Magellan Navigation

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Magellan Navigation Inc.

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legal form Incorporated
founding 1986
Seat San Dimas , California, USA
Branch Satellite navigation, navigation system
Website www.magellangps.com

Magellan Navigation Inc. ( listen ? / I ) is a manufacturer of GPS devices for satellite-based positioning. In the non-military sector, Magellan is the main competitor of the Swiss manufacturer Garmin . Audio file / audio sample

The original company Magellan Systems Corporation was founded in 1986, sold to Ashtech Corporation in 1999 and taken over by the French defense and electronics company Thales Group in 2001 and renamed Thales Navigation. In 2006, Thales Navigation was acquired by a group of investors led by Shah Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Santa Clara, California. The company has been renamed Magellan and offers consumer GPS solutions under the Magellan brand. The GPS solutions are now offered under the name Magellan Professional.

Magellan Navigation is based in San Dimas , California. It manufactures hardware and software for satellite navigation . It was 1989, the first company with the NAV 1000 a GPS receiver in PDA produced -Size for home users. Although at a technically high level, the devices, in contrast to the competing products from TomTom and Garmin , are not (no longer) as widespread in Europe and therefore not as well known. The fact that the company has not offered any repair or other customer service in Europe since 2009 and only refers to the dealer's warranty obligation has certainly contributed to this.

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