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Amazon.com Product Description
About the size of a small, flat calculator, the mountable Garmin GPSMAP 152 is a 12-parallel-channel, WAAS-enabled global positioning system (GPS) receiver that will go anywhere. Even with its compact style, this GPS unit boasts an especially large display for showing more map data and the same power you've come to expect from Garmin handhelds. Designed with all types of users in mind, this unit will take you from the car to the hiking trail and beach without missing a beat. The GPSMAP 152 features 500 waypoints (10 nearest, 10 proximity), 50 reversible routes with up to 50 points each, an automatic track log, and alarms for anchor drag, approach and arrival, off course, proximity waypoint, shallow water, and deep water. The GPSMAP 152 also features built-in celestial tables for best time to fish, tide data, a trip computer, and alarms for anchor drag, arrival, off course, proximity waypoint, and clock. It is also compatible with Garmin's line of downloadable MapSource CD-ROMs and will store 1 MB of downloaded map detail. This quality Garmin product comes with a one-year warranty.
Product Description
The GPS 152 is a 12 parallel channel GPS receiver loaded with a database of American cities and nautical navigation aids such as lights, buoys, sound signals, day beacons and tide data. Built-in memory of one megabyte makes the GPS 152 compatible with Garmin's MapSource Points of Interest CD. With this CD and the GPS 152, you add additional marine navaid detail to your unit.In addition to larger memory, the GPS 152 is compatible with the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), a technology designed to improve the accuracy of GPS positioning to about three meters.On the outside, the GPS 152 comes housed in a waterproof case that's about four inches high and five inches wide. A large four-inch diagonal, high-contrast display features 100x160 pixels for the ultimate in readability. A simple keypad at the bottom of the unit makes entering information easy, without blocking your view of the display.
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