A down-to-earth value in terrain mapping and alerting!

The GPSmap 296 unit combines all of the popular features found in our GPSmap 196 plus a brilliant sunlight-readable, 256-colour TFT display. But colour is just the beginning. A terrain mapping and alerting feature offers a TAWS-like display of terrain and obstacles, and provides pop-up warnings for proximity conflicts. Detailed Sectional chart-style shaded mapping provides unprecedented situational awarness.


Among the many Features:

• WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver


• Can display in 10 different languages that are pre-programmed in the GPS itself: English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish and Dutch


• Full Jeppesen aviation database, including instrument approaches


• The basemap shows cities, interstates, coastline detail and US tide stations


• Rechargeable lithium-ion battery offers 5 to 15 hours of use depending on backlight settings


• 3000 user waypoints with an expanded list of waypoint symbols


• 50 reversible routes with 300 waypoints per route


• Water resistant, IPX7
  (Submersible to 1 meter
  for 30 minutes)