Past, Present, Future

• The primary purpose of any GPSr is to locate your present position with some acceptable degree of accuracy.
• Recording this information over a period of time, the GPSr can provide useful information regarding your past journey.
• Plotting the optimum path between two locations is most efficient with access to relevant cartographic information.
• More versatile than a traditional paper version, the Map page can help you plot your future, and never needs re-folding!
• Tip: Read An Introduction to using Garmin GPSr with paper maps to learn how both can be used together.

Map Controls

 

Map Orientation

• When configured for Track Up, selecting will cycle the Map display between Track Up and North Up directly from the map screen.
• When configured for North Up, the North arrow is not displayed on the map.
• When configured for Automotive Mode, the North arrow is displayed while providing no additional functionality.
• Place two fingers on the screen and rotate the map to any orientation as desired.
• Drag a finger across the screen to pan the map location in the desired direction.
• Select to reset the map display to your current location.

North Up	Track Up	Track Up - North Up Selected	Automotive Mode

 

 

Map Scale

• Use to zoom in/out on the map, or
• Use two fingers to spread (zoom in) or pinch (zoom out) the map screen.

800 ft.	0.8 mi.	3 mi.	8 mi.

 

Map Layers

• Enable or disable available map sets and or map layers directly from the Map page.
• Additional map layer options are available only on devices with an active Outdoor Maps+ subscription.
• The Contours and Hydro map layers can only be displayed while the TopoActive map layer is enabled.
• Outdoor Maps+, Custom Map Sets, Satellite Imagery and Garmin Custom Maps are all managed in [Map Manager].
• Enabling TopoActive or CityNavigator maps may provide undesirable map configuration results (see Bugs 20 and 21).

Open Map Layer Menu
Configure Map Sets and Map Layers as desired

 

 

Landscape Controls

• Configure Landscape Controls for left or right handed use.

Left	Right

 

 

Option Menu

• Select to access additional Map page options.
• Available menu selections may vary based on current activity and/or Wi-Fi connection status.

[Stop Navigation]	[Resume Navigation]	[Map Setup]	[Measure Distance]
[Restore Defaults]	[Download Maps Here]

 

 

 

Map Information

 

Zoom vs Detail

• Adjust Zoom Levels to configure when individual map items will be displayed.
• Adjust Map Detail to configure the level of detail shown on the map.

Least Detail
Map Points	User Waypoints	Street Labels	Land Cover
Normal Detail
Map Points	User Waypoints	Street Labels	Land Cover
Most Detail
Map Points	User Waypoints	Street Labels	Land Cover

 

 

Shaded Relief

• Shaded Relief is available only when maps containing sufficient DEM data are enabled.

500 ft.	0.2 mi.	0.3 mi.	0.8 mi.

 

 

Info Box

• View detailed information for selected map features.
• Mark/Save/Edit a new waypoint.
• Select a navigation destination.

Touch the map to select the desired feature	Close Info Box	Select feature Info Box	View feature details
Select feature menu to view additional selections	View all available features for the selected location	Choose desired feature	View feature details
[Save as Waypoint]	Waypoint is saved [OK]	[Edit Waypoint]	[Go] Navigate to selection

 

 

Guidance Text

• Guidance Text helps direct you to your destination.

Select the approaching turn Info Box to view active route list	View a list of turns for the active route	Select desired turn to view detailed information	View navigation point map and details
Scroll list of turns as desired		Active Route List and Map update automatically as you complete each turn along the route

 

 

Dashboards

• View additional information without leaving the Map page.
• Show or hide the active dashboard when desired.
• Detailed dashboard information available in Dashboards.
• New: Firmware version 6.40 introduced a new Corner Data Fields dashboard exclusive to the Map page.
• Option Menu will include either Lock Data Fields or Unlock Data Fields selection while the Corner Data Fields dashboard is enabled.

Enable desired dashboard	Show Dashboard	Hide Dashboard	Corner Data Fields Dashboard Enabled

 

 

 

Measure Distance

• Find the distance from your current position to any location on the map.

 

Direct

• Select any point on the map to view the direct line-of-sight distance to that location.

[Measure Distance]	Red pin is dropped at your present location	Pan and zoom map toward location to be measured	Distance to red pin is updated dynamically

 

 

Multi-Point

• Select multiple map locations in sequence to view their accumulated distance from beginning to end.

[Measure Distance]	Pan and zoom map to first point and select [Use]	Repeat for each additional point to be measured	Total point-to-point distance is updated dynamically

 

 

 

Select Map Point

• Select a map point to view additional information, save as a waypoint, or begin navigation.
• In the following example, we will focus our attention on a geocache.

Place red pin over desired map point	Select [Go] to begin navigating to selected map point	Select [Info Box] to view details for selected map point	View map point information
Select [Go] to begin navigation	[Save as Waypoint]