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Introduction
The new Magellan eXplorist series, 710, 610, 510, 310 and GC are new to the UK. With
specific features for geocaching, detailed maps and high sensitivity GPS receiver they are
serious competition to Garmin.
I’m an experienced geocacher and currently use a Garmin Oregon 550 for geocaching. I use
Pocket Queries of caches and maps on the Oregon. I saw the Magellan eXplorist at the Mega
Wales event and was very impressed and decided I wanted to try one out.
I have an eXplorist 710 which is essentially the same as the 610 and 510 with some minor
hardware differences and map options. Geocaching with all 3 is exactly the same.
The table below is a comparison of the latest Magellan and Garmin GPS units, their features
and functions including map options available.
The Magellan eXplorist series is sold in the UK by Cotswold Outdoor who currently offer all 3
of the units with the full UK Ordnance Survey maps included in the price shown below, as well
as the standard pre-loaded Europe Street/Topo map. This is a very good deal. They are also
available from other UK stockists including Amazon.
Available
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Memory
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Turn by Turn
Navigation
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The memory quoted for the Magellan 710 and 610 is used up by the pre-installed Summit
maps that come with the GPS. There is about 500Mb of free storage available.
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All the units support various maps from Magellan or Garmin including USA/Canada/Europe
(includes full UK) street/topographical and the UK GB Ordnance Survey (Landranger 1:50k).
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The 710 and 610 come with USA/Canada/Europe Summit topo maps pre-loaded (which one
depends on the region). These are very good. The Garmin‘t’ units come with the Garmin topo
maps related to the region you buy it. These are similar to but not as detailed as the Magellan
ones. These maps can be purchased for the other units. All the Magellan units come with a
World Edition base map which is much more accurate than the ones supplied with the Garmin
GPS. Open Street Maps are available free and can be loaded onto Garmin units very easily.
These can be used on the Magellan but the process to add them is quite complex.
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Turn by turn navigation for car (or pedestrian use) with voice guidance.
5
The 3-axis compass is electronic and means you can hold the unit at any angle and the
compass works fine. A 2-axis compass needs the unit to held flat to operate correctly.
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The camera allows images (and video in the case of the Magellan) to be ‘geotagged’ and you
can navigate to photos/videos.
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Wireless means you can send/receive caches/waypoints between units only. It is not Wi-Fi
compatible.
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