Coordinate Systems - Garmin GPSMAP 6008 Owner's Manual

9. If you selected Farthest
whether the line safely avoids known obstacles, and whether the turns enable efficient travel.
Auto Guidance maintains a wide clearance from obstacles in open water, even if you set the Shoreline
Distance setting to Near or Nearest. As a result, the chartplotter may not reposition the Auto Guidance
line, unless the destination selected in step 3 requires navigation through a narrow waterway.
10. Repeat steps 1–9 at least once more, using a different destination each time, until you are familiar with the
functionality of the Shoreline Distance setting.
Setting the Heading Reference
You can set the directional reference used in calculating heading information.
1. From the Home screen, select
2. Complete an action:
• Select Auto Mag Var
automatically.
• Select true to set true north as the heading reference.
• Select Grid to set grid north as the heading reference (000º).
User Mag Var
• Select
the Rocker or the Numeric Keypad to enter the magnetic variance. For the GPSMAP 7000 series, use
the on-screen keyboard. Select Done.

Coordinate Systems

Setting the Position Format or the Map Datum Coordinate Systems
You can set the position format in which a given location reading appears, and the coordinate system on which
the map is structured. The default coordinate system is WGS 84.
Note: Do not change the position format or the map datum coordinate system unless you are using a map or
chart that specifies a different position format.
1. From the Home screen, select
2. Complete an action:
• Select Position Format
a position format.
• Select Map Datum
system.
Configuring the Time
1. From the Home screen, select
2. Complete an action:
• Select time Format
coordinate).
• Select time Zone
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or Nearest in step 8, review the placement of the Auto Guidance line. Determine
Configure > Preferences
(automatic magnetic variation) to set the magnetic declination for your location
to set the magnetic variation value manually. For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use
Configure > Preferences
to set the position format in which a given location reading appears, and select
to set the coordinate system on which the map is structured, and select a coordinate
Configure > Preferences
to set a time-keeping standard. Select
> Auto to allow the chartplotter to set the time zone automatically.
> Units > Heading.
> Units.
> Units > time.
12 Hour, 24 Hour, or
Device Configuration
UtC (universal time
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