A consideration is that spelling is important, and not necessarily the correct spelling. What I mean is it depends on how the database has the names typed in.
Capitalization isn't so important, but if you were trying to look up something like the post office for a town, it could be entered as:
U.S. Post office US Post Office U. S. Postal Service (with space between the initials)Or some combination. It often works best to enter a word fragment, but it can also get you some unanticipated results. If the area you're looking up is in a city, there could be hundreds of POI's in a short distance, and it just takes time to move outward, and some degree of guess work to do the advanced search to start X-number of miles away.
from Keith H-----Original Message----- From: Mike Arrigo
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 6:37 PM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A few positive observations on the latest Navigon app for the iPhone
Yes, go to the POI option, I think there's a search box there that you can type in.
On Apr 19, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Scott Hegle wrote:
Is there a way to look up a specific POI? It's easy to look up by category what's near, but what about a certain restaurant or store by name? -----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 3:02 PM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A few positive observations on the latest Navigon app for the iPhone Jeff,I think you can get location info but I don't know if it works when you havea route opened. From Navigon, swipe right to More. Double-tap it. Now, swipe left to Direct help and double-tap. You'll have a list of abunch of different categories, one of which is current location. Double-tapit. Now, you can tap anywhere on the screen to hear your location.----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Samco" <jsamco@xxxxxxx>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <aiphone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:15 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] A few positive observations on the latest Navigon app for the iPhoneI got my first iPhone last month and purchased Navigon for the first time last weekend. So, my only exsperience is with this latest version of theapp, although I did read quite a few user reviews. So mainly with 2 days ofexperience with car travel I think there are some new features that are quite positive for using Navigon with VoiceOver. 1. It recalculates routes very quickly. 2. After starting navigation of a route, under Options there is an item for "Turn by Turn List." This allows one to preview the roote. The last step indicates whether the destination address is on the left or right side of the street. When physically approaching the destination the last announcement also gives the left or right info. 3. While navigating a route, there are 3 items in the bottom line on the screen. From left to right they are: Distance to the next navigation step; The name of the street involved in the next navigation step; and, iPod icon. Of course, one can use VoiceOver to listen to the distance to the next navigation step. However, if the distance item is selected, a double tap will invoke the Navigon voice to announce the distance to the next navigation step.Even more cool, if one does a split tap on the name of the street involvedin the next navigation step, it appears to toggle between that street nameand the street name one is currently travelling on. 4. While navigating a route, in Options there is an item for "POI on Route." I haven't played much with the different categories which can be displayed but it definitely gives things like nearby restaurants, gas stations, etc. I think there is then an option to add a POI in to the route as an interim destination.I only wish there were a feature to get current location upon demand whilein route and approaching intersections. If it could use simple gestures like shaking the iPhone or a left or right tilt then Navigon would be a great GPS tool. For now it's very good.Does anyone else have tips for getting more out of this new version of theapp.? HTH, Jeff To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htmAdditionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.
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