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Find your ideal companion for your land or air escapades in the Garmin GPSMAP 296 Aviation. This GPS receiver features fast processing speeds and supports USB data transfers. It displays your route over realistic topography. With this Garmin on board, a pilot can record his departures and arrivals automatically while tracking his flight hours at the same time with the built-in logbook. The integrated FlightBook software lets you manage and save all of your aviation data and have your information ready for printing when you need it.Enhancements to the software for the GPSMAP have increased the user’s ability to move waypoints while editing a route. Saving your current location as a waypoint is made easy with this GPSMAP. You simply press and hold the ENTER/MARK button. When used with FlightBook, Garmin's free logbook software, this allows a pilot to create, manage, analyze, save, and print flight data.A detailed Jeppesen database, along with terrain and U.S. obstacle databases, is built into this GPS unit. Update the device with all of your preferred GPS maps. It’s easy with the help of the convenient plug-and-play Garmin data cards. If a day on the road is your thing, it is easy to switch the unit to automotive mode. The auto mode has a built-in routable basemap. Add the optional MapSource detailed street maps to your GPSMAP for more in-depth information about where you’re driving. You can be given voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions to addresses and nearby points of interest. This GPS device is also sufficiently water-resistant for its marine mode, where it can be customized with optional marine cartography.The unit’s 256-color, high-resolution sunlight-readable TFT display screen features 320 by 480 pixels. It also offers adjustable backlighting that makes it easy to see in any condition. GPS position, GPS altitude, and topographical mapping are combined to provide a vivid depiction of potential hazards. A configurable look-ahead warning function gives you additional time to make critical decisions. When flying, you can select a proximity alert at 60, 90, or 120 seconds. The minimum limits can be set to receive terrain cautions. Potential hazards are displayed in yellow to indicate ground proximity of 500 to 1,000 feet. To indicate a proximity of 100 feet or less, the hazards are displayed in red. This means that as your aircraft approaches an obstacle, you will be alerted and can increase your altitude. The terrain shown on the display will gradually change color from red to yellow (500 to 1,000 feet clearance) as you climb. It shows black when you have cleared an obstacle.To make this GPS even more convenient, it can be recharged from a standard cigarette lighter socket. That means you can keep the device charged and ready for use when you need it.