Units Of Measure; Position Format - Eagle AccuMap Sport Installation And Operation Instructions Manual

Units of Measure

The AccuMap Sport can show its data in many
different formats. For example, distance can be
displayed in statute miles (MI), nautical miles (NM),
or kilometers (KM).
The following can be changed on the Units of Mea-
sure menu: (Defaults shown in bold)
Distance .................. miles, nautical miles, kilometers
Speed ...................... miles per hour, knots, kilometers per hour
Bearing .................... magnetic, true
Altitude .................... feet, meters
Clock ....................... 12-hour (a.m.-p.m.), 24 hour
Position Format ....... degrees, minutes, and thousands of a minute
To change a unit of measure, first select the "Units
of Measure" from the "System Setup" menu. The
screen shown at the top of the next page
appears.setting on this menu, move the black box
to the desired selection, then press the left or right
arrow key. You can change one or all of the set-
tings on this page. When you're finished, press the
EXIT key.
Note: See the following on the position format and UTM's.

Position Format

To change the position format, move the black box to the "Position For-
mat" label on the Units of Measure menu, then press the right arrow key.
A screen similar to the one below appears.
The AccuMap Sport can show the position in de-
grees, minutes, and hundredths of a minute (36
28.700') or degrees, minutes, and seconds (36 28'
40.9". It can also show position in UTM's or Uni-
versal Transverse Mercator projection.
UTM's are marked on USGS topographic charts.
This system divides the Earth into 60 zones, each
approximately 6 degrees wide in longitude. Their
unit of measure is in meters. For example, 15 N means that the position
degrees, minutes, seconds
UTM
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