The inReach Explorer®, inReach Explorer®+, and inReach SE®+ handhelds have the ability to track your location. You can log the track by saving it on your inReach® handheld, or you can send the track by sharing it with your LiveTrack™ page or MapShare™ page.
IMPORTANT: With the Safety1 and Essential plans, there is an additional cost per point (varies by currency) using the Send Interval. As an example, if your Send Interval is set to 10 minutes and you had tracking on for 1 hour, you could be charged for 7 track points (this includes a starting track point). For more details, see - Understanding Charges for Tracking on inReach Safety and Essential Plans.
inReach devices do not start tracking automatically when they are powered on, unless the Auto Track setting has been turned on. Tracking and logging must be started and stopped manually.
Power on the inReach handheld.
Select Tracking.
Select Start to start tracking, or Stop to stop tracking.
NOTE: Select Share if you would like to share your tracking to your LiveTrack or MapShare page (depending on which you have enabled on your account), otherwise select Not Now. These options will not appear if they were disabled in Settings > Tracking > Prompt for MapShare.
The inReach Explorer, inReach Explorer+, and inReach SE+ handhelds record a single dynamic track that overwrites automatically when additional space is needed to continue adding track points. Up to 10,000 track points may be recorded, depending on available storage space. Waypoints, routes, and other items saved on the device may reduce the maximum number of track points that can be stored.
Before you start tracking with your inReach handheld, it is best to understand the purpose of Log and Send Intervals and how to adjust them under the Track settings. For a detailed explanation of Track Settings, see - Track Settings Explained on Garmin inReach Handhelds.
IMPORTANT: Log points collected by the inReach handheld are NOT sent to your LiveTrack or MapShare page or account via satellite communication.
Log interval determines how often the inReach records your GPS position.
Select Settings.
Select Tracking.
Select Log Interval.
Send Interval determines how often your inReach handheld will send track points with your current GPS position, elevation, speed, and heading to your LiveTrack or MapShare page. These are referred to as Tracking Points in the inReach Subscription Plan details.
Select Settings.
Select Tracking.
Select Send Interval.
Select the desired Send Interval setting.
NOTE: If Off is not an option and you would like to set it, take the the inReach outside and go to Data Use > Plan Details > Check for Updates. The inReach will update its service plan and Off should become available.
1 The Safety subscription plan is no longer available for purchase. The Safety plan has been replaced by the Essential plan.