Garmin I3 post code search

GetMeThere · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 04, 2005 Posts: 9

You can enter 0 as a street number. That seems to take you to the middle of a postcode area.

KINH · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:43 pm Post subject:

I have tried searching on a 1 or 0 , however the presumption here is that the location is actually on the end of a street which may not actually be the case.
I had hoped that by putting a 1 or 0 in a list of relevant addresses may appear and i would be able to scroll and pick to my hearts content. This appears to work ok for private residences but not shops etc.
Maybe there is no option for this, but i work for a company which has a postcode based search engine and this has no problems pulling up all avavilable options including buisnesses when you enter a postcode.
Maybe i'm expecting too much, but often these are the places you need to find Sad

MaFt · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject:

but once you find a road it's not hard to find a shop, is it?

gps sat nav is useful, but you still need to use your eyes a bit...

KINH · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:56 pm Post subject:

Sorry MaFt, but that would really depend on how long the road was & how many shops were on it !!!!!!!
My point being that the postcode software could be far more in depth than it currently is.

MaFt · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:02 pm Post subject:

if the road was so long that it didn't warrant driving along to find the shop, then chances are there'd be more than one postcode for it. you could always phone the shop, or look online to get their full address including number?

if it was on a big row of shops then chances are you'd have to drive away to park up in which case you'd be walking to find it again.

just my opinion though Smile

MaFt

zogman · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:04 pm Post subject:

MaFt's right ..once you find a road surely finding a shop or retail is'nt going to be that much harder...anyway £199 for what the i3 does is a bargain

KINH · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject:

I just like to think that i have got what i paid for.
When something claims to have full postcode search it should therefore by definition be capable of doing just that.
I think that this is a great little unit & surpasses my expectations in many areas, i just like things to do 'what it says on the tin'.
Call me pedantic but i also like my car to be capable of over 100mph despite the fact i rarely do it, just simply because it says it can.
I guess i was just hoping that it could do more than it actually can, sorry guys/gals i have obviously hit a sore note by being negative. Twisted Evil

zogman · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:55 pm Post subject:

KINH...no sore note hit mate and we appreciate your comments.. you are entitled to your opinion as we all are, this is what the forum's for.

MaFt · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject:

Brazzab · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 27, 2005 Posts: 1

I just thought you all would like to know that the latest version [2.4] is out from the 16th Sept

gazthomas · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 10, 2005 Posts: 27

thanks for that - you are jsut a little bit behind the times - if you had read the forum you would see we were already aware....cheers

danoli · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject:

danoli · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:44 pm Post subject:

notsosmart2 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 03, 2005 Posts: 1

Re: Garmin i3
the new software StreetPilot i3 Ver. 2.40 as of September 16, 2005

Additional Software
POI Loader Ver. 2.0 as of July 29, 2005

USB Drivers Ver. 2.1 as of August 26, 2004

are all at
http://www.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=010-00434-00

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