TrekBuddy

guest · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 3948

It would be useful to be able to search for specific street names in maps.

shen · Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 324 Location: DE

This will never be possible with bitmapped maps. If you need such features, TB is not the right solution for you.

Stefan

pfr · Joined: 10 Jun 2008 Posts: 4

I disagree it's impossible. You could for example use openstreetmap api to retrieve all streets within a given area, store the name & location in a separate file/database and use that for the search. Then just display the location in trekbuddy.

This would be very useful, because sometimes street names aren't even visible on the zoom levels you have downloaded, and even if they are it's a pain to search for a specific street if you don't know where it is.

shen · Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 324 Location: DE

But a street is not a single WPT or even a straight line ...

Stefan

Ranger · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 4720

@pfr
Yes, it is easy, ie with WeTravel.
In TB you can use routes prepared in internet services or ready travel plans to .... not search streets.
I don't know it is worth to have TB like WeTravel.
But you can use similar maps for both.

Brzi Joe · Joined: 14 Mar 2009 Posts: 5 Location: Croatia

see this idea: link
Also Kruch improved search of waypoints in latest versions of Trekbuddy.
Thx Kruch!