Clearing Unwanted Details From The Map; Measuring Distance - Garmin GPSMAP 496 Owner's Manual

Clearing Unwanted Details from the Map

You can remove items from the map (declutter the screen) to remove
unwanted items, such as highways. Aviation Mode has various
levels of declutter.
To quickly declutter the map, press EntEr. You can also declutter
the map on the Terrain Page.
To declutter the Map Page:
1. From the Map Page, press ENTER. Clear-1 appears under the
map range. The background map detail—including highways,
cities, rivers & smaller lakes—is removed from the map.
2. Press ENTER again. Airspace boundary detail is removed from
the map. Clear-2 appears below the map range.
3. Press ENTER again. Only the waypoints and navaids that are
part of the current Go To or route appear on the map. Clear-3
appears below the map range.
4. In Aviation Mode, press ENTER again to return ALL detail to the
map.
In Marine and Automotive Modes, press MEnU, highlight
Declutter on or Declutter off, and press EntEr.
GPSMAP 496 Owner's Manual

Measuring Distance

You can measure the distance and bearing between two map items.
To measure the bearing/distance between two points:
1. From the Map Page, press MENU to open the options menu.
2. Highlight the Measure Distance option, and press ENTER. An
on-screen arrow appears on the map at your present location
with ENT REF below it.
3. Move the arrow to the reference point (the starting point that you
want to measure from), and press ENTER. A push-pin icon marks
the starting point on the map.
Push pn
indicating the
beginning
point of the
measurement
Measure Distance
4. Move the arrow to the point want to measure to. The bearing and
distance from the reference point and arrow coordinates appear
in the data window at the top of the screen.
5. Press QUIT to finish.
Aviation Mode Pages > Map Page
End point of
measurement,
labeled "ENT
REF"
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