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Changing Coordinate Systems - maps

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Changing Coordinate Systems You may change the coordinate system that your GPS 300 uses to display the position and landmarks coordinates. You have the following options: LAT/LON using degree/ minutes (DEGMIN), LAT/LON using degree/minutes/ seconds (DEGMINSEC) or Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), OSGB, Irish, Swiss, Swedish, Finnish, French, or German. The choice you make will depend upon the maps or charts you may be using. You want your GPS 300 to be displaying the coordinates in the same mode that your map or chart uses. The following example shows the same position in each of the three different modes. LAT/LON (DEGMIN) LAT/LON (DEGMINSEC) UTM Press the MENU key until SETUP is displayed at the top of the screen and press ENTER . Press ENTER again and the currently used coordinate system begins to flash. Use the RIGHT/LEFT ARROWs to scroll through the list of coordinate systems and press ENTER when the desired system is displayed. 26

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Changing Coordinate Systems
You may change the coordinate system that your GPS 300
uses to display the position and landmarks coordinates.
You have the following options:
LAT/LON using degree/
minutes (DEGMIN), LAT/LON using degree/minutes/
seconds (DEGMINSEC) or Universal Transverse Mercator
(UTM), OSGB, Irish, Swiss, Swedish, Finnish, French, or
German.
The choice you make will depend upon the maps or
charts you may be using.
You want your GPS 300 to be
displaying the coordinates in the same mode that your map or
chart uses.
The following example shows the same position in each of the
three different modes.
LAT/LON
(DEGMIN)
LAT/LON
(DEGMINSEC)
UTM
Press the
MENU
key until SETUP is displayed at the top of
the screen and press
ENTER
.
Press
ENTER
again and the
currently used coordinate system begins to flash.
Use the
RIGHT/LEFT ARROWs to scroll through the list of
coordinate systems and press
ENTER
when the desired system
is displayed.