Magellan GPS Devices
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Sunday, 15 October 2006
Magellan has a bombarded both in US and Europe. Magellan is the one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of GPS devices and guidance equipment which is a consumer products brand of Thales Navigation. The company was founded in 1986. However, Magellan products have a great demand across US and Europe. In fact Magellan brand is recognized worldwide and they have experienced dramatic growth as GPS technology has proliferated across a range of consumer and commercial applications.

When it acquired Ashtech in 1997, Magellan increased its range of GPS products and became a leader in the professional GPS category. With merging with Ashtech, Magellan Systems came to be known as Magellan Corporation. Magellan Corporation was acquired by Thales, an electronics company with a significant presence defense, aerospace and information technology in 2001.

These are the some popular products that Magellan invents:

1. Magellan RoadMate series: Magellan RoadMate series is a very handy navigation device for Europeans. Even the customers are able to get benefit of GPS navigation and they can access multimedia with full color touch screen, pre-loaded detailed maps of European countries, 3D bird's eye map view, and automatic re-route calculation, smart detour routes and route optimization and a built-in music player and photo viewer and many more.

2. Magellan eXplorist series for North America: This product has been developed for North America. It has a color backlit display, unlimited memory using optional secure digital cards, large color screen and high-speed USB data port to quickly download maps or data. Some of the devices in this series have built-in maps, electronic 2-axis compass, barometric pressure altimeter, barometer, and thermometer, and built-in Geocaching application.

3. Magellan eXplorist XL Europe series: This is the another inventory GPS device from Magellan, which has been created for Europeans consists with a large color screen in a rugged GPS handheld, extra large color backlit display, 30 MB internal memory and unlimited memory using optional secure digital (SD) cards for downloading.

4. Meridian series: However this the another important device with a full color display, unlimited memory expandability, 16 MB built-in maps in a rugged, waterproof handheld GPS receiver.

5. Maps and Software: Magellan also provides detailed maps from Map Send to make GPS navigation easier.

With the invention of all these products have made Magellan a leader and famous in the GPS market today. The company, however, does not take its position lightly. Still this corporation continues to innovate, and keeps upgrading its products. However there is a highly efficient customer service team to give support the company’s sales team. And this makes that Magellan’s customers are satisfied.