Garmin question
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From: St George, UT
In my volunteer work with the police here, I serve subpoenas with a partner. One of those partners uses a garmin gps to find addresses for delivery of the paper. Not sure how he does it, but we've found addresses with number names and home addresses.
I think he first programs the street i.e. "2450 South", then the home address "1956 East". It leads us right to the house every time.
I think he first programs the street i.e. "2450 South", then the home address "1956 East". It leads us right to the house every time.
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From: Slidell, LA
In the example you gave, 5678 South is the street name (although usually the street names are 5600 or 5700, always ending in 50 or 00 in my experience). The first numbers are the address and direction (north, south, east or west) on the given street. Just search for the street number and include the desigantion, Street or Avenue. [/IMG]
Tourer
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From: Missouri
Well I just had to try, I have a garmin zumo 450 - search address, select state, select city - or search all, enter address #, enter street name (ie south - for south street, 24 - for 24th ave, etc.) do not use direction identifiers (ie N,S,E,W, SW,SE, etc) unit should pull up a list streets with options of direction identifiers and ave, st, etc, select the match for your location wanted. Hope this helps, with gps units best to start generic search and work towards specifics.
Road Warrior
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From: Melissa, TX
Overkill bro.
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Well, pretty much what you have all suggested, are all the variations I have tried. I suspect one of two things:
1. Garmin just flat out does not have the two streets I was searching for in their database.
2. The streets actually DO have a name, and I just don't know it.
1. Garmin just flat out does not have the two streets I was searching for in their database.
2. The streets actually DO have a name, and I just don't know it.
Cruiser
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Phoenix, AZ
I picked an actual number only address to use.
Menu - Where to? - Address - Spell State "U" - Utah - Search All
Enter House Number - "5401" - Done - "S 700 W" - Done
Pick the street wanted and hit go.
I've used this method when riding in UT.
I know that some of the named streets also has the number listed on the street sign, I have found that Garmin uses the street name not the number.
Menu - Where to? - Address - Spell State "U" - Utah - Search All
Enter House Number - "5401" - Done - "S 700 W" - Done
Pick the street wanted and hit go.
I've used this method when riding in UT.
I know that some of the named streets also has the number listed on the street sign, I have found that Garmin uses the street name not the number.
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From: St George, UT
The street names in Utah can be a number. I live on 1910 West, meaning I am 19 blocks west of the Tabernacle and Main intersections. The first number is my actual residence address, meaning I am "x" blocks north or south of Tabernacle. Think of a GPS coordinate like 70W 110S on a mercator projection map.
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