Magellan Meridian Color GPS
First Full-Color Handheld GPS

Of all the GPS devices that are available in the market today, Magellan Meridian Color GPS takes marketing leverage on its top of the line tracking capabilities, which boasts 3-meter accuracy. Now that's Magellan brand's way of getting you to your fishing or docking location fast and easy.

Maps, compass, road information, speedometer, satellite status, route and navigation data management, display and storage are just a few of the functions offered by Magellan Meridian Color GPS. From the company that has built a solid reputation in the GPS industry, this device comes with a lot of features that will sure define a whole new boating or driving navigation experience.

It comes with a lot of useful features, which you need to effectively draw map points and get to your destination in the fastest and safest of ways.

Meridian Color GPS is one of Magellan brand's new range of handheld GPS devices. It is given a rugged ergonomics, giving it a sturdy construction to stand up to the test of hostile boating as well as driving conditions. Like most of Magellan's portable GPS, Meridian is primarily intended for boating and fishing enthusiasts as its response to their need for serious navigation tools.

With GPS devices, one point of concern is the ease of use. Thanks to the advent of touch screen features, following their lead in determining points of interests and routes has been made easiest to follow.

But you still need to deal with buttons that are located at the sides of the device. While it is designed to be a rugged navigation device, it is given a better lay out and proportionate button placement and design, which serves great for those that have a little too large hands or fingers.

To give you all the navigation information that you need, Magellan Meridian Color GPS comes with a standard 16 mb RAM, which includes a base map. Its default North American base map include information and locators for US cities, Interstate highways, political boundaries and major waterways and airports.

In addition to its built-in mapping database, it also carries up to nine functionalities, which include speedometer, compass, text readouts with heading and bearing information, Northfinder technology, sun/moon positions, fish and game calculator and management, display and storage of up to 20 routes, 500 waypoints and 2,000 track points.

Just like any other modern GPS devices, the Meridian Color GPS is given the capacity to track up to 12 satellites at any one time to determine current constellations and other functions that fully the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) technology, both for US and European locations. Its current GPS accuracy covers within 3 meters or better depending on its satellite reception and signals.

Another thing is its customizable screen displays. Depending on your preferences on its functionalities, you may choose or set it to display only the maps, compass, or bearing/heading screen. Details on other information features like the speedometer, routes and points of interest may also be accessed, giving an average walker a built-in GPS navigation system.

Enough storage space, decent and reliable GPS features, handy and useful. Is there anything else that a Magellan Meridian Color GPS misses?

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