Hello,
I am not in favor of removing the zip code part of looking up an address.
In fact, I am in favor of being able to look up addresses by zip code
only. You can do this with Map Quest, and I think it would be great to do
this with the GPS as well.
One of the problems you have with not using a zip code to look up an
address, is that if a program is looking for that street by the cross
street, it could potentionally find the street you are looking on clear
across the city.
Take for instance, the street I live on. It goes across the entire San
Fernando Valley, in Los Angeles. This street goes across approximately 40
miles of the Valley, but never comes out to a major street.
If you do not have a zip code, it could give you the wrong area for where
you are wanting to be.
So, as I said, I hope that the zip code is not taken out.
Thanks,
Robert Stigile
----- Original Message -----
From: "GianniP46" <giannip46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 21:27:07 -0400
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: possible suggestion
yes, if possible, that would be very nice. The whole zip code
thing can drive you crazy, especially that you have to start over if you
mess up. It would be better if you could back up a prompt and just
correct the zip code instead of doing the whole process over.
----- Original Message -----
From: kevin chao
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 3:30 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] possible suggestion
This is a possible suggestion for the way the address lookup
works. I am not
sure how hard would it be to implement or if it is possible.
But, what I was
thinking was when the GPS ask for the street name that the user
is only
required to type in the core name and won't have to pick the
zip code and
when the next field ask for the cross street or address number
then the
system can match the address or the interesection which will
eliminate, or
narrow the list of possible intersections or address that the
user will have
to scroll through. This will be more efficient compared to the
current
method of having to know the zip code information and the exact
name of the
street name.
Kevin
