Garmin gpsmap 5212 User Manual

GPSMAP 5000 Series Owner’s Manual

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Creating and Using Waypoints

You can store up to 1,500 waypoints with a user-defined name, symbol, depth, water temperature,

and comment for each waypoint.

To mark your current location as a waypoint:

From the Home screen, touch

Mark

. The waypoint information screen displays for a few

seconds.

Edit Waypoint—designate a specific name, symbol, water depth, water temperature, or make

a comment about the waypoint.
Delete—delete the waypoint.
Move—change the location of the waypoint, either by selecting a different location on the map

or by entering grid coordinates.
Man Overboard—designate the current location as a Man Overboard location.
Next Page/Previous Page—switch between waypoint information and the Navigation chart.
Back—save the waypoint and returns to the Navigation chart.

Note: Touching

Mark

creates a waypoint only at your present location.

To create a new waypoint:

1. From the Home screen, touch

Charts

Navigation Chart

2. Touch the location you want to designate as a waypoint. A cursor

marks the waypoint.

3. Touch

Create Waypoint

To mark a Man Overboard (MOB) location:

When you mark a waypoint, you can designate it as an MOB (Man OverBoard). This marks the

point and sets a course back to the marked location. When an MOB is active, an MOB waypoint

with an international MOB symbol is created and the chartplotter begins active navigation to that

point.

1. From the Home screen, touch

Man Overboard.

2. Touch

Yes

to begin navigating to the MOB location.

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