Garmin GPSMAP 700 - Waypoints

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Navigation
2. Select Navigate To > Guide To.
3. Review the course indicated by the magenta Auto Guidance line.
NOTE
: A gray line within any part of the magenta line indicates that Auto Guidance cannot
calculate part of the Auto Guidance line. This is due to the minimum safe water depth and the
minimum safe obstacle height settings (page 50).
4. Follow the magenta line, steering to avoid land, shallow water, and other obstacles.
Waypoints
You can store up to 3000 waypoints with a user-dened name, symbol, depth, water temperature,
and comment for each waypoint.
Marking Your Present Location as a Waypoint
From the Home screen, select Mark.
NOTE: Mark your present position from any other screen by touching Mark at the top of the
screen.
Creating a Waypoint at a Different Location
1. From the Home screen, select Charts.
2. Select Navigation Chart or Fishing Chart..
3. Complete an action:
Touch a location on the chart.
Touch and drag the screen to pan to a new location. Touch a location on the chart.
4. Select
Create Waypoint.
5. If you want to name the waypoint or provide information about it, select the waypoint on the
right side of the screen and select Edit Waypoint.
Select Name. Enter the name. Select Done.
Select Symbol. Enter a symbol.
Select Depth. Enter the depth. Select Done.
Select Water Temp. Enter the water temperature. Select Done.
Select Comment. Enter the comment. Select Done.
Marking and Navigating to an MOB Location
When you mark your current location as a waypoint, you can designate it as a man overboard
(MOB) location.
Complete an action:
From any screen, select Mark > Man Overboard.
From the Home screen, select Man Overboard.
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 Information > User Data > Waypoints List.
Editing a Saved Waypoint
1. From the Home screen, select Information > User Data > Waypoints List.
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