Clearing Unwanted Details From The Map; Measuring Distance - Garmin GPSMAP 296 Pilot's Manual

Clearing Unwanted Details from the Map

You can remove items from the Map page display (declutter the
display) 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 scale. The background map detail—including
highways, cities, rivers & smaller lakes—is removed from the
map display.
2. Press ENTER again. Airspace boundary detail is removed
from the map display. Clear-2 appears below the map scale.
3. Press ENTER again. Only the waypoints and navaids that
are part of the current Go To or route appear on the map
display. Clear-3 appears below the map scale.
4. In Aviation Mode, press ENTER again to return ALL detail to
the map display.
In Marine and Automotive, press MENU, highlight Declutter Off,
and press ENTER.
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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 display at your
present position with ENT REF below it.
3. Move the arrow to the desired 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 display.
Push pin
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
are displayed in the data window at the top of the display.
5. Press QUIT to finish.
M P F > M
ODE AGES AND EATURES
End point of
measurement,
labeled "ENT
REF"
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