Depth in the Vista

[Carrollton RAM]

In one of the latest software versions garmin added depth for the vista and for the life of me I can't figure out if it can be used and how.Does anyone Know why this was added and how it can be used?Thanks!

[+SecretSpy]

Below sea level maybe!

 

LowlyWorm Says Gig 'em Aggies

[peter]

The Vista supports use of the Blue Chart marine maps which include depth contours in many coastal areas. So the user should be able to see the depth by moving the cursor to one of the contour lines.

[+Alan2]

Doesn't seem to show negative numbers in Mapsourse on the PC or in the Vista using the Mapsourse Topo.

 

Is it only the Marine maps that have this feature?

 

Alan

[+Alan2]

Note: Topo has marine contours lines too and show the depths but with no negative symbols.

 

Alan

[Kerry.]

It probably has to do with being able to inter connect fishfinders/sounders using NMEA to GPS units.

 

The sounder is then able to display positional information (from the GPS) to the user along with the bottom information all on the one screen.

 

As well as that the sounder supports the export of depth information and GPS units that support the input of depth information are able to save/record that depth information as part of the waypoint.

 

Cheers, Kerry.

 

I never get lost everybody keeps telling me where to go

[+Alan2]

tks

 

Alan

[+Uplink]

I have a Garmin Fishfinder/depth sounder on my boat which plugs into my GPSmap 76 with the power/data cable. When you set the com on the 76map to NMEA 183 it receives and records depth, which can then be downloaded to a computer with the tracklog. Great for making maps with soundings on them. The sounder does not need to be a Garmin for this to work, since NMEA is a Marine industry standard.