Filter
Top Products
Chapter 5: Navigation Basic Operation
17
5.10 Multi-Word Indexing
The Magellan RoadMate employs a search feature known as “Multi-Word Indexing”. This feature enables you to search the
database for possible matches based on the characters entered. The matches returned will start with the characters entered.
For example:
You are searching for a street called “East Old Fort Road”. Rather than spell the entire name of
the street, you can simply enter “Fort”. The Magellan RoadMate will return all database entries
where on of the words begins with “Fort”. The list returned is subject to the additional
parameters set by the search such as the city or state entered.
The database only indexes the main names of streets. In the example above, only the words
“Old” and “Fort” will be indexed.
When entering street names, do not enter prefixes such as “N” or “North” unless the whole
word is part of the street name. By entering “N” the search will return all main street names
starting with the letter “N”.
Also, do not enter suffixes such as “St” or “Ave” or “Rd” unless the whole word is part of the street name. By entering “St”
the search will return all main street names starting with “St”.
Along with street names, multi-word indexing also supports entering names of cities and points of interest.