Magellan GPS?

[CladdaghNS]

Good day! My GPS died so I went and bought another one. I was dumb thinking all GPS units are the same. I bought a Magellan Roadmate 2520-LM. Is there any way I can do something with this unit to make it so I can use it for geocaching? It will not take coordinates that are not on a road, currently.

 

Thanks so much for your help!! All the best to you.

[+briansnat]

Unfortunately you bought a GPS that is meant for road navigtion and not off road navigation. It can work, but it is not easy. It should be able to take input of coordinates and you can use the map to navigate to them, but you might find that frustrating.

 

If your main use is geocaching I suggest you try to return it and get a hand held GPS unit. It's not a bad unit for driving, but for geocaching it is far from the best choice.

[+Petey61]

Unfortunately you bought a GPS that is meant for road navigtion and not off road navigation. It can work, but it is not easy. It should be able to take input of coordinates and you can use the map to navigate to them, but you might find that frustrating.

 

If your main use is geocaching I suggest you try to return it and get a hand held GPS unit. It's not a bad unit for driving, but for geocaching it is far from the best choice.

[+Petey61]

So what kind of hand held are the best. I have the Magellan explorist GC, but it can't update to new geo caches

[+briansnat]

So what kind of hand held are the best. I have the Magellan explorist GC, but it can't update to new geo caches

 

The eXplorist GC should be fine. There is no reason you shouldn't be able to update the geocaches on it unless there is a malfunction with the unit.