a start point (your present position)
and a single destination point (a waypoint you select). All that is required
to create a GOTO route is having the destination waypoint saved in
memory. This waypoint can be one that you have saved earlier (which is
stored in your User Waypoint List) or any of the landmarks that come with
the Meridian in its built-in database.
In the previous section, you created a waypoint named “Home”. Now
suppose you had gone some place else and you wanted your Meridian to
guide you back. All you need do is to create a GOTO route and the
Meridian will do the rest.
The uses for a GOTO route are endless. You could mark the position of
your campsite and always find your way back. Or you could mark the
location of a hot fishing spot you found, and next season come back to the
exact same spot. Even mark the location of your car in a large parking lot
and never have to worry about roaming endlessly looking for your car.
Step 1: Accessing GOTO.
Press GOTO. The first thing that has to be done is
to select the destination waypoint. This is done by
accessing the waypoint database. The first screen
is used to select the category of the database that
the waypoint is in and how it will be found,
alphabetically or nearest to your position, a city or
other waypoints.
Step 2: Select Category of Waypoints.
Use the Up/Down arrows to move the highlight through the list of
waypoint categories. The first category in the list is “User” and these
are all of the waypoints that you have entered into your Meridian
receiver. The remaining categories are ones that have waypoints
which have been preloaded into your Meridian and are stored in
permanent memory. If you have the Meridian Marine, you will
notice your list is considerably longer then the one shown here as
you have additional marine waypoints preloaded into your Meridian.
(For this example, select the “User” category.)
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