Sunday, March 18, 2012

Magellan eXplorist GC gets support for topos and aerial imagery

Magellan eXplorist GC with National Geographic Topo maps

Magellan eXplorist GC with National Geographic Topo maps

The latest update to the geocaching-centric Magellan eXplorist GC has given it the ability to accept National Geographic Topo and Digital Globe aerial imagery content. The GC has no expansion slot, but does have 500MB of memory available for added maps, etc. This doesn’t turn the GC into a great hiking unit, as I believe it still lacks some significant navigation features, but it should expand its capabilities for both urban and backcountry geocachers. read more

Hands on with National Geographic TOPO for Magellan handhelds

Magellan National Geographic TOPO

Screenshots of National Geographic TOPO maps for Magellan handhelds

Earlier this year, Magellan announced a new partnership with National Geographic to bring USGS topo maps to Magellan handhelds. I’m currently testing the eXplorist 510 so I thought this would be a good time to check out the new map downloads. read more

Magellan eXplorist line gets USGS topos via National Geographic

UPDATE: Here’s my hands on review of National Geographic topo maps for Magellan receivers.

Magellan has extended their ongoing partnership with National Geographic, bringing USGS raster topo imagery to the eXplorist line. Just like Garmin’s BirdsEye Topo, this will be a subscription option running $29.99 per year.  read more

Magellan eXplorist and Triton lines get aerial imagery

Magellan_eXplorist 710_with DigitalGlobe_LLRMagellan has rolled out a new aerial imagery subscription program for their eXplorist and Triton lines. Like the DeLorme  and Garmin services, this one will utilize DigitalGlobe imagery and runs $29.99 per year.

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Navionics marine charts heading to Magellan eXplorist handhelds

Magellan has announced a new partnership with Navionics, allowing Magellan eXplorist 510, 610 and 710 owners to load marine, lake and fishing charts to their devices.

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Magellan eXplorist 510, 610 and 710 unleashed

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UPDATE 3: Read my hands on review of the Magellan eXplorist 510

UPDATE 2: Read my hands on review of the Magellan eXplorist 710.

UPDATE: Here’s some screenshots and a discussion of capabilities and accepted map formats.

As expected following the success of the Magellan eXplorist GC, the company today announced several new additions to their updated handheld platform: the Magellan eXplorist 510, 610 and 710.

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