GPSMAP 1243 Chartplotter - 12" Display w/ Mapping

Get A Sharper View From Your Connected Helm
With its sleek design, powerful processing and upgraded IPS display, this advanced 7”, 9” or 12” chartplotter integrates seamlessly into your Garmin marine system.
• Easily integrate with more engines.
• Connect to compatible third-party devices with OneHelm™ digital switching.
• Easily build your marine system using the best of network connectivity.
• Navigate any waters with preloaded Garmin Navionics+™ charts and mapping (on select models).
• Manage your marine experience from nearly anywhere

Ultra High-Definition Scanning Sonar
Get built-in Ultra High-Definition SideVü and ClearVü™ scanning sonars with vivid, high-contrast color palettes to help distinguish fish from structure. GPSMAP® X3 series also supports 1 kW CHIRP traditional sonar capabilities.

Panoptix Sonar Support
Pair with Panoptix or LiveScope™ easy-to-interpret live sonar (transducer required, sold separately) to see all around your boat in real time

Faster, Sharper, Smarter
With its added processing power and new slimline design featuring edge-to-edge glass and a smaller unit footprint, it’s easy to retrofit this plotter in a wider range of dash configurations.

Improved Display Optics
New higher-resolution IPS displays for 9” and 12” plotters offer improved sunlight readability and visibility from any angle, with 50% more pixels than previous-generation 9” GPSMAP devices.

Preloaded Mapping
Experience unparalleled coverage and detail with built-in Garmin Navionics+ integrated coastal and inland mapping that includes Auto Guidance+™ technology and a 1-year subscription for downloadable daily updates and more on select chartplotters.

Optional Charts And Maps
Bring a fresh new look and feel to your chartplotter with optional upgrade to Garmin Navionics Vision+™ premium chart subscription, featuring downloadable high-resolution relief shading, satellite imagery, sonar imagery and more.

Optional Radar Bundle
To help you avoid weather and traffic on the water, the compact 4 kW GMR™ 18 HD+ dome radar is available as a bundled option with your GPSMAP chartplotter/sonar package.

Garmin Sailassist Sailing Features
View laylines, race start line guidance, enhanced wind rose, heading and course-over-ground lines, true wind data fields and tide/current/time slider, wind angle, set and drift, wind speed, polars and more

Sailing Polars
Use the polar table to see key data, including how fast you should go at a certain wind angle and speed — so you know whether you need to adjust sail trim.

Garmin Marine Network
If you have multiple compatible Garmin devices on your boat, you can share information — such as maps, user data, radar and IP camera video — among them.

Nmea 2000 And Nmea 0183 Networks
Connect to compatible autopilots, digital switching, weather, Fusion-Link™ audio system, media, VHF, AIS and more from one screen.

Activecaptain App
Built-in Wi-Fi® connectivity pairs with the free all-in-one mobile app for access to the OneChart™ feature, smart notifications, software updates, Helm, Garmin Quickdraw™ Community data and more

Integrated Ant Technology
Connect with some of your favorite devices, such as quatix® marine watches, gWind™ Wireless 2 transducers, GNX™ Wind marine instruments and wireless remote controls.

Engine Connectivity
Now you can connect your chartplotter to different kinds of engines, including select Yamaha engines.

Onehelm Feature
This feature brings together all the operations and capabilities of select third-party devices, such as EmpirBus™ digital switching, on one screen.