Travelling has become a very essential part of everyone’s life these days. Purpose and routes of travelling may vary and there are many companies that offer many navigators to help you. Garmin is one such company developing variety of GPS systems. Garmin GPSMAP 440s Sat Nav System is a marine GPS which is used in boats. It is a small space saving chart plotter and is of fixed type.
The stylish unit has preloaded detailed maps for the coasts. It supports an ultra bright 4 inches QVGA display. The unit has built in satellite-enhanced worldwide base map with WAAS and EGNOS. This routing device has 12 channels receiver. Marine features of this GPS system include tide prediction, split screen, water temperature sensor, depth display, chart plotter, sonar and MOB.
This Garmin sat nav unit gives sun and moon information as well. This stylish GPS also has audible features like Anchor alarm, arrival alarm, clock alarm, accuracy alarm, fish alarm, shallow/deep alarm, low battery/voltage alarm and water temperature alarm. It features a trip calculator with route calculation, trip timers and points of interests. It takes initial acquisition time of 15 sec and cold acquisition time of 45 sec.
The excellent GPS has built in external antenna. It supports 1500 waypoints, 20 routes, 10000 track logs and 20 saved tracks. It is waterproof and is sonar compatible. The unit can track a target ship’s position and it can display position data from DSC capable VHF radio. It offers 3-D map view and auto guidance with optional BlueChart g2 Vision card.
Garmin GPSMAP 440s Marine Sat Nav System has the ability to add maps and it has SD card slot. The display included has resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. It comes in dimensions of 14.5 x 12.7 x 6.9 cm and weight of 590 grams. Marine Cartography is the software included in it. Warranty of one year is provided for it.
| General Features | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Garmin |
| Model | Garmin GPSMAP 440s Sat Nav System |
| Screen size | 4 inches |
| Weight | 590 grams |
| Dimensions | 14.5 x 12.7 x 6.9 cm |
| Portable or fixed | Fixed |
| Warranty | 1 year |
| Memory | |
| Expansion Type | SD |
| Additional Features | |
| Tide tables | Yes |
| AIS Support | Yes |
| Basemap | Yes |
| Waterproof | Yes |
| Trip calculator | Yes |
| WAAS enabled | Yes |
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