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Now that you have found us we hope you will find our forums a friendly and helpful place to ask questions and receive answers. With over 350,000 registered users, we have one of the busiest satnav forums.

We offer unbiased reviews of all manner of GPS devices and you can be sure that we have tested every device we review, no PR re-hashes here, just honest opinions and in-depth experience from our team of respected editors and moderators.

We also produce the PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database, a speed camera warning service compatible with a huge range of satnavs. It is the most comprehensive database of its kind and now covers 40 countries. Don't take our word for it, take a wander through our forums and see what our customers think of our database and our service. Their feedback is better than any marketing spiel we can come up with.

And finally, don't be afraid to ask, if you need satnav help, want to install speed camera data, or just need advice on a purchase, we are here to help. Don't be shy.

Subscribers: The Latest Lifetime Members

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Every time we release the PocketGPSWorld.com Speed Camera Database we award those subscribers whose reports met our qualifying criteria a FREE Lifetime Membership to the site. We will publish the user-names of those who achieved the award following each release.

Of the 51 unique submitters who were first to make qualifying reports for this weeks database release (10.021) congratulations are due for the following 19 members who have just been awarded a FREE Lifetime Subscription:

annlouise25, Benj, CA_0128190653, CA_0129112312, CA_0608062021, CAA_0330211751, Cumbrianjohn, delboyuk1984, dwtevans, Gumballer, hjohan13, matt173, mephisto101, sdemills, Sele, shaldonsam, sm02fly, tetlowmr, tomq.


Three users missed out by not having a subscription at the time of submission. The remaining 29 qualifying submitters were already Lifetime Members. Our continued thanks to: 1bw2020, BMW330, CA_0116133010, CA_1205233928, CAA_0503050045, CAA_1123025119, CAA_1130221413, clivegrounds, dartmoorwanderer, DennisN, DougChandler, fzrman, hansscholten, iwhitmore, Jellyroll, kalahariferrari, karlnewsome, ManicMic, mrsasmith, MrsNeato, pfx, richrab, Rick-uk, saltburner, shuji, spsduncan, TeDe, VictorG, Wazza_G.

If you are one of this week's lucky subscribers, the 'Lifetime Member' rank will be added under your forum name in due course. For any current Lifetime Members who would like the tag adding then please click here to make your request.

New Lifetime Members: If you have an auto-renewing subscription (any PayPal subscription from September 2008) then please cancel the renewal from within your PayPal account as you will no longer have to pay to download! If you have any difficulties with this then please click here to raise a support ticket.

Our thanks to those who support the database and continue to report sites and locations, this is the reward, and for those who prefer to steal and abuse the service, read this thread. We WILL detect you.
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Posted by maft on Thursday, February 02 @ 11:56:02 GMT

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News: Rémi Gaillard - Human Speed Camera

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Rémi Gaillard achieved internet fame with his hit YouTube Mario Kart video.

Now he's released another great sketch which sees him dressed as a French Radar speed camera.

It's hilariously silly and well worth a watch so i shall say no more. Take a look at it here.

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Posted by Darren Griffin on Thursday, February 02 @ 10:10:16 GMT

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Subscribers: The PocketGPSWorld.com Speed Camera Database Has Just Been Updated!

Speed Cameras
Version 10.021 - 01 Feb 2012

This release sees 141 static and mobile speed cameras added/removed/modified across the various speed camera databases. Please keep submitting all sightings of mobile speed cameras so we can keep our database up to date with active sites. Apparently-inactive sites are regularly removed from the database (note that these do not get included in the total above).

Please click here for the full breakdown of country, speed camera type and number. All members submitting qualifying reports of static/mobile speed cameras will be credited with lifetime memberships by 17:00 02 Feb 12.

The Garmin GPSR database (for older devices) is now up to date (17:29, 01 Feb 12).

Dont forget our RSS feed which is updated every time we release the speed camera database. Simply right click on the RSS image and select copy shortcut, then post the link into your favourite RSS reader.

You can submit new speed camera locations or submit changes to current cameras by following this link to the submission page and you can download the database via this link.

A beginner's guide to the speed camera database can be found here, and some installation instructions for most units can be found here.

Please watch for further announcements on the homepage or sign up to our weekly newsletter alerts which carry full details of future speed camera database releases. The newsletter signup box is located on the top left of all site pages. Your privacy is important to us, we do not sell on your email details.
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Posted by maft on Wednesday, February 01 @ 17:19:51 GMT

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News: CamerAlert for Android - v1.3.5.548 Now Available

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Today we have released the latest version of the CamerAlert application for Android version 1.3.5.458. This version has the following changes:

New functionality:
- Added functionality to force audio to be routed to device speaker even when Bluetooth audio is connected
- Added a car mode option to start CamerAlert when the user enters car mode and close when the user exits car mode. This is mutually exclusive from the Car Dock mode and only one should be selected.

Fixes:
- Partial fix for Motorola Atrix colour schemes
- Fixed a media player crash
- Redlight with no speed attribute now just announced as Redlight

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Posted by Mike Barrett on Wednesday, February 01 @ 15:22:45 GMT

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News: SatNavs Reach Springfield as The Simpsons Offer Directions

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Characters from The Simpsons have become the latest celebrities to offer their voices to TomTom satnav systems.

The voice of Homer Simpson is already available through TomTom, experiencing the highest level of downloads for any character voice.

The range has now been expanded to include the Mr Burns and Marge characters.

The voices are exclusive to TomTom, with the app only available for iPhones, iPads and their personal navigation devices. Each voice is billed separately.

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Posted by rob brady on Wednesday, February 01 @ 12:40:02 GMT

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News: Increased Road Fines May Reach £100

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Fixed penalty notices issued to those found guilty of committing driving offences are set for sizeable increases, with some even reaching £100.

The fine, which currently stands at £60, may increase to £80 or £100 as part of the new plan which has been proposed by Justice Secretary Ken Clarke.

The additional revenue received from the higher penalties will be used to fund road safety schemes, whilst also contributing to the compensation received by victims of crime.

Those who have suffered serious injuries will be prioritised under the new scheme and British victims of terror attacks could receive this compensation - even if they are living abroad.

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Posted by rob brady on Tuesday, January 31 @ 19:45:02 GMT

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News: Oz Police Hit The Roof In Drive To Catch Hooning Motorists

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Police in Western Australia have developed a roof mounted radar speed detector, turning every patrol car into a mobile speed camera, in their drive to catch speeding motorists.

The new technology combines radar for speed measurement with an on-board video camera. Speeding motorists would then receive fines by post.

Police are now seeking funds to to install on 48 cars in the fleet and for further development. Ultimately they plan to install the technology in every new patrol car at a cost of $70,000 per vehicle.

Western Australia already measures the speed of 14 million vehicles per year and the introduction of this technology could see that figure rise to over 300 million.

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Posted by Darren Griffin on Monday, January 30 @ 09:37:42 GMT

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News: LightSquared’s Troubles Rumble On

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According to the American National Space-Based Position, Navigating and Timing Executive Committee (PNT-Excom), the planned introduction of 4G LTE broadband by LightSquared could cause disruption to GPS receivers.

In what has become an ongoing battle between the bodies, PNT-Excom claimed GPS receivers would encounter interference following the introduction of these services.

According to their report, even GPS systems found within flight navigation systems may be affected.

The declaration follows tests on the proposed broadband system which detected the interference.

Deputy Defense Secretary, Ashton Carter, and Deputy Transportation Secretary, John D. Porcari, wrote that, "Based upon this testing and analysis, there appear to be no practical solutions or mitigations that would permit the LightSquared broadband service, as proposed, to operate in the next few months or years without significantly interfering with GPS."

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Posted by rob brady on Friday, January 27 @ 21:14:57 GMT

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News: CamerAlert for iOS IS FREE For a Limited Period

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To celebrate CamerAlert scoring 4 out of 5 stars in the Tap! Magazine review, and it trouncing the AA Safety Camera app, we've decided to reduce the price of CamerAlert from 69p to FREE for a limited period.

As before, you get one free download to the latest available database after installing the app and you can get subsequent updates with a subscription at the normal rates. A subscription can also be used on up to three devices which may be Apple or Android smartphones or any of the wide range of satnavs that we support.

It's the perfect opportunity for Apple device owners to sample the quality of our database at zero cost. What are you waiting for?......

Download CamerAlert here.

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Posted by Darren Griffin on Friday, January 27 @ 18:10:59 GMT

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Subscribers: The Latest Lifetime Members

Free Lifetime Subscriptions!
Every time we release the PocketGPSWorld.com Speed Camera Database we award those subscribers whose reports met our qualifying criteria a FREE Lifetime Membership to the site. We will publish the user-names of those who achieved the award following each release.

Of the 40 unique submitters who were first to make qualifying reports for this weeks database release (10.014) congratulations are due for the following 9 members who have just been awarded a FREE Lifetime Subscription:

CA_0122062126, johndanson, kikabyte, mrsasmith, rogermartin, stone, tinapatra, tisiman, triafgg.


Two users missed out by not having a subscription at the time of submission. The remaining 29 qualifying submitters were already Lifetime Members. Our continued thanks to: Alfygiz, AliOnHols, BMW330, bw2020, CA_1205233928, CAA_0420102504, CAA_0503050045, CAA_1130221413, citron, cloggienl, curtlyb, DennisN, Desborough, disco1974, doorman, Francis_Albert, Hodenwaffe, hudsonl, ihunter, iwhitmore, jamietre, lbendlin, MaFt, Marinemw, pillboxman, pyromana, spajohn, spotter1844, willyroo.

If you are one of this week's lucky subscribers, the 'Lifetime Member' rank will be added under your forum name in due course. For any current Lifetime Members who would like the tag adding then please click here to make your request.

New Lifetime Members: If you have an auto-renewing subscription (any PayPal subscription from September 2008) then please cancel the renewal from within your PayPal account as you will no longer have to pay to download! If you have any difficulties with this then please click here to raise a support ticket.

Our thanks to those who support the database and continue to report sites and locations, this is the reward, and for those who prefer to steal and abuse the service, read this thread. We WILL detect you.
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Posted by maft on Thursday, January 26 @ 12:31:10 GMT

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Subscribers: The PocketGPSWorld.com Speed Camera Database Has Just Been Updated!

Speed Cameras
Version 10.014 - 25 Jan 2012

This release sees 145 static and mobile speed cameras added/removed/modified across the various speed camera databases. Please keep submitting all sightings of mobile speed cameras so we can keep our database up to date with active sites. Apparently-inactive sites are regularly removed from the database (note that these do not get included in the total above).

Please click here for the full breakdown of country, speed camera type and number. All members submitting qualifying reports of static/mobile speed cameras will be credited with lifetime memberships by 17:00 26 Jan 12.

The Garmin GPSR database (for older devices) is currently 10.013 (18 Jan 12).

Dont forget our RSS feed which is updated every time we release the speed camera database. Simply right click on the RSS image and select copy shortcut, then post the link into your favourite RSS reader.

You can submit new speed camera locations or submit changes to current cameras by following this link to the submission page and you can download the database via this link.

A beginner's guide to the speed camera database can be found here, and some installation instructions for most units can be found here.

Please watch for further announcements on the homepage or sign up to our weekly newsletter alerts which carry full details of future speed camera database releases. The newsletter signup box is located on the top left of all site pages. Your privacy is important to us, we do not sell on your email details.
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Posted by maft on Wednesday, January 25 @ 19:17:59 GMT

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News: Supreme Court Rules Warrants ARE Needed For GPS Tracking

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Following on from our story on the use of GPS Trackers by US law enforcement last year (see here), the US Supreme Court has now ruled on their use.

In a unanimous ruling, the court has rules that a search warrant is required before a GPS tracking device can be used to follow a suspect's vehicle. The court decided that the use of GPS trackers, attached to a suspect's vehicle, amounted to a search and that their use, without a warrant violated the Fourth Amendment which protects against unreasonable search and seizure.

This ruling only covers the use of physical tracking devices. The court has now been asked to address the use of monitoring of a suspect's mobile phone for location tracking purposes. Currently the ruling does not require a warrant to track in this way.

Last year we also covered the teardown of a tracker by iFixIt.com.

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Posted by Darren Griffin on Wednesday, January 25 @ 11:45:48 GMT

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News: New Location Sharing Service - Glympse - And We Like It

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There's nothing new about location tracking solutions and there are countless apps and services that you can use to share your location with family and friends. But none have stood out, until now.

Glympse is a relative newcomer but it's kicking up quite a storm with it's service. It allows you to share your location and provide live tracking which can be viewed on a computer or smartphone. You choose who gets to track you and for how long. You can send your location to a single person, a group and you can even share it on Facebook or Twitter.

A simple timer setting allows you to set how long the sharing is active for which solves the worry of forgetting to turn tracking off. Better still, if you're sharing a particular journey, you can set it to expire on your arrival. A nice feature.

But by far the best feature is the quality of the tracking itself. Delivered in real-time, progress is displayed via a Google Map overlay with fluid movement and additional data such as ETA and, optionally, speed.

When you send an invite, or 'glympse' as the app authors call them, the recipient gets an email with a link which takes them to the Glympse website with your live location.

It's a great service, works well, and has a myriad of uses. It's the best of it's kind that we've seen and it is all free.

The Glympse app is available, free of charge, for Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry. For more information see their website at glympse.com.

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Posted by Darren Griffin on Wednesday, January 25 @ 11:02:28 GMT

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News: Speed Cameras Attributed to Huge Accident Reduction

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Figures released by the Kent and Medway Safety Camera Partnership (KMSCP) reveal that the number of fatalities and casualties at fixed and mobile speed camera sites on the county's roads have reduced by almost 75% since 2002.

Alongside having 397 fewer serious injuries and fatalities, the cameras have also helped to catch and prosecute more than 23,000 speeding drivers.

The Chairman for the KMSCP and the Head of Roads Policing for the Kent Police, Chief Inspector Andy Reeves, stated that the figures "speak for themselves" when it comes to road safety benefits.

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Posted by rob brady on Tuesday, January 24 @ 19:22:45 GMT

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News: Solar Flare Heading For Earth - GPS May Be Affected

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A massive coronal mass ejection (CME) last night caused a solar flare which is now heading towards Earth at 4 million miles per hour. This latest activity follows a solar flare on Sunday which saw Aurora (Northern Lights) visible in parts of the UK as far south As Newcastle.

This CME is the largest recorded since 2005 and its high speed means we can expect it to reach Earth throughout Wednesday. Whilst sights such as the aurora are likely to be visible once again, possibly even further south than Sunday, there is growing concern that the CME could affect GPS and other communications satellites that orbit at high, Northern latitudes.

This latest flare has been rated an S3 event, on a scale of 1 to 5 and it is sufficiently strong for flights over the North pole to be rerouted.

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Posted by Darren Griffin on Tuesday, January 24 @ 14:15:56 GMT

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