Past, Present, Future

• The primary purpose of any GPSr is to locate your present position with some acceptable degree of accuracy.
• Recording this information over a period of time, the GPSr can provide useful information regarding your past journey.
• Plotting the optimum path between two locations is most efficient with access to relevant cartographic information.
• More versatile than a traditional paper version, the Map page can help you plot your future, and never needs re-folding!
• Tip: Read An Introduction to using Garmin GPSr with paper maps to learn how both can be used together.

Map Controls

Map Orientation

• North Up: North is always at the top of the page, similar to a paper map.
• Track Up: Your direction of travel is always toward the top of the page, and a north facing arrow is displayed.
• Automotive Mode: Similar to Track Up, but with additional 3-D map perspective.

North Up	Track Up	Automotive Mode

 

 

Pan and Zoom

• Use D-PAD to enable map panning.
• Press (Quit) to exit map panning.
• Use (+) / (-) buttons to change map scale.

Press D-PAD in any direction to enable map panning	Use D-PAD to pan map to desired location	Press (+) to zoom in	Press (-) to zoom out

 

 

Map Layers

• Enable or disable available map layers directly from the Map page.
• Satellite and TopoActive map layer options are displayed when satellite imagery and/or TopoActive maps are available.
• Additional map layer options are available only on devices with an active Outdoor Maps+ subscription.
• The Contours and Hydro map layers can only be displayed while the TopoActive map layer is enabled.
• Outdoor Maps+, TopoActive Maps, Garmin Custom Maps and Satellite Imagery are all managed in the Map Manager.

(Menu)	[Map Layers]	scroll available map layers	(Enter) toggles map layer visibility
Contours layer requires TopoActive to be enabled	Hydro layer requires TopoActive to be enabled	Enable TopoActive to use Contours and/or Hydro layers	(Quit) returns to Map page

 

 

Option Menu

• Press (Menu) to access additional Map page options.
• Available menu selections may vary based on current activity and/or Dashboard selection.

[Show Dashboard]	[Hide Dashboard]	[Stop Navigation]	[Resume Navigation]
[Map Setup]	[Measure Distance]	[Geoache Filter]	[Geocache]
[Activate Stopwatch]	[Altimeter]	[Change Data Fields]	[Restore Defaults]
[Map Layers]	[Download Maps Here]

 

 

 

Map Information

Zoom vs Detail

• Adjust Zoom Levels to configure when individual map items will be displayed.
• Adjust Map Detail to configure the level of detail shown on the map page.

Least Detail
Map Points	User Waypoints	Street Labels	Land Cover
Normal Detail
Map Points	User Waypoints	Street Labels	Land Cover
Most Detail
Map Points	User Waypoints	Street Labels	Land Cover

 

 

Shaded Relief

• Shaded Relief is available only when maps containing sufficient DEM data are enabled.

Enabled	Disabled

 

 

Map Features

• View detailed information for selected map features.
• Mark/Save/Edit a new waypoint.
• Select a navigation destination.

Use D-PAD and (+) / (-) to select desired feature and press (Enter)	View available Map features for cursor position	Select desired Map feature and press (Enter)	View Map feature details
(Menu) [Save as Waypoint]	Waypoint is saved [OK]	View waypoint details	(Menu) [Edit Waypoint]
[View Map]	[Go] to begin navigation

 

 

Guidance Text

• When enabled, this feature displays turn by turn directions while navigating to a user selected destination.
• Open the Active Route page to view additional details for each turn along the route.

 

 

Dashboards

• View additional information without leaving the Map page.
• Show or hide an enabled dashboard when desired.
• See Dashboards for detailed information.

(Menu) [Show Dashboard]	Dashboard is displayed	(Menu) [Hide Dashboard]	Dashboard is hidden

 

 

 

Measure Distance

• Find the distance between any two map points or along a route.

Direct

• Select any point on the map to view the direct line-of-sight distance to that location.
• Press (Quit) to exit distance measurement when complete.

Use current location or pan and zoom map to select start location	(Menu) [Measure Distance]	Pan and zoom map toward location to be measured	Distance to location is updated dynamically

 

 

Multi-Point

• Select multiple map locations in sequence to view their accumulated distance from beginning to end.
• Press (Quit) to exit distance measurement when complete.

(Menu) [Measure Distance]	Pan and zoom map to first point and press (Enter)	Repeat for each additional point to be measured	Total point-to-point distance is updated dynamically

 

 

 

Recording Controls

• Press (Enter) to quickly access essential recording controls, and (Quit) to return to the Map page.

Press (Enter) for direct access to recording controls	[Start] a new Activity Recording	[Stop] the current Activity Recording	Manage the current Activity Recording