Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN),
today announced that its popular line of ECHOMAP™ Plus sonar
combination units will now include its new BlueChart g3 and LakeVü
g3 cartography products built-in for coastal and inland boating and
fishing. The new g3 charts and maps blend the best of both Garmin
and Navionics content together for the first time to deliver
unparalleled coverage and detail. The Garmin ECHOMAP Plus series is
available in a range of display sizes, and sold both with and
without transducers, to accommodate nearly every angler and
budget.
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Garmin's popular line of ECHOMAP™ Plus
sonar combination units will now include its new BlueChart g3 and
LakeVü g3 cartography products built-in for coastal and inland
boating and fishing. The new g3 charts and maps blend the best of
both Garmin and Navionics content together for the first time to
deliver unparalleled coverage and detail. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“The ECHOMAP Plus is one of our best-selling product lines and
we’re pleased to bring our new BlueChart g3 and LakeVü g3
cartography with Navionics content built-in to this series for both
new and existing customers,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin worldwide vice
president of consumer sales. “Garmin’s g3 products combine the best
content from both Garmin and Navionics to provide the highest
quality detail and coverage available to mariners today.”
The new Garmin g3 cartography brings unrivaled detail and
convenience to users with navigational aids, spot soundings, depth
contours, tides and currents, artificial reefs and fish attractors,
and detailed harbors and marinas. It offers seamless chart
presentation with up to 1-foot fishing contours that provide a more
accurate depiction of bottom structure for improved fishing charts
and enhanced detail in canals, marinas and port plans. New
customers will benefit from this data built-in to the ECHOMAP Plus
series. Existing ECHOMAP Plus customers can utilize Garmin’s New
Chart Guarantee to receive a free update to the new g3 cartography.
If a customer has already taken advantage of the free update via
their New Chart Guarantee, BlueChart g3 and LakeVü g3 accessory
cards and downloads are available to purchase. Learn more at
garmin.com/maps.
For even more detailed data and Auto Guidance1 technology,
BlueChart g3 Vision and LakeVü g3 Ultra accessory cards are also
available. Auto Guidance instantly searches through relevant charts
to create a suggested route based upon the user’s desired depth and
overhead clearance. In addition, BlueChart g3 Vision also offers
high-resolution satellite imagery that provides the user with a
realistic view of their surroundings. Unique 3-D views, including
MarinerEye and FishEye, provide additional perspective both above
and below the water line, and crystal-clear aerial photography
shows exceptional detail of many ports, harbors and marinas, which
is especially useful when entering unfamiliar ports. For inland
customers, LakeVü g3 Ultra includes maps of more than 17,000 lakes
with up to 1-foot contours. Of those, over 150 are Garmin Elite
surveyed lakes with high-resolution satellite imagery, multi-beam
sonar views shore-to-shore, side scan photos and photos of notable
spots above the water too. LakeVü g3 Ultra also includes
high-resolution relief shading that adds visual depth to the 2-D
map making it easier to interpret contours, Dynamic Lake Level that
allows the user to adjust their maps at the lake’s current water
levels, and more.
For crystal-clear scanning of fish and structure, the ECHOMAP
Plus series offers built-in CHIRP traditional sonar and CHIRP
ClearVü™ and SideVü scanning sonar capabilities, and the bundled
versions now include a Garmin GT transducer with a dedicated down
element for increased ClearVü depth performance of 500 feet.
Instead of just sending one single frequency, CHIRP sends a
continuous sweep of frequencies and interprets them individually
upon their return, creating crisper fish arches with better target
separation. For anglers who want to see objects and structure below
the boat, ClearVü provides a nearly photographic view with
excellent resolution and target separation in both freshwater and
saltwater. The ECHOMAP Plus “sv” models also add SideVü scanning
for customers who want to see what’s located on both sides of the
boat. All 7- and 9-inch Plus units provide support for all Garmin
Panoptix™ all-seeing sonar transducers, including Panoptix
LiveScope™, so anglers can see real-time sonar imagery at
video-like speed.
The updated ECHOMAP Plus series will be available starting Jan.
11, 2019, with suggested retail prices ranging from $199.99 to
$1099.99. For more information, visit garmin.com/marine.
Garmin is the world’s leading marine electronics manufacturer2
and was recently named Manufacturer of the Year for the fourth
consecutive year by the NMEA, an honor given to the most recognized
marine electronics company for support of products in the field.
Garmin’s portfolio includes some of the industry’s most
sophisticated chartplotters and touchscreen multifunction displays,
sonar technology, high-definition radar, autopilots,
high-resolution mapping, sailing instrumentation, audio,
entertainment and other products and services that are known for
innovation, reliability, and ease-of-use. Other Garmin marine
brands include FUSION Entertainment, Navionics, a premier supplier
of electronic navigation charts, and EmpirBus.
For decades, Garmin has pioneered new GPS navigation and
wireless devices and applications that are designed for people who
live an active lifestyle. Garmin serves five primary markets,
including automotive, aviation, fitness, marine, and outdoor
recreation. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom
at garmin.com/newsroom, contact the Media Relations department at
913-397-8200, or follow us at facebook.com/garmin,
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1 Auto Guidance is for planning purposes only and does not
replace safe navigation operations.2 Based on 2017 reported
sales.
About Garmin International Inc. Garmin International Inc.
is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN). Garmin Ltd. is
incorporated in Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries are
located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Garmin
and BlueChart are registered trademarks and ECHOMAP, ClearVü,
Panoptix and LiveScope are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its
subsidiaries.
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