SatNav Post code check please

Mel_P

Mel_P

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I am investigating how car sat navs deal with postcodes.

If you have a sat nav please put in the code B26 1DS.

Where does it direct you to without any house number?

- Does it ask you for a house number?
- Does it say it is between 1741 to 1795 Coventry road?
- Something else?

Google maps tells you where it is exactly - 1741.
All my TomTom 730 seems to tell me is that it is between 2 and 2599 - (with "2" as the initial suggestion) not very useful if you don't have the number!

I want to know if any other Sat Navs do a better job.

Thanks, Mel
 
Nokia E72 goes to 1780 Coventry Road, which isn't incorrect? Google maps only goes to 1741 because The Shooting Star is the nearest POI?
 
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From the Post office checker the correct range is 1741 to 1795 so Nokia E72 is "mid-range" - a good estimate!

Thanks "Tim".
 
Here goes;

Gotham Rd
11-53
22-28
59-81
Coventry Rd
1507
1522-1580
1590-1616
1597
1607
1615-1641
1630-1652
1658-1746
1741
1748-1778
1781-1809
1782-1880
1847-1883
1961-1983
1989-1997
1998-2016
2045-2071
2078-2096
2102-2134
2109

Must say I've never seen a post code with so many options!
 
Tom Tom go 720 ( a bit out of date)

asks for house number starting with 2...
If I try and circumvent that it tells me to enter a number between 2-2599.

It did say Coventry Road though
 
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Many sat nav systems, both portable and built into vehicles, will not use the full postcode and will require a house number as well.

How do I know this? I just happen to work in the industry, and one of the selling points we use is that our product (built-in unit) uses the full post code for destination entry.
 
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