Satnav Destination by City/Town/Village name only

allan40alt · 12th September 2006, 21:00

I was trying to find the village of 'Whatcote'. The sat-nav showed 'Whatcote, Shipton-on-Stour' but then goes on to ask for the street. Now, I don't know a street name, I just want to go to 'Whatcote'. I tried 'Main and High Street' etc but found none by those names as 'Whatcote' is a very small village. I didn't have a map and couldn't enter by map position as the village wasn't shown.

Is it possible to 'skip' the street name (I brought up the list, but it shows dozens for the whole area)

nb: I have now bought a 2007 AA small Atlas with fine detail that does show 'Whatcote'. Armed with this I can now plot the road area and select by 'Map Position' on the screen so it shouldn't prove a problem in the future.

TTDegs · 12th September 2006, 21:22

do it as a POI lookup, not town lookup

bizzare, but has worked for me so far - it just goes for the 'centre' of the place

allan40alt · 12th September 2006, 21:27

Thank's for that, I'll give it a try tomorrow.

TTDegs · 12th September 2006, 21:29

PS - I haven't tried it for Whatcote, but it worked with the other places when I got fed up of trying Main / High streets or the TomTom trick of Bristol, street name Bristol

WoolyCiv · 12th September 2006, 21:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by TTDegs

do it as a POI lookup, not town lookup

bizzare, but has worked for me so far - it just goes for the 'centre' of the place

Can verify that it works. I had the same problem, drove me crazy at the time.

TTDegs · 12th September 2006, 21:40

Now if only we'd thought to share eh Wooly?

WoolyCiv · 12th September 2006, 22:18

Too true TT, I find myself with these problems and forget about them until I see the post's on here

TTDegs · 12th September 2006, 23:03

It's the same with niggles - driving the car, thinking - oooo, need to post this up...

Then get on here and get carried away

Short term memory loss - it's a erm, thingy....

What was I on about?

allan40alt · 13th September 2006, 09:57

Oooooh, I wish I'd known that when I was showing our friends how easy the system works. Brilliantly easy. It would have saved my mate from whistling 'Why are we waiting'

My wife prodding me "don't muck about with that now!" (leastways I think she said "muck"), and his wife telling him he was "not being funny!". Anyway we ended up at a very nice restaurant in Gaydon (The Malt Shovel) and had a lovely meal and a laugh.

Just tried it using the POI and 'Whatcote' came up immediately, with a choice of routes as well.

I'm blowed if I can find that method in the Nav-book though; sure they mention POI routeing, but they don't say about just entering a location like that.

Thanks Guys.

Smifffy · 13th September 2006, 14:50

That's really usefull thanks - I was wondering how to avoid putting the street in

TTDegs · 13th September 2006, 16:50

I found it by accident - gave up on the attempts with high street or main street etc, and figured there might be a POI near where I wanted to go...

and then stumbled across the answer

Fedorov · 13th September 2006, 20:54

Great tip thanks, I couldn't find somewhere or get it in as my destination one day because of that street question

lost-again · 13th September 2006, 21:56

Had the same problem in the Lakes last week, must be a bug in the software. If you do it using the map input option you are asked to enter a town name. The map puts you on the middle of the town - you then just hit enter.

lost-again · 13th September 2006, 21:58

Had the same problem in the Lakes last week, must be a bug in the software. If you do it using the map input option you are asked to enter a town name. The map puts you on the middle of the town - you then just hit enter.

12th September 2006, 21:00	#1 (permalink)
allan40alt Supporter Civinfo guru Join Date: 6th August 2006 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire. Posts: 2,246 Thanks: 12 Thanked 33 Times in 31 Posts iTrader: (0)	Destination by City/Town/Village name only I was trying to find the village of 'Whatcote'. The sat-nav showed 'Whatcote, Shipton-on-Stour' but then goes on to ask for the street. Now, I don't know a street name, I just want to go to 'Whatcote'. I tried 'Main and High Street' etc but found none by those names as 'Whatcote' is a very small village. I didn't have a map and couldn't enter by map position as the village wasn't shown. Is it possible to 'skip' the street name (I brought up the list, but it shows dozens for the whole area) nb: I have now bought a 2007 AA small Atlas with fine detail that does show 'Whatcote'. Armed with this I can now plot the road area and select by 'Map Position' on the screen so it shouldn't prove a problem in the future.

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This thread is about: Destination by City/Town/Village name only, it's in Electronics at the Honda Civic forum Civinfo; I was trying to find the village of 'Whatcote'. The sat-nav showed 'Whatcote, Shipton-on-Stour' but then goes on to ask for the street. Now, I ...

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TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	do it as a POI lookup, not town lookup bizzare, but has worked for me so far - it just goes for the 'centre' of the place

12th September 2006, 21:27	#3 (permalink)
allan40alt Supporter Civinfo guru Join Date: 6th August 2006 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire. Posts: 2,246 Thanks: 12 Thanked 33 Times in 31 Posts iTrader: (0)	Thank's for that, I'll give it a try tomorrow.

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TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	PS - I haven't tried it for Whatcote, but it worked with the other places when I got fed up of trying Main / High streets or the TomTom trick of Bristol, street name Bristol

12th September 2006, 21:40	#6 (permalink)
TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	Now if only we'd thought to share eh Wooly?

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WoolyCiv 12th June 2006 1.8EX Rocketship door handle Join Date: 28th May 2006 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1,118 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Too true TT, I find myself with these problems and forget about them until I see the post's on here

12th September 2006, 23:03	#8 (permalink)
TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	It's the same with niggles - driving the car, thinking - oooo, need to post this up... Then get on here and get carried away Short term memory loss - it's a erm, thingy.... What was I on about?

13th September 2006, 09:57	#9 (permalink)
allan40alt Supporter Civinfo guru Join Date: 6th August 2006 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire. Posts: 2,246 Thanks: 12 Thanked 33 Times in 31 Posts iTrader: (0)	Oooooh, I wish I'd known that when I was showing our friends how easy the system works. Brilliantly easy. It would have saved my mate from whistling 'Why are we waiting' My wife prodding me "don't muck about with that now!" (leastways I think she said "muck"), and his wife telling him he was "not being funny!". Anyway we ended up at a very nice restaurant in Gaydon (The Malt Shovel) and had a lovely meal and a laugh. Just tried it using the POI and 'Whatcote' came up immediately, with a choice of routes as well. I'm blowed if I can find that method in the Nav-book though; sure they mention POI routeing, but they don't say about just entering a location like that. Thanks Guys.

13th September 2006, 14:50	#10 (permalink)
Smifffy Wheelnut Join Date: 8th August 2006 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 70 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	That's really usefull thanks - I was wondering how to avoid putting the street in

13th September 2006, 16:50	#11 (permalink)
TTDegs Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 5,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	I found it by accident - gave up on the attempts with high street or main street etc, and figured there might be a POI near where I wanted to go... and then stumbled across the answer

13th September 2006, 20:54	#12 (permalink)
Fedorov Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 15th April 2006 Posts: 783 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Great tip thanks, I couldn't find somewhere or get it in as my destination one day because of that street question

13th September 2006, 21:56	#13 (permalink)
lost-again Valve Cap Join Date: 1st June 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Had the same problem in the Lakes last week, must be a bug in the software. If you do it using the map input option you are asked to enter a town name. The map puts you on the middle of the town - you then just hit enter.

13th September 2006, 21:58	#14 (permalink)
lost-again Valve Cap Join Date: 1st June 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Had the same problem in the Lakes last week, must be a bug in the software. If you do it using the map input option you are asked to enter a town name. The map puts you on the middle of the town - you then just hit enter.