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Points of Interest, Marking Your Position, Quick Marking Your Position - hiking gps

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Points of Interest 25 Whether driving in a car, hiking on the trail or out for an afternoon sail, you are going to want to save places you've been in your eXplorist so that you can go back to them in the future. This is the fundamental starting point for any GPS navigator. Saving these places is called "Marking your position" or just MARK for short. The saved positions are called points of interest, or just POIs. (You may have heard the term "waypoints" to describe marked positions. Waypoints and points of interest are identical.) There are two types of POIs in your eXplorist 300: POIs that you have marked (saved) and POIs that have been stored in your eXplorist as part of the built-in background map. These two classes of POIs are accessed from the same MENU option and can be used independently or combined to create routes. Marking Your Position The most common way of adding POIs to the database will be marking your present position. There are two levels of marking your position. The first that will be described will be quickmarking your position. The second method provides you with the means to personalize POIs you are saving. Quick-Marking Your Position This saves your present position in the database using mark position defaults. 1. Press MARK. 2. Press ENTER. Note: If a position fix is not being computed or if only a 2D position fix (no elevation information) is being computed, a warning will be displayed asking you to confirm that you still want to save this position. Mark Icon Name POI001 Location 34°06.560N 117°49.566W Elevation 924 FT Message CREATE MESSAGE? Save Cancel When you save a 2D position fix you will notice that even Sample Mark Screen though elevation was not computed, an elevation value is included as part of the POI. This elevation is the last elevation that was computed by the eXplorist. Tip: Later in this manual you will see a way to modify the icon, name and message of positions you have quick-marked.

Section	Page
Cover	1
Warnings	2
Table of Contents	3
eXplorist 300 GPS Receiver	7
Features	7
Installing the Batteries	10
Using the eXplorist 300	11
Going to a Destination	11
Saving Your Position	12
Tracing Your Steps	13
Additional Features	14
Summary	14
Starting Up	15
Turning the eXplorist On	15
Turning the eXplorist Off	15
Using the eXplorist for the First Time	16
Conclusion	19
Navigation Screens	20
Map Screen	20
Map Screen Overview	21
Changing Map Scale	21
Map Screen Modes	21
Showing or Hiding Map Information	22
Customizing the Map Information	23
Changing the Map Orientation	24
Changing the Primary Usage	25
Compass Screen	26
Compass Screen Overview	26
Customizing the Information Fields	27
Position Screen	28
Position Screen Overview	28
Resetting the Trip Odometer	29
Satellite Status Screen	30
Satellite Status Screen Overview	30
Points of Interest	31
Marking Your Position	31
Quick Marking Your Position	31
Marking Your Position (Personalized)	32
Making POIs for Locations Other Than Your Present Position	33
Marking a Position by Entering Coordinates	33
Marking a Position using the Map Cursor	34
Marking a Position from a Map Object	34
The POI Database	35
Searching for a User-Entered POI	35
Searching for a Preloaded POI using Nearest	36
Searching for a Preloaded POI using Alphabetical	37
Editing a User-Created POI	38
Deleting a User-Created POI	39
Viewing a User-Created POI on the Map Screen	40
Copying a Preloaded POI	41
Viewing a Preloaded POI on the Map Screen	42
Routes	43
GOTO Routes	43
Creating a GOTO Route	44
Creating a GOTO Route from the Map Cursor	45
Creating a GOTO Route to a Map Object	46
Multi-Leg Routes	47
Creating a Multi-Leg Route	48
Activating/Deactivating a Route	49
Changing the Destination Leg of an Active Route	50
Editing a Saved Route	51
Reversing a Route	52
Deleting a Route	53
Copying a Route	54
Viewing a Route on the Map	55
Track Logs	56
Track Logs	56
Stopping and Resuming Active Track Logging	57
Starting a New Active Track Log	58
Saving an Active Track Log	59
Creating a BackTrack Route	60
Clearing the Active Track	61
Converting the Track Log to a Route	62
Viewing the Track Log on the Map	63
Working with Saved Track Logs	64
Following Saved Track Logs	64
Reversing a Saved Track Log	64
Deleting a Saved Track Log	65
Weather	66
Weather Screen	66
Accessing the Weather Screen	66
Calibrating the Pressure Altimeter	67
Electronic Compass	68
Calibrating the Compass	69
Turning the Compass On/Off	70
Preferences	71
Restarting the GPS	72
Setting the Map Units	74
Selecting Navigational Units of Measure	74
Selecting the North Reference	75
Selecting the Coordinate System	76
Selecting the Map Datum	77
Using the Power Management Tool	78
Setting the Power-Off Timer	78
Setting the Light Timer	79
Personlizing the eXplorist	80
Steps to Personalize Your eXplorist	80
Selecting Languages	81
Selecting the Language for Your eXplorist	81
Clearing Memory	82
Clearing All Track Logs	82
Clearing All User-Entered POIs and Routes	83
Clearing All Routes	83
Clearing All Track Logs, User-Entered POIs, and Routes	83
Reseting the eXplorist to Factory Defaults	84
Specifications	85
Performance	85
Physical	85
Power	85
Memory	85
Coordinate Systems	86
Routes	86
Track Logs	86
Points of Interest	86
Navigation Screens	86
Alarms	86
Accessories	87
Contacting Magellan Support	88