Prop & Spinner: Panning on the Map
Garmin products are chock-full of features, so there is always something new to learn. Today, Spinner even picked up a few new map panning tricks.
When Prop and I were flying back from Sun ‘n Fun, Prop had the audacity to pick up a sectional chart so he could look and see the altitudes of the Tampa Class B airspace. As the GPS purist, I told him we should use the beautiful Garmin GPSMAP396 color-moving map that was sitting on the yoke.
He looked at the GPSMAP 396’s map and noticed the class B airspace displayed, but said the altitudes of the airspace weren’t marked. He even commented how amazing the Garmin engineers are because they can send a man to the moon, but can’t tell us the altitudes of those airspaces. After I corrected him that Garmin engineers had nothing to do with the lunar project (most weren’t even born), I proceeded to explain how to pan on the map. By the end, he was singing the praises of the Garmin engineers.
I showed him how you can point to anything on the map and find out more info about it. When you’re on the map, push on the rocker keypad and a little pointer arrow will jump out of the virtual aircraft and move in any direction you point. Prop noticed that when the arrow moved over a highway a label popped up saying I-75. He continued panning and noticed that when the arrow moved over a river the name Hillsborough River popped on the screen. He thought this was pretty cool too. When the arrow went inside the airspace and a box appeared identifying it as the Tampa Class B 10,000 ft MSL/3,000 ft MSL, Prop just about threw the sectional out the window. I’m glad he didn’t, I love using sectionals for gift-wrap.
Prop also discovered that if you look at the top of the map (where it displays the distance and bearing to where you’re pointing), you’ll see the elevation under the pointer and ETE. Plus, if you point to an airport or VOR and then press “ENTER,” it brings up information on that waypoint.
Prop then asked, “How do ya’ git rid of that arrow?” It’s simple. When your done panning just hit “QUIT” and you’re back to normal navigation.
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