Waypoints - Garmin GPSMAP 6008 Owner's Manual

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Waypoints

You can store up to 5000 waypoints with a user-defined name, symbol, depth, water temperature, and comment
for each waypoint.
Marking Your Present Location as a Waypoint
From the Home screen, select Mark.
Creating a Waypoint at a Different Location
1. From the Home screen, select
2. Indicate the location of the waypoint:
Use Chart
• Select
Rocker to select a new location on the chart. For the GPSMAP 7000 series, touch a new location on the
chart. Select Move
• Select enter Position
Rocker to enter the coordinates of the new location. For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen
keyboard. Select Done.
Marking and Navigating to an MOB Location
When you mark a waypoint, you can designate it as a man overboard (MOB) location.
From any screen, select
An international MOB symbol marks the active MOB point and the chartplotter sets a course back to the
marked location using the Go To feature.
Viewing a List of all Waypoints
From the Home screen, select
Editing a Saved Waypoint
1. From the Home screen, select
2. Select a waypoint.
Review > edit.
3. Select
4. Complete an action:
• Select Name. For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the Rocker to change the name. For the GPSMAP
7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard. Select Done.
• Select Symbol. Select a new symbol.
• Select Depth. For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the Rocker or the Numeric Keypad to change the
depth. For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard. Select Done.
Water temp. For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the Rocker or the Numeric Keypad to change
• Select
the water temperature. For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard. Select Done.
• Select Comment. For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the Rocker to change the comment. For the
GPSMAP 7000 series, use the on-screen keyboard. Select Done.
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Information >
to move the waypoint while viewing a chart. For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the
Waypoint.
to move the waypoint using coordinates. For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the
Mark > Man overboard.
Information >
Information
>
User Data > Waypoints
User Data > Waypoints.
User Data > Waypoints.
GPSMAP
> New Waypoint > Move.
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