Late last year, Magellan introduced their new Triton series of handheld GPS units, whose higher-end models let you download raster topographic maps to the unit from the commercially-available National Geographic Topo! series. Initial reaction to these units was very bad; you can see how bad by reading the Amazon.com reviews for these units:
Magellan Triton 400 Handheld Navigation System
Magellan Triton 500 Handheld Navigation System
Magellan Triton 1500 Handheld Navigation System
Magellan Triton 2000 Handheld Navigation System
Supposedly many of the initial problems with these units have now been fixed. And now there’s a free program on the GPS Tools website by Mikhail Sharonov called TritonRMP that lets you calibrate and convert any raster image, map or photo, to a Triton-compatible format. I don’t own a Triton, so I can’t try it out, but users on the Triton forum are reporting good results with many different kinds of raster images. And at less than $175 for the Model 400 Triton, this may be the cheapest way to get decent raster imagery on a handheld GPS.
If you own a Magellan GPS of any type, the entire GPS Tools website is worth a look. While there are lots of tools for map and data creation for Garmin handheld GPS units, there is far less support for Magellan units, and Mikhail’s website has more tools for the Magellan than I’ve seen anywhere else.
Related posts:
- Online Resources For Magellan Triton GPS Owners
- Create Custom Raster Maps For The Magellan Triton GPS Units With TritonRMP Maker
- Handheld GPS Units – Beyond The Manual
- Put Rasterized OSM Maps On The Magellan Triton GPS Using RMP Creator
- Raster Maps For Garmin And Magellan GPS Units, And Mobile Phone Apps, With Mobile Atlas Creator
- Free Tools For Creating Custom Garmin Vector Maps – Intro
- G-Raster Updated: Raster Imagery In Garmin Handheld GPS Units
- Map Warper – Georeference And Export A Raster Image
- Android: The Future Of Consumer GPS – Part II
- A Review Of The Magellan Triton 2000 GPS Receiver – Part I: Hardware And Software
