Garmin did not have an address in the database but google maps did how to manually enter it?

 

I went for a new job, but Garmin said no such address found luckily it was in google maps. I have never had this where Garmin could not find an address Once I got to my location, I was able to just save it. I thought about it if that happens again, I should be able to take the longitude and latitude coordinates even if it's not in the map correct? I tried it. Garmin seems that google uses decimal instead of dms format can anyone help?

PS. aren't we overdue for map update it's been a while since 2023.20 was released.

You can change the

You can change the coordinates format in the garmin to use decimal cords. It's under the navigation settings I think - datum format.

Did you try to see if Google Earth could find it?

Have Google Earth find the address. From there you can get the lat/long. If you're knowledgeable about creating custom POI's, you can use the lat/long from Google Earth to add the record to an appropriate POI folder and then use POILoader to load it into your gps.

Phil

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AGRANH wrote:

I went for a new job, but Garmin said no such address found luckily it was in google maps. I have never had this where Garmin could not find an address Once I got to my location, I was able to just save it. I thought about it if that happens again, I should be able to take the longitude and latitude coordinates even if it's not in the map correct? I tried it. Garmin seems that google uses decimal instead of dms format can anyone help?

PS. aren't we overdue for map update it's been a while since 2023.20 was released.

I can't answer your questions but I can say I have run into something like that more than once. Normally it's because the name of the street is different in Garmin, out of date.

Just last week I was looking for and intersection that included 26th Street. Garmin said no match found. Luckily I knew the general area and looked on Google maps with my phone. It was right where I thought it was but Garmin called the street Basin Bridge Road, a name it hasn't been called in many years after expansion of the area.

I still default to Garmin, but it's nice to have Google Maps to back it up.

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A twist on sobebyker’s experience of changed names

I recently encountered a situation where the address as I knew it was “xxxx Road” but Garmin could not find it. I later determined that USPS abbreviated “Road” as “RD”. Garmin found that without issue. Another shortening that could affect things is “Lane” = “Ln”. Even”Street” is changed to “St” although I don’t think that is an issue with a Garmin.

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Mix-ups between boulevard and blvd shouldn't occur.

I am writing this is a simplisic fashion to convey an idea and don’t mean to be insulting.

I haven't navigated with my DS 51LMT-S in a while but my recollection is that after providing the first argument in an address, the house number, you enter the street name. If the address were e.g. 445 North Fishfrog Road for the street you would enter "fishfrog" and the GPS provides alternatives that may work that it could provide. If the database has entries such as south... or road or lane it will present them all for you to chose. Mix-ups between boulevard and blvd shouldn't occur.

Haven't seen lately, but it

Haven't seen lately, but it my nuvi would change manually entered routes when I updated the map. How did it change, it made the route as the crow flies and did not give road guidance. These were manually entered routes and why it would switch to aircraft mode type of route after a map update was baffling. Crazy, will keep using my phone mostly.

Agreed

minke wrote:

I am writing this is a simplisic fashion to convey an idea and don’t mean to be insulting.

I haven't navigated with my DS 51LMT-S in a while but my recollection is that after providing the first argument in an address, the house number, you enter the street name. If the address were e.g. 445 North Fishfrog Road for the street you would enter "fishfrog" and the GPS provides alternatives that may work that it could provide. If the database has entries such as south... or road or lane it will present them all for you to chose. Mix-ups between boulevard and blvd shouldn't occur.

Garmin's FAQs state the same. Keep your typed entry short and simple and let the device offer the N, S, Ave, Rd, Ln, etc.

but check

CraigW wrote:

Keep your typed entry short and simple and let the device offer the N, S, Ave, Rd, Ln, etc.

Yes, I found my success increased considerably when I stopped including the "helper words". But doing this puts responsibility on you to check that matches you get actually fit your need. Here in my immediate neighborhood in Albuquerque it seems that almost half the roads are named Tramway so the distinction between road, Boulevard, Lane, and so forth is worthy of concern.

More generally, Albuquerque is a little like Washington DC in that most road names include a two character quadrant indication (NE, NW, SE, SW) which is crucial to differentiate otherwise identical addresses.

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Transfer POI from GE to GPS

I find it to be more successful in finding a POI in Google Earth rather than in Basecamp.

Search in Google Earth.
Click on the push pin icon. A placemark window will pop up.
Give the location a name.
Right click on the entry in "My Places".
Save the place as a KMZ file.
In Basecamp click on "File" > "Import Into"
Find the saved KMZ file.
The resultant POI can then be copied to a GPSr within Basecamp.

Thanks

Thanks for the detailed description as to method.

Too often people just mention the possibility, without enough detail to implement. Sort of the way the New York subway signage is suited only for those who already know their way around, while the Paris Metro actually gives a newcomer a fighting chance.

To be fair, my comparison there is from fifty years ago. Maybe things have changed.

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there are two kinds of people

archae86 wrote:

Thanks for the detailed description as to method.

Too often people just mention the possibility, without enough detail to implement. Sort of the way the New York subway signage is suited only for those who already know their way around, while the Paris Metro actually gives a newcomer a fighting chance.

To be fair, my comparison there is from fifty years ago. Maybe things have changed.

First a stupid statement: there are two kinds of people, those who can read maps and those who can’t.

When I grew up in NYC the subway maps matched the geography. I think it was in the ‘60s when they adopted a stylized map that was very good for reading the relationship between subway lines but terrible for matching the geography. My observation was that folks who read maps easily liked the old maps and folks who found maps difficult to read loved the new maps. Since I was an incipient geriatric grouch I favored the old maps.

I haven’t been to Paris this century. IIRC their Metro network was richer in interconnections and their map’s push-a-button for your destination which illuminated a preferred route was elegant.

Variant of a stupid statement: there are two kinds of people, those who believe that there are two types of people and those who don’t.