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24/8/2022 at 1:45pm
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On my TomTom Go5100 which I've had a few years now, I can enter Latitude/Longitude co-ordinates, instead of Postcodes/Names to locate places without postcodes or narrow down more precisely places that have a postcode covering a huge area.
On the 'Search' page, at end of entry line, click the 'Whole World' button and it brings up a menu where you can pick Lat/Long from, then enter Co-Ords in a number of different formats.
My Sat Nav was nearing top of the range, so maybe not a feature on other lesser models. The Co-Ords are what is obtained from the Satellites, they are then 'translated' by the unit into other formats such as Postcodes, so the unit is working with Co-Ords anyway, though they may not be accessible to the user at the whim of TomTom.
Used to have a Garmin Sat Nav years ago, having got to grips with the TomTom and it's sometimes less than obvious features, now think it is superior, and Garmin pulled the 'lifetime' traffic/camera/fuel etc. data feed after only a couple of years or so, so p**sed me off no end!
Tried all sorts of Apps on the phone, and come down to 2 that I'm happy with, yes, one of them is TomTom, the other is Navmii. Hate with a vengeance WAZE which picks the most diabolical routes in my mind, may be nano-seconds quicker, but often horribly tortuous and hard work to drive! Always try and avoid Apps that don't store maps locally, as if you lose the phone signal you totally lose your guidance!
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