Nextar S3 S3 Software Manual - v2 - Page 10

Point of Interest (POI), Search for a Location Near You, Search for a POI Name, My Current Location

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Point of Interest (POI) The Point of Interest (POI) list is a collection of hundreds of interesting or useful places organized by easy-to-find categories. For example, you can use the GPS to guide you to a shopping center, hotel, restaurant, or gas station. Many categories have subcategories to provide for an even greater list of choices. For example, Fuel Automobile service. The same is also true for hotels. Restaurants have subcategories that represent different types of food, such as Indian, Italian, and French. Search for a Location Near You You can determine the area where you want to search for a specific place, such as a gas station, hotel, or restaurant. My Current Location is automatically selected. Tap to search near your current location. Tap to search near your specified destination. If a destination has not been selected and a route generated (by tapping the Go button), this button is disabled. Tap to search for a POI in another location. This button opens the Address Search Mode screen, which is described on page 6. Search for a POI Name Tap this button to display the Search POI keyboard screen, where you can search by entering text in the POI Name field. The Smart Search System automatically displays the POI names that match the characters entered. It automatically displays the POI entries and the distance each entry is from your current location. For example, if I enter "Avis" and tap the Search button. It displays all Avis entries in my selected location, as shown in the figure below. Figure 7 - Search by POI Name 9

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The
Point of Interest (POI)
list is a collection of hundreds of interesting or useful
places organized by easy-to-find categories. For example, you can use the GPS to
guide you to a shopping center, hotel, restaurant, or gas station.
Many categories have subcategories to provide for an even greater list of choices.
For example, Fuel Automobile service. The same is also true for hotels. Restaurants
have subcategories that represent different types of food, such as Indian, Italian,
and French.
Search for a Location Near You
You can determine the area where you want to search for a specific place, such as a gas station, hotel, or
restaurant.
My Current Location
is automatically selected.
Tap to search near your current location.
Tap to search near your specified destination. If a destination has not been selected
and a route generated (by tapping the
Go
button), this button is disabled.
Tap to search for a POI in another location. This button opens the
Address Search
Mode
screen, which is described on page
6
.
Search for a POI Name
Tap this button to display the
Search POI
keyboard screen, where you can search by
entering text in the
POI Name
field. The Smart Search System automatically displays
the POI names that match the characters entered. It automatically displays the POI
entries and the distance each entry is from your current location.
For example, if I enter “Avis” and tap the
Search
button. It displays all Avis entries in
my selected location, as shown in the figure below.
Figure 7 – Search by POI Name
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