Search in Tomtom Go
TheCoolCoyote
Posts: 3 [Apprentice Seeker]
Are there any plans to replace the Search functionality in Tomtom Go with the one from MyDrive?
I’m struggling to find anything in the Go app. The Search function in MyDrive A app is much simple and much better at finding things that aren’t addresses
I’m struggling to find anything in the Go app. The Search function in MyDrive A app is much simple and much better at finding things that aren’t addresses
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DougLap
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SuperuserHi @TheCoolCoyote
Re the search facility on the CarPlay Screen that has just become available in Go Navigator App I have found it quite good so far so I would be interested in what difficulties you are experiencing.
It finds UK Postcodes including the exact house if you follow the Postcode with the House number.
It finds Businesses like McDonalds by entering the name and if you want to find the business in a particular town then you enter the Town name then the Business name such as Congleton Mc Donalds. Other Restaurants are available.
It finds Mapcodes which I find useful as well as they can pinpoint a position such as a parking Slot in a Car Park. Interestingly I have the UK , French and Spanish maps on my phone and if I enter the Mapcode DH.FX it finds the positions in UK and France that have that mapcode. If I enter ESP DH.FX it gives me the Spanish position.
Doug5
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Welcome to the community and sorry for the late reply.
I don't think the search functionality will get replaced on the GO Navigation app, the algorithm resembles what we use on our PND's.
I link to the user guide here
Are there some examples you want to share that you can't find in the app?
Regards
Vikram
Superuser
Re the search facility on the CarPlay Screen that has just become available in Go Navigator App I have found it quite good so far so I would be interested in what difficulties you are experiencing.
It finds UK Postcodes including the exact house if you follow the Postcode with the House number.
It finds Businesses like McDonalds by entering the name and if you want to find the business in a particular town then you enter the Town name then the Business name such as Congleton Mc Donalds. Other Restaurants are available.
It finds Mapcodes which I find useful as well as they can pinpoint a position such as a parking Slot in a Car Park. Interestingly I have the UK , French and Spanish maps on my phone and if I enter the Mapcode DH.FX it finds the positions in UK and France that have that mapcode. If I enter ESP DH.FX it gives me the Spanish position.
Doug
Superuser
The options of "Near Me" , and "Nearby" are available if you are using the App on the Phone. The possibility to input Long/Lat is also an Option when using the App on the Phone however those 3 options are not available to select when using the new option to Search when in CarPlay Mode. Maybe that will come at some time in a future update.
Doug
Thanks. I assumed that setting that option on the iPhone would translate to the CarPlay interface. Much catching up to do, TomTom have.
Superuser
Apple provide Templates which dictate what can be displayed in CarPlay mode which is the reason for example as to why the CarPlay screen does not display the Route bar which you see when you use the App on the phone.
Doug