I have loaded UK maps for a trip there, from Australia, in a few months. They appear on "Items on my device"
That means you are checking for it using HOME.
however when I try and search for UK locations none come up as options.
I hope this is simply because I am in Australia and it will correct itself when I arrive in UK. Is this correct?
No, it will not correct itself automatically.
As per the advice from
dhn, did you
Change preferences, >>
Manage maps,
Switch maps ?
Once done you can proceed with
A .. B Prepare route.
I would highly recommend to make a new Custom POI Category. Call it _UK (the underscore in front of the UK will bring it up to the top of your listing) and put in there every conceivable location/address you want to visit over there.
As the sorting of listings in a POI category goes by distance from current location, nothing will resemble what you are setting up while in Oz and when you are in London, Luton will be before Brighton and Newcastle after. When Berwick-on Trent, Newcastle will be closer than Luton or London, etc.
Worst part, of course, is that the listings start with the street address and not the town, which in a lot of UK addresses will have dropped off the right side of the screen.
The easiest way, to my mind, to make matters more palatable is to just enter all locations you can thing off and then open them with
TYRE where it allows you to edit the name of an address without affecting the co-ordinates.
That means you can now preface any address with a meaningful word (Auntie Joe, Millennium Wheel, Warwick Castle, etc.) leave 5 - 6 spaces and then allow the address as entered originally.
It will still not change the sort order but will allow you to find the next place you want to visit very fast.
TYRE will also allow you to move the location instead of editing the address.
You can change the location by numerical coordinates input or by dragging the pointer in
that Google map to where exactly you want it.
That little preparation at home is well worth the time and frustration saved while being abroad.
After downloading and installing TYRE on your computer it will attach itself as an additional drop down item on your HOME screen.
