Going to a Destination
The GPSMAP 185 Sounder provides four ways to navigate to a destination:
GOTO, MOB, TracBack and route navigation. The easiest method for selecting a
destination is the GOTO function, which lets you select a destination waypoint
and quickly sets a direct course from your present position. The
G
key can be
used in three ways: from a list of waypoints, graphically from the map display and
from a list of GOTO options. Pressing the
G
key once shows a list of all way-
points in memory, from which you can select a single destination waypoint.
To activate a GOTO from the waypoint list:
1. Press the
G
key.
2. Select a waypoint and press
T
.
Selecting a GOTO Graphically
Pressing the
G
key twice allows you to graphically select an on-screen way-
point, navaid or cursor position as a destination. A graphical GOTO may be used
to select one of three options from the map display: an existing waypoint, an on-
screen navaid, or a cursor position. If you are selecting a navaid or a new position
as the GOTO destination, the GPSMAP 185 Sounder will automatically create or
move the waypoint named MAP at the navaid or map position.
To activate a GOTO from the map display:
1. Press the
G
key twice.
2. To select an existing user waypoint, highlight the waypoint on screen and press
T
.
3. To select a navaid, highlight the navaid on screen and press
T
. The GOTO new way-
point page will appear, displaying the navaid position as a MAP waypoint, with the navaid
symbol and text as the default icon and waypoint comment. Press
T
to save the way-
point and begin navigation.
4. To select a cursor position as your destination, move the arrow cursor to the desired posi-
tion and press
T
. The GOTO new waypoint page will appear and display the position as
the MAP waypoint. Press
T
to save the waypoint and begin navigation.
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SECTION
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GOTO/MOB
Selecting a GOTO
Destination
A
B
A. Press GOTO once to select a destination from a list
of waypoints.
B. Press GOTO twice to select a destination waypoint
with the map cursor. If you are not selecting an
existing waypoint as your destination, a new way-
point named MAP will be created. Keep in mind
that the MAP waypoint will be overwritten for each
MAP GOTO. This allows you to navigate to on-
screen navaids without permanently storing the
navaid as a waypoint. If you want to save the MAP
waypoint, rename it following the steps on page 39.
