Noob With Question About International Travel

[kitwhit]

I am sure this is a stupid question but I sure would love to get an answer. I have a Magellan eXplorist 300. I travel quite a bit for work and my next trip will be to Japan in August. I'll be able to use this unit there, right? Will it show maps as it does here in the US? I just don't want to get there and find out it doesn't work because I've already found TWO caches and I am totally addicted.

[+Kacky]

I'm jealous! Check to see if there are special instructions for starting up your unit when you are suddenly a lot farther away from where you usually run it!

Edited June 19, 2006 by Kacky

[+lindsychris]

I am sure this is a stupid question but I sure would love to get an answer. I have a Magellan eXplorist 300. I travel quite a bit for work and my next trip will be to Japan in August. I'll be able to use this unit there, right? Will it show maps as it does here in the US? I just don't want to get there and find out it doesn't work because I've already found TWO caches and I am totally addicted.

 

Your GPS will work, but you'll need to buy additional maps I believe. I know our Garmin 60C comes with a North America basemap, and we bought the North America City Select. You'll need the equivalent for Japan.

[+Vinny & Sue Team]

I am sure this is a stupid question but I sure would love to get an answer. I have a Magellan eXplorist 300. I travel quite a bit for work and my next trip will be to Japan in August. I'll be able to use this unit there, right? Will it show maps as it does here in the US? I just don't want to get there and find out it doesn't work because I've already found TWO caches and I am totally addicted.

The default maps supplied with most GPSrs will not cover most regions outside the USA, particularly Asia. So, you have two choices:

• purchase s street or topo map package for your GPSr and load it prior to your trip
  
• choose to "wing it", without any background maps on the GPSr. This is what I have chosen to do with our Explorist 100 (which cannot handle any maps on the display; it is a low-end model; it is my "travel" GPSr) when traveling to India and Nicaragua (and also on domestic trips to California, Indiana and Wisconsin), and it has worked quite fine. Of course, this means that you will need to get your hands on some local paper maps once you arrive, or get the advice or assistance of a local person who knows the area to act as your "guide".