More details on the Magellan Triton series

More details on the Magellan Triton series: "

Following my post on the forthcoming Magellan Triton series, GPS Tracklog and Groundspeak readers chimed in with their own questions, which I forwarded to Magellan.' Justin Doucette was kind enough to give us an advance look at some of the Triton's capabilities. Here's the Q and A:

Q: Will the Triton series be able to auto-route, assuming the proper Magellan maps are loaded to the unit?

A: Yes, this will require an application upgrade and the purchase of a Magellan Street Map.' This option will be available in early 2008.

Q: Can you provide more details on photo geocoding? For example, will the Triton 2000 write location data to the EXIF header?

A: The geographic coordinates (Lat/Long) will be recorded in the jpeg header file.

Q: Will the Triton accept geocaching log data (like descriptions, hints, previous logs) along with the actual geocache points?'

A: All geocaches will have to be loaded into VantagePoint prior to synchronization with Triton, but most (if not all) geocache attributes are supported in VP.' Stig (Pedersen, Senior Director of Marketing) may be able to comment on exactly which attributes are attainable through the Triton user interface.

Q: How many geocache points can be loaded to the device?

A: I believe the communicated limit is 1000, but there should be no reason (other than available space) that would limit the maximum.

Q: Will the unit accept standard .gpx files via USB?

A: .GPX files will be loaded into VantagePoint first, then VP will communicate with Triton via USB.

(Via GPS Tracklog.)