Differences Between LiveTrack and MapShare for inReach Devices

Both LiveTrack™ tracking and MapShare™ tracking provide a view of your location on a map during an inReach® activity, so friends and family can follow along on your tracking page. LiveTrack provides a more streamlined experience focused on location tracking while MapShare provides more ways to customize how you share tracking information along with other recorded location data. You can switch between using LiveTrack or MapShare at any time in the Garmin Messenger™ app or Earthmate® app, depending on which inReach model you are using.¹ For steps, see Related .

Features Only Available With LiveTrack

• Ability to set a list of recipients who will receive a link to your tracking page whenever tracking has been started.

  • Available for Garmin Messenger app compatible inReach devices.

• Easily view one tracking session at a time.

• Includes a LiveTrack profile page to view past LiveTrack sessions from inReach devices (via satellite) as well as any compatible devices that have been used with LiveTrack in the Garmin Connect™ app (via LTE of a paired smartphone).

• View an elevation graph and elevation gain for a tracking session by swiping up from the bottom of the screen (mobile browser) or selecting next to the user's name (desktop browser).

Features Only Available With MapShare

• Set a password to allow only viewers you know to see your MapShare page.

• Allow viewers to send you messages.

• Allow viewers to request an update for your location.

• Allow viewers to send you a location with coordinates or by selecting a point on the map.

• Ability to send messages to your MapShare page.

• Ability to show multiple waypoints, tracks, routes, courses, and/or activities from Garmin Explore™ collections on a single map.

  • Some items will not be displayed in the mobile browser view of MapShare. If necessary, select > View Desktop Version to see all items.

• Ability to add a name and/or description to display at the top of the page.

• Ability to view latitude and longitude coordinates by selecting a point on the map.

• Sync your inReach device after returning from your trip to show a more detailed activity or log interval-based track.

  • LiveTrack will only ever display location updates based on the send interval the inReach device is set to (i.e. up to every 10 minutes on most plans, and up to every 2 minutes on plans with unlimited text messaging), even after the device has been synced.

Examples

Mobile Browser

LiveTrack	MapShare

Desktop Browser

LiveTrack	MapShare

¹ For inReach for Android, inReach for PN-60w, inReach for Smartphones, inReach SE®, inReach SE+, inReach Explorer®, inReach Explorer+, and inReach Mini handheld devices, the Earthmate app should be used. All other inReach handheld devices, including the inReach Mini 2, can be used with the Garmin Messenger app..