Magellan is one of the best-known producers of GPS navigation devices. Holding over 200 patents in GPS technology, the company's featured products include portable in-car navigation devices like the Magellan the RoadMate and Maestro series. For hiking and outdoor activities, Magellan makes the Triton and eXplorist handheld devices. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company was founded
. in 1986.For consumers looking for free Magellan GPS software, EasyGPS is one option. This software can be downloaded onto your computer then used to add directions and maps to your Magellan GPS product. EasyGPS is also compatible with most well-known handhelds GPS units.GPS Trackmaker is another free program that allows the user to create and edit waypoints, tracklogs and routes and to load scanned images of maps to Magellan products.CNET's download.com site provides several free-to-try GPS programs suitable for use on Magellan devices. Compatible with many GPS devices, GPS Map Viewer is a free-to try application to track travel history and visualize geographic data. The program can print and export four types of maps in JPEG format: simple maps, street maps, satellite images and relief maps.QuakeMap, top-rated by CNET editors, provides up-to-date information on earthquakes, landmarks and aerial maps, zoomable to one tenth of a mile. Trip-planning features display distances and locations along with visual routing tools. The software is considered very easy to use by CNET.A few more programs with GPS applications can be found at http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=magellan+gps&platformSelect=Windows&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads&filterName=platform%3DWindows&filter=platform%3DWindows, though most offer a free trial that may limit features.Free trials are also available for GPS software such as PanTerra and ExpertGPS. These require the user to purchase or stop use after a 30 day trial period.Magellan also offers software for their own devices, but they do charge for these products.While there are many options available for download, EasyGPS remains the top completely free download for the GPS user. You can find more information at http://www.easygps.com/.More reference links: http://www.easygps.com/ http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=magellan+gps&platformSelect=Windows&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads&filterName=platform%3DWindows&filter=platform%3DWindows
