NaviGadget

Brunton AtlasMNS GPS

Jan 2, 2007 gps navigation

Brunton is a company based in Wyoming, USA (exact coordianates on the image) that focuses on products that will keep you alive outdoors. One of these is the AtlasMNS GPS, a small device that brings navigation, atlas, barometer, altimeter and a digital compass into the palm of your hand. Thanks to its dual processors it can predict the weather for the next 12 hours, and keep track of the past 36.

It measures 5.8″ x 2.6″ x 1.3″ and weighs 7.0 oz. For power it uses 2 AA batteries and can last upto two weeks if only using the digital compass. During continuous GPS navigation it should last about 12 hours.

Here is some of the other features and specs:

• 12 channel parallel GPS & WAAS receiver
• Antenna port for connecting optional external GPS+WAAS FA-8 antenna
• Waterproof/Submersible
• Direct access TrueMagnetic compass points you in the direction of a stored waypoint, without moving
• StraightHome: simple one button find your way back home, for the simplest navigation
• StormWatch barometer – displays current pressure & pressure trends
• Built in background map of U.S. and Hawaii
• Expandable mapping with optional Info & Topo memory cards available
• Download maps from Mapcreate & Mapcreate Topo electronic mapping programs
• Up/download waypoints and routes from common mapping programs
• Expandable memory With MMC/SD cards
• Internal back-up memory
• Waypoint Storage: 1000
• Event Markers: 1000
• Routes: 10/Reversible
• Up to 100 savable and retraceable plot trails, with up to 10,000 points in any trail
• One MMC/SD digital media memory card slot for mapping and recording capabilities
• 240 x 180 display resolution

It would easily compete with Magellan’s eXplorist XL ($300), and Garmin’s GPSMAP 60CSx ($400).

Brunton AtlasMNS costs $360 on their own website however this site sells them for $20 less.