Garmin 2620 Owners Manual - Page 16

Reference 'North Up' versus 'Track Up' The presence of the arrow shown at right indicates that the map tools bar is activated. Touch the arrow, and the map tools bar disappears. An orientation icon will appear. The middle image shows an N with an arrow pointing upwards, or 'North Up.' Touch the N and the direction changes to 'Track Up.' Map page showing map tools bar Map page showing 'North Up' Map page showing 'Track Up' 8 displayed area. The white arrow, or "map pointer," serves as a target marker and provides information for a specific location or object if any is available. The black triangle, or "vehicle icon," shows your current physical location on the Map page. While in panning mode, the data tabs on the right of the screen are hidden. In addition to zooming in to or out of the Map page, you can also define a particular area to enlarge on the Map page by drawing a "box" on the touchscreen, then lifting your finger from the screen. Before you can do this, make certain the boxed magnifying glass icon is showing at the bottom of the map tools bar, as shown in the diagram below. If the map tools bar displays a hand, simply touch the hand and the boxed magnifying glass icon will appear. Use your finger to draw a box on the Map page. The boxed-in area will be zoomed in to show greater detail. boxed magnifying glass icon map scale North Up and Track Up Map orientation icons appear at the top left side of the Map page. They show how roads appear on your Map page. North Up shows your Map page North Up Track Up with North always at the top, as if you were reading a paper map. Thus, as you are driving, the vehicle icon on your Map page will move to the left if you are going West, right if you are going East, and so forth. With Track Up, your Map page shifts so that your direction of travel always appears at the top of the Map page. Thus, if you are headed South, the Map page will shift so that South appears at the top of the Map page. Change the orientation from North Up