The GPSMAP 196 is a powerful aviation portable that acts like a panel but goes from cockpit to land to water without missing a beat. With it is crisp, grayscale screen, the 196 is an lowpriced introduction to Garmin's portable aviation products.
An lowcost introduction to Garmin's portable aviation products.
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Use the Panel Page to view the HSI, your bearing to the course, and other data such as speed, altitude, and ETA.
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Features a real-time moving map that may do much more than just plot your course.
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Customize the pages to show what you want, and adjust the page layout and data fields.
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Enhance Situational Awareness
The WAAS-capable GPSMAP 196 has elaborate map graphics, HSI steering guidance, Jeppesen database and all the other pilot-friendly features you�ve come to suppose from Garmin. Steering guidance is distinctly staged through a graphic HSI with VNAV indicator supplying a full range of horizontal and vertical awareness. Extended runway centerlines help orient pilots to the runway. The 196 even supports a comprehensive U.S. database of obstacles (upgradeable by way of the Internet) to help you see and keep out of the way of high-rise structural hazards in the vicinity of your flight path.
View Images in Sharp Detail
GPSMAP 196 features a 320 x 240 pixel, 12-level grayscale display with special solution and contrast. This display with backlighting showcases crisp graphics which redraw with unbelievable speed thanks to a fast processor.
Automate Your Logbook
A built-in logbook tracks your flying hours and mechanically records departure and arrival locations. When used with Garmin's free logbook software FlightBook, this feature simplifies record keeping. Flightbook software allows you to create, manage, analyze, save and print flight info from GPSMAP 196's logbook.
Navigate by Air, Land or Sea
Simply press a button to switch GPSMAP 196 to automotive or marine mode. The 196 comes with a built-in routable basemap. Add optional MapSource elaborated street maps for street navigation. Or, for a outstanding day on the water, custommake the waterproof 196 with optional marine cartography. Easily add elaborate maps with plug and play Garmin info cards.
Jeppesen Database Information
The GPSMAP 196 includes an internal Jeppesen database that provides emplacement and facility info for thousands of airports, VORs, NDBs, and more. Updates to the Jeppesen database are available each 28 days online. The following info is provided:
- Airport--Identifier, facility name, city/state/country, latitude/longitude, field elevation, available fuel types, runway designations and layout, runway surface, runway length, runway width, runway lighting, communication frequencies, and published approaches.
- Weather--Frequencies affiliated with an airport (ASOS, ATIS, and AWOS).
- VORs--Identifier, facility name, city/state/country, emplacement (latitude/longitude), frequency, service volume (high, low, terminal), and type (such as VOR-DME, TACAN, and VORTAC).
- NDBs--Identifier, facility name, city/state/country, emplacement (latitude/longitude), and frequency.
- Intersections--identifier, nearest VOR, radial and distance from nearest VOR, emplacement (latitude/longitude), and region/country.
- ARTCC--Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
- Airspace--boundaries (Class B, Class C, Control Zones, SUAs, and MOAs), controlling agency, and vertical boundaries.
- FSS--Flight Service Stations.
Pre-Loaded Americas Autoroute Basemap
The Americas Routable basemap includes the United States, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America, and covers an area from W180 to W30 Longitude, S60 to N72 Latitude. Also included is a high-level global map with political boundaries and major cities.
Standard map coverage includes:
- Oceans, rivers, and lakes (greater than 30 sq. miles)
- Principal cities and a little amount of littler cities and towns
- Major interstates and essential highways
- Political boundaries (state and international borders)
- Railroads
- Major Airports
What's in the Box
Garmin GPSMAP 196 with Americas Autoroute Basemap, Free Jeppesen Update Certificate, Yoke Mount, Automotive Mount, Vehicle Power Cable, Low-Profile Remote GPS Antenna, PC Interface Cable, Owner's Manual, Quick Reference Guide
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