Finding A Location Using The Search Bar; Changing The Search Area; Finding A Location By Browsing The Map; Finding An Address - Garmin nuvi 55 Owner's Manual

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4
If applicable, select a destination from the Quick Search list.
5
If necessary, select the appropriate destination.

Finding a Location Using the Search Bar

You can use the search bar to search for locations by entering a
category, brand name, address, or city name.
1
Select Where To?.
2
Select Enter Search in the search bar.
3
Enter all or part of the search term.
Suggested search terms appear below the search bar.
4
Select an option:
• To search for a type of business, enter a category name
(for example, "movie theaters").
• To search for a business name, enter all or part of the
name.
• To search for an address near you, enter the street
number and street name.
• To search for an address in another city, enter the street
number, street name, city, and state.
• To search for a city, enter the city and state.
• To search for coordinates, enter latitude and longitude
coordinates.
5
Select an option:
• To search using a suggested search term, select the
term.
• To search using the text you entered, select
6
If necessary, select a location.

Changing the Search Area

1
From the main menu, select Where To?.
2
Select Searching Near.
3
Select an option.

Finding a Location by Browsing the Map

Before you can find places included in the map data, such as
restaurants, hospitals, and fuel stations, you must enable the
map layer for places along the road
Layers).
1
Select View Map.
2
Drag and zoom the map to display the area to search.
3
If necessary, select
, and select a category icon to view
only a specific category of places.
Location markers ( or a blue dot) appear on the map.
4
Select an option:
• Select a location marker.
• Select a point, such as a street, intersection, or address
location.
5
If necessary, select the location description to view additional
information.

Finding an Address

NOTE: The order of the steps may change depending on the
map data loaded on your device.
1
Select Where To? > Address.
Locations
.
(Customizing the Map
2
Enter the address number, and select Done.
3
Enter the street name, and select Next.
4
If necessary, select Searching Near to change the city,
state, or province.
5
If necessary, select the city, the state, or the province.
6
If necessary, select the address.

Finding Recently Found Destinations

Your device stores the last 50 destinations you have found.
1
Select Where To? > Recent.
2
Select a location.
Clearing the List of Recently Found Locations
Select Where To? > Recent >

Finding Parking

1
Select Where To? > Categories > Parking.
2
Select a parking location.
Finding Your Last Parking Spot
When you disconnect the device from vehicle power while the
device is on, your current location is saved as a parking spot.
Select Apps > Last Spot.

Search Tools

Search tools allow you to search for specific types of locations
by responding to on-screen prompts.
Finding an Intersection
1
Select Where To? > Categories > Intersections.
2
Select an option:
• Select a state or province.
• To change the country, state, or province, select State or
Country, and enter a name.
3
Enter the first street name, and select Next.
4
If necessary, select the street.
5
Enter the second street name, and select Next.
6
If necessary, select the street.
7
If necessary, select the intersection.
Finding a City
1
Select Where To? > Categories > Cities.
2
Select Enter Search.
3
Enter a city name, and select
4
Select a city.
Finding a Location Using Coordinates
You can find a location using latitude and longitude coordinates.
This can be helpful when geocaching.
1
Select Where To? > Categories > Coordinates.
2
If necessary, select , and change the coordinate format or
datum.
3
Select the latitude coordinate.
4
Enter the new coordinate, and select Done.
5
Select the longitude coordinate.
6
Enter the new coordinate, and select Done.
7
Select View on Map.

Saving Locations

Saving a Location

1
Search for a location
(Finding a Location by
2
From the search results, select a location.
3
Select
.
4
Select Save.
> Clear > Yes.
.
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