Magellan GPS 300 User Manual page 43

Landmark
Latitude
LAT/LON
Leg (Route)
Longitude
Magnetic North The direction toward the north magnetic pole
Position Fix
A location saved in the unit's memory which
is obtained by entering data, editing data,
calculating data or saving a current position.
Used to create routes.
The angular distance north or south of the
equator measured by lines encircling the earth
parallel to the equator in degrees from 0 to
90 .
Coordinate system using latitude and longi-
tude coordinates to define a position on the
earth.
A segment of a route that has a starting
(FROM) landmark and a destination (TO)
landmark. A route may consist of 1 or more
legs. A route that is from landmark A to
landmark B to landmark C to landmark D has
three legs with the first being from landmark
A to landmark B.
The angular distance east or west of the prime
meridian (Greenwich meridian) as measured
by lines perpendicular to the parallels and
converging at the poles from 0 to 180 .
from the observer's position.
Position coordinates as computed by the
GPS 300.
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