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Anyone who has used GPS in car knows how much of a painthat can be to enter all the address info. Why not use ZIP+4 instead of the address? I thinkZIP+4 pretty much works down to a building ... This is a lot faster, especially cell phone (as they getGPS capable); and all you need in the data base isZIP+4 info. Thoughts ?
avnisha, Oct 04 2003
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Who knows the Zip+4 entry for their own home, much less destinations they need help finding?
Besides which, not all countries have ZIP equivalent systems that are nearly accurate enough.
I like the idea of faster address entry, but I believe there are two problems:
- varying sizes of ZIP code areas ZIP code areas vary in size (even ZIP+4). In certain areas this would greatly reduce accuracy
- ZIP code area splits/mergers There are a fair amount of ZIP code area changes each year... so it would be impossible to store a fixed list in a GPS device
Suggestion:- How about beaming the address to the GPS device from PDA, e.g. Palm, from your contact list or even an interactive application on the latter which will allow theuser to type or write the address desired.