Categories search in Nokia Maps for WP8

After switching from my old Nokia N8 to a Lumia 920, one thing that disappointed me is the categories search functionality in Nokia Maps in WP8. On the Symbian device the categories were handily available close to the name search etc. On the Lumia I first have to search for the "Popular" places before I can even select a category. This is not the biggest issue though.
My problem is that it does not seem to have the same fine grained categories as in the Symbian version. For example finding only gas stations seems to be impossible. In fact I dont seem to be able to show gas stations at all, since they are not included in any of the categories.
Am I doing something wrong? Can I add categories somehow? Is this something that will be improved in the future?
I am using Nokia Maps version 3.1.177.8 on a Lumia 920
Thanks,
Jakob
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aspergerguy wrote:
@JakeTheCake
Presumably read Page 61 of the User Guide here:http://nds1.nokia.com/phones/files/pdf_guides/devices/Lumia920/Nokia_Lumia_920_UG_en-US_ATT_(2010000...
Thanks for your reply.
If you read my question again you will notice that I already know how to find the categories. My issue is that the division into categories is far too coarse and it's impossible to choose one specific type of POI, for example gas stations.

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