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GPSMAP® 196
 

 Specifications 

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Basemap: Built-in routable Americas Autoroute or Atlantic Autoroute basemap with oceans, lakes, rivers, airports, cities, interstates or major motorways, principal and major thoroughfares, political boundaries, federal interstate highway exit information for services such as food, lodging and truck, RV and automotive service stations in the US only.

Database: Built-in Jeppesen® includes Americas, or Atlantic International, or Pacific International NDBs, 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 data cards containing detailed maps for turn-by-turn land routing and marine charting detail.

Data Cartridge: Preprogrammed micro cartridges containing detailed BlueChart® marine cartography.

MapSource®: Compatible with most Garmin® MapSource products including MapSource BlueChart marine cartography, MetroGuide®, and Fishing Hot Spots®. 1.10 Garmin data card required.

 Navigation Features

Waypoints/icons:

  • Total: 1000 with 10 characters (name and symbol)
  • Nearest: Continuously updated; Airport, Wx (ASOS/ATIS), VOR, NDB, INT, user, ARTCC, FSS, airspace

Routes: 50 reversible routes with up to 50 points each, plus TracBack® modes and automatic turn-by-turn along-road routes

Tracks: 2500 point automatic track log; 15 saved tracks; 500 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
DGPS (USCG) accuracy:
  • Position: 3-5 meters, 95% typical*
  • Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
DGPS (WAAS) accuracy:
  • Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical*
  • Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state

Dynamics: 6 g's

Interfaces: RS232 with NMEA 0183, RTCM 104 DGPS data format and proprietary Garmin

Antenna: Removable quad-helix

Differential: WAAS, marine beacon

 

 Power

Source: Four "AA" batteries (not included)

Battery Life:

  • Up to 16 hours with no backlighting
  • Up to 4 hours with full backlighting

 

 Physical

Size: 6.18"W x 3.4"H x 2.25"D (15.7x 8.64 x 5.72 cm)

Weight: 1.5 lbs (680 g) with batteries

Display:

  • 3.8" diagonal (9.65 cm)
  • 320 x 240 pixels
  • 12-level gray high-contrast FSTN with backlighting

Case: Fully gasketed, high-impact plastic alloy, waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7 standards

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

User data storage: Indefinite (no memory battery required)

 

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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

**These units are also able to transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks between the PC and GPS using MapSourceŠ.

 

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