founded 1986 headquarters 279 e arrow hwy san dimas california 91773 products gps receivers mapping software parent mitac slogan the first name in navigation . website magellangps.com magellan navigation inc. is an american producer of consumer and professional grade global positioning system receivers named after ferdinand magellan the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe . headquartered in santa clara california with european sales and engineering centers in nantes france and moscow russia magellan also produces aftermarket automotive gps units including the hertz neverlost system found in hertz rental cars . the maestro roadmate triton and explorist lines are magellan s current consumer offerings . the company also produces proprietary road maps directroute topographic maps topo and marine charts bluenav for use with its consumer gps receivers . contents 1 history 2 consumer products 3 maps 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit 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 which debuted in 1989 . in 1997 magellan also introduced the first handheld global satellite communicator the gsc 100 . later consumer handheld products included the magellan gps 2000 gps 315 meridian sportrak and magellan roadmate models . the mobilemapper ce and promark3 have been marketed to professionals like surveyors and gis geographic information systems users . 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 edit magellan explorist 100 gps 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 meters 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 edit 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 edit automotive navigation system garmin glonass map database management navigon point of interest satmap teletype co. inc. tomtom references edit mio completes purchase of magellan about navteq map reporter . navteq . retrieved 2010 10 09 . navteq map reporter . navteq . retrieved 2010 10 09 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to magellan navigation . magellan consumer gps navteq map reporter maps4me.de free openstreetmap maps for magellan wiki.openstreetmap.org osm map on magellan details on magellan map making retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title magellan navigation & oldid 737041021 categories companies established in 1986companies based in santa clara californiaglobal positioning systemnavigationsatellite navigation systemsgeographic information systemsnavigation system companies1986 establishments in the united statesamerican brandshidden categories commons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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