Magellan "NAV 1000" Hand-Held GPS Receiver
date: label: date made
content: 1988
name: label: maker
content: Magellan Systems Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: The Magellan Corporation, founded in 1986, worked to develop a handheld, battery-powered GPS receiver for the civilian market. Launched in 1988, the NAV 1000 was the first hand-held receiver introduced to the consumer market. Magellan anticipated that people would use these devices for hiking, boating and other recreational purposes.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Gary Barta
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0118.01
label: accession number
content: 2010.0118
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0118.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: global positioning system receiver
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 8 3/4 in x 2 in; 12.7 cm x 22.225 cm x 5.08 cm