What is the benefit of built in GPS in the Sentinel?
The Sentinel built in GPS has numerous functions. It satisfies the IMO recommendation for automatic input of position to the distress memory and is a back up source of position information in the event of a failure of other navigation instruments. The Sentinel built in GPS also has a number of other important uses. Further, GPS is included at no extra cost in the Galaxy Sentinel. The Sentinel internal GPS is a source of continuous position updates to the Sentinel “Distress Alert” memory, automatically providing up to the minute, accurate position information in the event the “Distress Alert” button is activated. The Sentinel internal GPS is the tamper proof source of position information for data reporting so that up to the minute, accurate position information can be sent in response to polling commands. Galaxy Sentinel allows the user to select “Present Position” as an EGC filter. The present position information from the Sentinel internal GPS is continuously input to this filter. Th
