The aera series of the garmin has been designed so that it can offer easy transition from motoring to flying and vice-versa. This is done so by combining the best moving map display features that is spontaneous with the menu-driven touch screen control. This aera with its fingertip navigation has entered a new age. This is one that streamlines the operation by eliminating the knobs and buttons. It also simplifies the interface between the motorist and the pilot. Thus, it helps in thinking in terms of door-to-door guidance leaving alone the runway-to-runway. The garmin aera 500 has a 4.3 inch QVGA touch screen display. This has a large display with the finger-touchable icons.
When in aviation mode the pilots would be able to see the icons that use pictures to indicate the various functions. The garmin aera 510 is a step up the 500 version. Its terrain page view presents the view of both the overhead as well the vertical profile of the landscape that is the underneath the wings. The 510 version provides support for the imaging as well the satellite weather capabilities. The aera 510 comes with detailed mapping of structural features that are preloaded.
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