13. Where Am I?

Figure 57: Where Am I? (Locate) Icon

The Locate screen provides details about your current location, and is accessed via the Map screen by tapping on the direction icon in the upper left corner.

Figure 58: Magellan's "Current Location" Screen

The Current Location screen displays approximate address information, the next and previous cross streets, as well as your latitude/longitude. On the right side of the screen is a compass that points in your direction of travel, calculated elevation, and speed. The bottom bar displays the current date and time.

This screen also allows you to save your current location by tapping on the "Save" icon. This can be handy if you want to save a location that isn't in the POI database, for example, or a location that doesn't have an actual street address

14. Setting the HOME Address

Figure 59: Main Menu - Page 1

The Home icon provides quick, one-touch routing back to your saved home address.

Figure 60: Setting the HOME Address

The first time you press the Home button, the RoadMate prompts you to enter your home address. You can change the home address later via the User Options menu.

15. Using the Trip Planner

Figure 61: Main Menu - Page 2

One of the most frequently requested features is the ability to enter multiple addresses and have the GPS sort the addresses by distance so you're not driving in circles. RoadMate's Trip Planner allows you to do just that.

To access the Trip Planner, scroll to page 2 of the Main Menu by tapping on the right arrow, then tap the Trip Planner icon, as shown above.

Figure 62: Trip Planner

Select New from the Trip Planner Menu to start creating a new multi-destination trip. Once a trip has been saved, you can start navigating the trip by tapping "Guide Me", delete it by tapping "Delete, Rename", or change the contents of the trip by tapping "Edit".

Before you can start adding addresses to the trip, you'll need to create and save a new trip by tapping New.

Figure 63: Giving the Trip a Name

Give the trip a name that will make it easy to identify the trip in the Trip Planner. Note that the trip name can't be longer than 11 characters.

Figure 64: Adding an Address to the Trip

Now that we've named the trip, we're ready to start adding addresses. This screen allows you enter as many stops, or addresses, as you want, and sort them in the desired order.

To add the first destination to the trip, tap Add.

Figure 65: Choosing an Address Entry Type

The Trip Planner allows you to add addresses to the saved trip four different ways:

• Enter Address - Add an address by entering a street address (State, City, Street, House Number)
• POIs - Add an address by searching the POI (Points of Interest) database
• Address Book - Add an saved address from the Address Book
• Intersection - Allows you to input two cross-streets instead of an exact address

Figure 66: Optimizing the Route

Additional addresses can be added to the trip by tapping Append.

Once you've finished entering all the addresses for the trip, tapping Optimize. Optimizing a trip re-sorts the addresses by distance. This can be a great feature for people who regularly drive to multiple locations, such as real estate agents, delivery agents, plumbers, etc.

Figure 67: Activating a Saved Trip

After creating and saving a trip, the itinerary becomes available for use in the Trip Planner. To start navigating a saved trip, tap the arrow to get to the second page of the Main Menu -> Trip Planner -> Guide Me -> Saved Trip Name -> Tap the address you want to start driving to.

Figure 68: Select Destination

Choose the desired destination from the list of addresses in the Trip list. The RoadMate will begin navigating to the chosen destination.