Garmin GPS 12XL Owner's Manual (Software Version 4.0 and above) - Page 19

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Position Page The second page in the GPS 12XL's primary page sequence is the Position Page. This page shows you where you are, what direction you're heading, and how fast you're going, and it's most useful when you are traveling without an active destination waypoint. The graphic heading display at the top of the page indicates the direction you're heading (track) while you're moving. Directly below this display are the track, speed, and trip odometer (default) fields. Track is the compass direction representing your course over the ground, or the direction you're moving. The lower left-hand corner of the page shows your current latitude and longitude in degrees and minutes. The GPS 12XL uses this basic information to mark exact positions as waypoints, which help guide you from one place to another. The lower right-hand corner of the page contains the altitude field (default). Below that field is a 12- or 24-hour clock. Both the trip odometer and the altitude fields are user selectable, and both offer a trip odometer, trip timer, and elapsed time. This way, you can always be sure of viewing this information regardless of the option you've selected for the other user-selectable field. The following user-selectable options are available on the Position Page: Trip Odometer (TRIP)- total distance traveled since last reset. Trip Timer (TTIME)- total (cumulative) time in which a ground speed has been maintained since last reset. Elapsed Time (ELPSD)- total time in hours and minutes since last reset. Average Speed (AVSPD)- average speed traveled since last reset. Maximum Speed (MXSPD)- maximum speed traveled since last reset. Altitude (ALT)- vertical distance above mean sea level. REFERENCE Position Page The speed and track displayed on the Position Page may fluctuate at slow speeds (or when you're standing still) because of position errors caused by DOD-imposed Selective Availability. The user selectable fields on the Position Page give you a variety of information to choose from. 15

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Position Page
The second page in the GPS 12XL’s primary page
sequence is the Position Page. This page shows you
where you are, what direction you’re heading, and how
fast you’re going, and it’s most useful when you are trav-
eling without an active destination waypoint. The graph-
ic heading display at the top of the page indicates the
direction you’re heading (track) while you’re moving.
Directly below this display are the track, speed, and
trip odometer (default) fields. Track is the compass
direction representing your course over the ground, or
the direction you’re moving. The lower left-hand cor-
ner of the page shows your current latitude and longi-
tude in degrees and minutes. The GPS 12XL uses this
basic information to mark exact positions as waypoints,
which help guide you from one place to another. The
lower right-hand corner of the page contains the alti-
tude field (default). Below that field is a 12- or 24-hour
clock.
Both the trip odometer and the altitude fields are
user selectable, and both offer a trip odometer, trip
timer, and elapsed time. This way, you can always be
sure of viewing this information regardless of the
option you’ve selected for the other user-selectable
field.
The following user-selectable options are available
on the Position Page:
Trip Odometer (TRIP)—
total distance
traveled since last reset.
Trip Timer (TTIME)—
total (cumulative)
time in which a ground speed has been
maintained since last reset.
Elapsed Time (ELPSD)—
total time in
hours and minutes since last reset.
Average Speed (AVSPD)—
average speed
traveled since last reset.
Maximum Speed (MXSPD)—
maximum
speed traveled since last reset.
Altitude (ALT)—
vertical distance above
mean sea level.
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The speed and track dis-
played on the Position
Page may fluctuate at
slow speeds (or when
you’re
standing
still)
because of position errors
caused by DOD-imposed
Selective Availability.
REFERENCE
Position Page
The user selectable fields
on the Position Page give
you a variety of informa-
tion to choose from.