Can people track you with the inreach messanger as the could do with the mini2

Is there anything more that I can do with an inreach messanger than sending emergency messages? What do I want to do: Show a track of what I want to do, show where I'am on this track, and leave messages on certain points. All things you could do with the mini, but not with the messanger?

Garmin is so bad with clear software, why did the change everything that worked wlll with the mini2?
I asked the shop if I can trade my messenger with the mini2, because at this moment I think the messanger is a big step back.

0 JungleJim 24 days ago

The Messenger does not have the navigation capabilities of the Mini 2 so it does not support loading a course and showing your planned route on MapShare.

But for inReach functionality the device have the same features: SOS, tracking, weather and messaging. Messages can include a location. And others can view your tracking points via MapShare. And with both devices you can send messages to your MapShare page.

So if you need those navigation features, the Messenger is probably not the device for you.

0 cmerrill 21 days ago

I have both the Mini 2 and the Messenger Plus. I can do everything with the Messenger Plus that I could do with the Mini 2 except for the inadequate display of navigation prompts on the tiny Mini 2 screen. I have uploaded courses that are visible on Mapshare and had people track me. It worked the same with either device. I do all navigation and messaging using my phone with either device.

I agree that Garmin's documentation is terrible. But, with some digging, I got all of the tracking abilities of the Mini 2 to also work with the Messenger Plus.

0 Filip Top 19 days ago in reply to cmerrill

Hey Cmerill, thanks for the positive reaction :-).
Do you have any good site where I find more info how to do it?

Thanks
Best regards
Filip

0 cmerrill 12 days ago in reply to Filip Top

I create the course using Garmin Connect and export it to my Fenix 8.

Next, using Garmin Explore, go to the "Saved" tab and you will see the course you sent to the watch. Add that to the collection called "Mapshare" by clicking on the three dots to the right of the course name.

It takes a while, more that 15 minutes, for that to show up in the share.garmin.com/yourname site. But, it does eventually show up there. Then, your friends can see your progress vs the intended course as they track you on the share site.

0 Filip Top 9 days ago in reply to cmerrill

You are the best cmerrill, it took some practice, but I got it to work :-). The only strange thing is that on the webbrowser it works fine, but on the phone page it is not showing the route :-(.

I have one more question, if I may? I have the essential plan. I suppose it is included to set track points every 10 min? Or is this the live-tracking? Just to know that I don't get a very large bill at the end of my trip.

Thank you very much
Filip

0 cmerrill 6 days ago in reply to Filip Top

Yes, it is disappointing that it does nor show your intended course on a mobile browser. But, on your phone you can click an option to load the desktop version of the share site and then the course will be visible.

I don’t recall which plans include tracking points. This method uses the every ten minute tracking points and not live fracking.

0 Filip Top 6 days ago in reply to cmerrill

Thanks Cmerrill. I see now that I have to pay for each tracking point, so will have to set the interval higher than 10min to prevent to big extra costs.