Magellan donates eXplorist 200's for National Scout Jamboree

Magellan announced today that they will sponsor a geocaching course at the Boy Scout National Jamboree in Virginia, which runs from July 25th through August 3rd. This will be the first time that the boy scouts will teach advanced navigation using the GPS. Magellan will donate their eXplorist 200 handheld models that offer easy to use interface. Sounds like fun. So, let me think, 40,000+ scouts on 73,000 acres looking for geocaches across one week's time.... that adds up to a lot of batteries.

Read More in: Magellan GPS News

Related Articles:

• Maestro 5340 Elite - Now Expected in July - Apr 24, 2008
• Magellan Maestro 4000 - $159/ Garmin Nuvi 200W $188 - Mar 27, 2008
• More on the Magellan Maestro Elite 5340 + GPRS - Jan 10, 2008

Came straight to this page? Visit GPS Lodge for all the latest news.

Want to share this post with others? digg this and add to del.icio.us.

Posted by Scott Martin at July 25, 2005 7:33 PM