The
GPSMAP 196 is a versatile navigator for air, land, and sea.
This WAAS-capable unit has
detailed moving map graphics, HSI steering guidance, a Jeppesen
database, and all the other pilot-friendly features you'd
expect from Garmin. You'll be amazed at the exceptional
resolution and contrast on this unit's 12-level grayscale
display, and its lightning-fast processor makes for extremely
fast map redraws and scrolling.
Situational awareness gets
a boost from built-in land detail that includes political
boundaries, cities, interstates, roads, rivers, and lakes.
Steering guidance is clearly presented through a graphic
HSI with VNAV, with extended runway centerlines to help
orient you to the runway. An automatic logbook also calculates
your flight time and automatically records departure and
arrival locations. When used with Garmin's free logbook
software—FlightBook—this feature makes light
work of maintaining your logbook. Your flight information
will be stored in the unit and can be downloaded to this
exclusive GPSMAP 196 Flightbook software at any time.
The GPSMAP 196 compromises
nothing in its versatility, going from cockpit to land to
water. In fact, it offers some of the same features found
in expensive in-dash car navigation systems, including auto
routing. In addition to the built-in Garmin basemap, the
GPSMAP 196 accepts most of our MapSource® products
GPSMAP
196 features:
- Unique panel page graphically displays
flight information
- Logbook feature automatically records
departure airports, arrival airports, and flight time,
all of which can downloaded to free Flightbook software
- Extended runway centerlines display
on a moving map
- Split-screen moving map and HSI display
- Three distinct modes: Aviation, Land,
and Water
- Turn-by-turn automotive routing
- Advanced scrolling feature reveals
detailed information when rolling the cursor over the
built-in basemap.
- Large (3.8-diagonal) 12-level grayscale
display in a slim package
- Fast processor provides map redraws
and scrolling at over twice the speed of previous aviation
portables
