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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff


Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15388 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:38 am Post subject: ATTENTION! 9,500 mobiles sites now ready for download! |
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Recently we seem to have had a lot of people saying we should not 'purge' the mobile speed camera site data. Please use the link below for a rough projection of just how many mobile sites would be in the database if we do not continue to purge this data. Nearly 9,000 in 12 months time and about 9,500 by March 2010.
Note that the projection is literally a straight line and does not account for the fact that more members over time will mean an increase in the number of submissions so the 'real' number would probably be far far higher. Perhaps 11,000 within 12 months.
Bearing in mind there are currently about 5,000 static / fixed cameras in the database - do you really want this many out of date Mobile sites?
Click here for the graph.
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karlak Lifetime Member

Joined: Dec 14, 2007 Posts: 39
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject: Re: ATTENTION! 9,500 mobiles sites now ready for download! |
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MaFt wrote: | Bearing in mind there are currently about 5,000 static / fixed cameras in the database - do you really want this many out of date Mobile sites?
Click here for the graph. |
Errrr, No - you guys have got it just right as it is  |
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Snudge Lifetime Member

Joined: Aug 22, 2007 Posts: 212 Location: Peterborough
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: ATTENTION! 9,500 mobiles sites now ready for download! |
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MaFt wrote: | - do you really want this many out of date Mobile sites?
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Agree with karl - definitely not. The roads will eventually be saturated with mobile sites so that if we believe them all to be possibly active we will have to keep to the speed limits all the time because there isn't a 'clear' stretch.
.......absolutely ridiculous state to get into! |
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pcaouolte Frequent Visitor

Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: 998 Location: South Lincs, UK.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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Also agree. The mobiles which have been purged seem spot on local to me so I expect that they are reasonable in other parts of the country.
If anyones favorite mobile location gets purged they can resubmit it when they next see it in use and it gets added back to the database.
The current purging rules seem to be producing sensible results. _________________ Paul |
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SpikeyMikey Lifetime Member

Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 858 Location: Hertfordshire. Forever blowing bubbles
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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Part of me says that I want to know where every possible mobile site is.
Part of me says that I don't want to be warned every few hundred yards about a possible / redundant mobile site.
With the option to display or not display the pMobiles, coupled with the 'Seen again' mobiles and the fact that the database is now updated weekly, I think the coverage is about as good as it could be (without daily / hourly updates - sorry MaFt ).
I suppose that someone will prove me wrong by saying they got a ticket at a mobile site that was removed last week, and reported as seen again yesterday before the next release.
I guess staying close enough to the limit is the only sure way to avoid any penalty. _________________ Mike
TT GO6000 (Europe); iPhone and iPad Pro with iOS TT GO & MyDrive + CamerAlert |
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Daggers Lifetime Member

Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 1096 Location: Solihull, UK
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Generally speaking, I don't want to be warned of sites where cameras are unlikely to be located. I don't use pmobiles, and I am in favour of pruning the database where necessary.
However, with all the current discussion, is it worth adopting a compromise position? How about deleting mobile sites after 12 months since the last positive sighting, rather than 6 months as present? |
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Darren Frequent Visitor

Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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It is already 12mths for Mobiles in the live database, 6 mths for those in the pMobiles database. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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andy-c1 Lifetime Member

Joined: Feb 05, 2005 Posts: 1039 Location: East Sussex
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:14 am Post subject: |
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Darren wrote: | It is already 12mths for Mobiles in the live database, 6 mths for those in the pMobiles database. |
Was gonna say something else till I read your post and to me there is nothing wrong with the settings at they are ,even 12 months is a bit long  _________________ TomTom 5001 |
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