Hi Eric, Navigon knows if a certain address exists because all addresses are part of the Navigon maps which is why it would, for example, know that on my street there is no 3625 14th Avenue but only 3623 and then 3629 and this is why is won't accept 3625 as a valid house number. All GPS's work that way.
It is always best to enter only a small part of the street you want and then to pick it from the list because that way you know for sure it's correct. Again using my example, if I selected my town and entered "14th Avenue" as the street name and then tapped "Next" Navigon will say "No Results" and of course I do know that I live on 14th Avenue. So going back if I just type in "14" and then flick down to the list of matches I find "14th Ave, Smithers" so in other words the map has my street only as 14th Ave not 14th Avenue. If I lived in a city where there was a 14th Avenue, a 14th Street and maybe a 14A Street, then typing in just "14" will give me all these results and I can pick the one I want. Another good example where this is important is if you have things like "West Broadway" and "East Broadway". This is the case in Vancouver, but typing in "West Broadway" will yield no results and neither does W Broadway. Here you just type "Broadway" and if you double tap on it then you have a further choice of "E Broadway" and "W Broadway" even though typing "W Broadway" right away yielded no results. Good luck, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric SS Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 5:41 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: navigon I have had Navigon practically since it was first released. However, I do not use it all that often. One of my biggest issues with it is putting in addresses. I often like to see where an address mentioned in the news might be relative to me. Many times, all goes well until I enter the street number, but then I get the argument the number does not exist or some such message. How can I simply put in a street and address and expect it to be found. I mean, I am taking the information right from a newspaper, etc., so you would expect something close to that should be found. How does Navigon even know there is no 1492 Columbus street, and maybe there is not but there is 1527 Columbus. The one other thing I wish I could do with any navigation app would be get directions from one place I will be in the future to another. They all seem to want to take you from your current location or nothing. If anyone knows a way around this, I would appreciate it. Maybe someone familiar with navigation apps who is looking to do a podcast has just gotten an inspiration. It doesn't seem that sort of sharing goes on as much anymore. Eric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
