The Garmin GPSMAP 172C Chartplotter offers you some of the best GPS technology with a user-friendly interface. Its high-definition color LCD display is readable in even the harshest sunlight, offering you easy reading at any time of day. Also one of the most cost-effective GPS devices, the Garmin GPSMAP 172C Chartplotter comes in a compact design, for sleekness and portability.

Augmenting Your Garmin GPSMAP 172C Chartplotter

If you're looking to keep abreast of depth contours, inter-tidal zones, wrecks, or navaids, the Garmin GPSMAP 172C Chartplotter is perfectly suited for you. Already armed with a worldwide marine basemap, you can customize your unit to include MapSource® BlueChart® offshore marine cartography. For those navigating smaller waters, the GPSMAP 172C Chartplotter can also be further customized with MapSource® Recreational Lakes supplemented with Fishing Hot Spots. This enables you to pinpoint fishing areas, boat ramps, marinas, and hazards.

Perhaps one of the most attractive features of the Garmin GPSMAP 172C Chartplotter is its usability. You can easily access multiple features with the touch of a few buttons. Furthermore, pre-programmed data cards are inserted at the front of the unit, for additional information.

In fact, the Garmin GPSMAP 172C Chartplotter is extremely expandable. Mariners are encouraged to upgrade their Chartplotter to create a chartplotter and sounder combination. This can be done by adding the Garmin GSD 20 black box sonar and transducer, for greater capabilities.