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GPSMAP 296
 

 Specifications 

 Moving Map Features  

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Basemap: Built-in routable basemap (North America and South America) contains state and country boundaries, lakes, rivers, streams, airports, cities, towns, coastlines, state and interstate highways, local thoroughfares and secondary roads within metro areas, federal interstate highway exit information for services such as food, lodging and truck, RV and automotive service stations

Database: Built-in Jeppesen® database with terrain and obstacle databases*. Includes worldwide airports and VOR’s, plus Americas, or Atlantic International, or Pacific International NDB’s, intersections, special-use and controlled airspace, runway data, plus airport, FSS, and ARTCC frequencies

Approach Waypoints: Jeppesen® data also includes final approach sequence waypoints for all published approaches

Uploadable maps: Accepts optional Garmin data cards for detailed maps

 

 Navigation Features

Waypoints/icons:

  • Total: 3000 with 10 characters (name and symbol)
  • Nearest: Continuously updated; Airport, VOR, NDB, INT, user, ARTCC, FSS, airspace, Wx

Routes: 50 reversible routes with up to 300 points each, plus TracBack® modes, Automatic turn-by-turn along-road routes with voice navigation

Tracks: 10,000 point automatic track log; 15 saved tracks; 700 points per saved track; lets you retrace your path in both directions

Trip computer: Trip odometer, stopped time, moving average, moving time, total average, total time, maximum speed, odometer

Alarms: Airspace, arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint, clock

Tables: Built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt, sunrise and sunset, sun and moon by date and position

Map datums: More than 100 plus user datum

Position format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs and other grids, including user grid

 

 GPS Performance

Receiver: WAAS-enabled, 12-parallel-channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position

Acquisition times:

  • Warm: Approximately 15 seconds
  • Cold: Approximately 45 seconds
  • AutoLocate®: Approximately 2 minutes

Update rate: 1/second, continuous

GPS accuracy:

  • Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical**
  • Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
GPS (WAAS) accuracy:
  • Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical**
  • Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state

Dynamics: 6 g's

Interfaces: Two RS232 ports with NMEA 0183, RTCM 104 DGPS data format and proprietary GARMIN USB interface

Antenna: Removable quad-helix

Differential: WAAS, marine beacon

 

 Power

Source: Rechargeable lithium battery

Battery Life: 5-15 hours of use (depending on backlight settings)

 

 Physical

Size: 5.7" W x 3.2" H x 1.9" D (14.47 x 8.12 x 4.82 cm)

Weight: 13.3 ounces (377 g) with battery

Display: 3.8" diagonal (9.65 cm) 320 x 480 pixels, 256-color sunlight readable TFT with adjustable backlighting

Case: Fully gasketed, high-impact plastic alloy, waterproof to IEC 60529 IPX7 standards

Temperature range: 5° F to 158° F (-15° C to 70° C)

User data storage: Indefinite

 

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

* Obstacle data available only for U.S.A.

** Subject to accuracy degradation to 100m 2DRMS under the United States Department of Defense-imposed Selective Availability (SA) program.

 

 

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