Magellan Navigation
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| Website | MagellanGPS.com | |
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Magellan Navigation, Inc. is an American producer of consumer and professional grade global positioning system receivers, named after
History
Magellan started as an independent company. It was once owned by Orbital Sciences Corporation, which purchased it in 1994. In 2001, Thales Group purchased the Magellan division of Orbital Sciences for about $70 million and the company became known as Thales Navigation. Five years later, private equity firm Shah Capital Partners and other investors purchased Thales Navigation for $170 million and the company was officially renamed Magellan Navigation.
Magellan was the creator of the Magellan NAV 1000—the world’s first commercial handheld GPS receiver,[
The consumer division of Magellan was purchased by Mio Technology subsidiary of MiTAC on December 15, 2008, who changed the name to "MiTAC Digital Corporation".[1]
Consumer products
Magellan develops and distributes vehicle navigation, crossover GPS, and outdoor handheld navigation products. The Company also produces customized mapping software for topographic, marine, and street navigation.
Current GPS products as of 2016 include:
- The Magellan RoadMate and Magellan Maestro series of portable car navigation systems
- The Magellan CrossoverGPS for automobile and handheld navigation
- The Magellan eXplorist and Magellan Triton series of outdoor handheld navigation devices
- The Hertz NeverLost car navigation system
- The Magellan TRX Off-Road navigation systems
Magellan GPS units include a variety of different viewing options, including a 3D bird's-eye view, a night view, and pop-up visuals of upcoming turns. Some models use SiRFstarIII for position accuracy within three metres, and voice and onscreen prompts that provide directions on how to drive to a particular destination. Certain Magellan vehicle navigation systems are also Bluetooth-compatible for integration with mobile phones, and traffic upgradeable for real-time traffic information. The Maestro 4050 is the first portable vehicle navigation device to offer drivers the convenience of voice command capabilities. The Company has a partnership with AAA that provides drivers with AAA TourBook guide travel information, AAA Member Roadside Assistance details, and AAA Show Your Card & Save Member Discount locations on specific models.
Maps
Magellan products currently use Navteq based maps. Map errors are handled by the Navteq Map Reporter.[2] Errors can be reported using the Navteq Map Reporter map feedback page.[3]
See also
- Automotive navigation system
- Garmin
- GLONASS
- Map database management
- Navigon
- Point of interest
- Satmap
- TeleType Co., Inc.
- TomTom
References
- ^ Mio completes purchase of Magellan Archived 2010-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "About Navteq Map Reporter". Navteq. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ "Navteq Map Reporter". Navteq. Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
External links
- Magellan Consumer GPS
- Navteq Map Reporter
- Maps4me.de: Free OpenStreetMap for Magellan systems
- Openstreetmap.org: OSM Map on Magellan — details on Magellan map making.
- Magellan GPS Map Updates Archived 2021-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Magellan Roadmate Update Archived 2021-04-16 at the Wayback Machine