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[mkgmap-dev] Garmin Nuvi asks province

From Mark Burton markb at ordern.com on Fri Jul 31 09:07:09 BST 2009

Hi,

> Actually, on my GPSMap 76Cxs the address search kind-of-works even  
> without using the --road-name-pois option*.  I have to enter a house  
> number of some kind for it to work though (even if the destination  
> doesn't actually have a number) and it only works for some addresses,  
> but I haven't tested it fully as it's not a facility I actually need.
> 
> *At least, I haven't been enabling the --road-name-pois option when  
> invoking mkgmap and I assume it isn't enabled by default.

Enabling road name POIs does not help the address search function. It's
a completely separate function. It was provided as a cheap hack to get
some form of road name searching. Arguably, it works better than the
address search which, as we know, is less than perfect.

Cheers,

Mark



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