nuvi 370 post codes

mikeouk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 16, 2008 Posts: 4

this is my first post, hi to everyone and thanks in advance for any advice.

ive just bought a nuvi 370. my job dictates that i have to visit properties which sometime have a house name and a post cose only. I cant seem to make the 370 only recognice the post code only, it asks for street name and number, is there any way round this?

MaFt · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject:

post codes cover an 'area' rather than a specific house so if the area is thinly populated then it may cover numerous roads hence asking you for the actual road you want. with regards to house number just press next' or put '0' then press next to be taken to the 'middle' of the road or area.

if you visit these properties regularly you can always save them as favourites or make your own POI file for them once you find them?!

MaFt

mikeouk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 16, 2008 Posts: 4

cheers for the tip, when i say i visit these properties i mean its a one off, my business is erecting forsale signs for estate agents, so once ive put the sign up ,id find it again from memory and once the sign is down it could be years before i go back if ever. Most local addresses i know from memory but i get the odd out of town/rural address. for example,today i got this "mourne lea, sandside, kirkby in furness, la17 9eg". the property is called mourne lea, so no number, and theres no road or street name, its just sandside, when i tried to put the post code in, after 4 digits it went to number!!!!!thats where i got stuck!!!!

PaulB2005 · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:29 am Post subject:

PaulB2005 · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:33 am Post subject:

Can you also look in

Settings, Map, Map Info

and tell us what maps you have loaded?

The nuvi range support full 7 digit postcodes. If you have no house number you have to enter 0 and then work it out from there - i have some customers that live on estates with no house numbers too. However it should get you in the right road / area with juts a 7 digit post code.

PaulB2005 · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:44 am Post subject:

My 760 doesn't find that post code (LA17 9EG). Nor does MultiMap, but StreetMap and Google Maps seem to. Even the Post Office website to find an address from Post Code says

mikeouk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 16, 2008 Posts: 4

mikeouk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 16, 2008 Posts: 4

BeatO · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject:

Hi M8

I've tried that postcode (LA17 9EG) in my Quest 2 with the City Navigator 2008 maps loaded. It gets up to LA17, entering the following 9 gives me a not found message.
Tried the same on MapSource with CN 2008 maps. There you see what possible codes it knows after LA17, which is only 7 (LA17 7xx), five combinations in total.

So it looks like Navteq doesn't know that code and I don't think it has something to do with your unit.

BeatO

PaulB2005 · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject:

The Post Office also don't know it either. Their website reports...

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