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MapKing
offers 6 different search methods to help you
quickly locate a street, a POI, a district or
a specific spot based on coordinates. The search
function is initiated by selecting ˇ§Tools
> More > Findˇ¨ or tapping the Search
Button  .
Within the main search menu, the search modes
are listed in a row of tabs, tap on each tab
will open an input and result menu for a particular
search mode.
| Index Search
(by alphanumerical order) |
This search
mode is equivalent to browsing a dictionary
or directory organized in alphabetical
order. Enter any alphanumerical string
and all records with the first X characters
of their name matching the input text
string will be listed as the search result.
The following picture shows the result
of index search using “Grace”
as input string.
List all the result begin with “Grace”,
non case-sensitive. |
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Obtain the result by defined area and
nature of POIs. |
Tap and Hold to call the submenu for
further action. |
| Keyword
Search (Wild Card Search) |
| “Keyword”
is equivalent to wild card search. It would
search for the appearance of the input string
anywhere within the name field of the record.
If “mer” is used as the input
sting, then the search result would show
“Emerald Mansion” and “Mera
Garden”. You can input up to 5 keywords
in each search to be separated by comma,
semi-colon or space. For example, if you
enter “we mansion” as search
string, the system would return “Kim
Wee Mansion”, “Wedgewood Mansion”
and “Welkin Mansion” as search
result. |
Enter the Key word as ‘mer’
to show that all records relate to ‘mer’ |
Tap-and-Hold to call the sub menu |
Remarks:
This function used to compare every record
from compressed database therefore a longer
processing time is required. User may condition
the search area or type to increase the
performance of this search. |
| POI Search
(Point of Interest) Category |
Select POI based on the
following four criteria from the pull-down
menu highlighted :
-0 Area : First-tier District
-1 Town : Second-tier District
-2 Type : Main POI Category
-3 Sub-type : Secondary Category
Tap an item within the result list and
select “Position” to show
its location in the map window.
Choose the type, area and district.
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| Search
by Distance Range |
Find locations within a
fixed distance range from the center point
of the current map window. There are 7
fixed search ranges from 100 meters to
2500 meters. Tap an item in the result
list and select “Go” to have
the map zoomed into that item. Coordinates
of the search center point are displayed
on top of the menu.
Ranges from 100 meters to 2500 meters. |
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| District
Centre Location |
| Select a main district from
the “City List” and then a secondary
district from the “Town List”,
tap “Go” to locate the selected
district in the map window. |
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| Search
by Co-ordinates |
Enter the longitude latitude
coordinates either in decimal format or
degree-minute-second format, hit the “Go”
button and the map will be re-centered
to the input coordinates
Enter the longitude latitude coordinates |
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| Search
by Group Category (Q-find) |
| Q-find is to check
the POIs from GPS position with 2km radius.
Available at ‘GPS’ mode. |
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Pick the types of POI |
Highlight the result and press (Go) |
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