How do I add a POI to TT3 bluetooth?

madalex · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 05, 2004 Posts: 6

There are a few gatso's by where I live that are not recorded.
How do I add them to my TT3...any help please for a complete newby?

BoPeep · Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 1:37 am Post subject: Adding Gatsos

Hi Madalex,

The best way would be to submit the details of the gatsos to cameras@pocketgpsworld.com so that they are included in the next update of the Pocket GPS World Speed Camera Database.

That way everybody gets to benefit from your sightings! Thumbs Up

Regards,

Bo Peep.
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DavidW · Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 7:43 pm Post subject:

If you need software to capture cameras as you drive, use CheckPOInt 2.0.2 (CheckPOInt 3 is not very suited for this purpose). It's available in the downloads section of this site.

Once you've recorded the cameras, send your CheckPOInt.ov2 file to cameras@pocketgpsworld.com

David

BoPeep · Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 7:57 pm Post subject: Oops...

Oops, it looks like I gave the old email address there instead of the new one! Embarassed

I got that from the very first post about the Speed Camera Database coming into force, so perhaps I should have checked the date of the post and remembered that the site has changed names since then... Laughing

A sheepish

Bo Peep.
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DavidW · Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 8:47 pm Post subject:

Laura - don't feel sheepish. For most purposes the pocketgpsworld.com and pocketgpsworld.com domains are totally interchangeable. I'm pretty sure all the email addresses work equally well using either domain.

David

philbattenburg · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 20, 2004 Posts: 28

For me, the best way to add speed camera locations into TT3 which do not appear on the speed caera database POIs is as follows.

1. switch on TT3
2. open "file" in bottom left of screen
3. open "properties"
4. open "advanced"
5. scroll right down to "Hardware buttons"
6. click on say, button "4" menu bar
7. scroll through various options until "Memorize position"
8. Close properties.
Now, when you drive by any speed camera, at the point when you are besides the camera as you drive, all you do is press button "4" (or, whichever button you've selected for "memorize position").
When you get home, whilst TT3 is in "map" mode,
9. open "find" (the magnifying glass icon) and open "recent location" you will then see an icon with 4 white arrows in a red circle with a name of the location besides it; this is the precise location twhere you pressed "memorize position' so is the location of the speed camera you want to record.
10. press on the name of the location and a window will open
11. select "show on map"
12. press on the exact point shown and another window opens
13. select "add as point of interest"
14 in window under "type" select "pocketgps uk sc"
15, type in "name" field the identity of the camera
16. close the window and the speed camera icon will now appear at the point you selected.

It sounds like a lot of stages but it takes just a few seconds to add each camera location.

Alternatively, if you can identify a speed camera location just by looking at the map, then you can start at stage "12." and add the points to your database that way.

If you want to send the co-ordinates of a speed camera which did not appear in the pocketgps POI database to the managers of this website database, then
1. click on the location of the speed camera in "map" mode to get the flashing 4triangles in a circle "centering" icon on screen.
2. open "tools"
3 open "go to co-ordinates.."
4 Note the longitude and latitude figures of the location.

It's simple.

DavidW · Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 3:04 pm Post subject:

That's the painful way around - though it does work and I have used it myself. If you use CheckPOInt 2.0.2 (not version 3), you can use a hardware button to capture camera POIs directly into CheckPOInt.ov2 easily. This doesn't work properly in CheckPOInt 3, which is why I recommend CheckPOInt users who want to use the Pocket GPS camera database to use 2.0.2.

I prefer GPSAssist 2 to CheckPOInt, though the POI recorder component is still in closed beta at this time.

David

madalex · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 05, 2004 Posts: 6

Thanks everyone...how do i set up the hardware buttons? please forgive me i'm a complete novice to all of this. 8O Confused

madalex · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 05, 2004 Posts: 6

and how do I send OV2 files?

DavidW · Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 1:02 pm Post subject:

The hardware button setup to record a POI is done on the CheckPOInt menus - I forget exactly where. You need to make sure that you configure the same button in the TomTom Navigator Properties screen to default function - otherwise the function programmed in Navigator takes priority.

To send the .ov2 file in with your recorded cameras, you email it to cameras@pocketgpsworld.com - this is probably best done from your PC. To copy the file from your Pocket PC to your PC, you can use the Explore button in ActiveSync, My Pocket PC, Storage Card, and go into your map folder, then click on the file and press CTRL C. You then need to browse to a location on your PC where you press CTRL V to paste the file. (Unfortunately this is a bit clunky - for reasons to do, I believe, with ActiveSync's file conversion features, you can't directly manipulate files through the Explore function).

David

mrklaw · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 67

sorry for being a bit thick, but I've just recorded a camera, so am looking at how to submit it.

I'm using checkpoint (3.2 I think), but only to warn of pocketGPS locations. I'm not using any of their built in camera databases.

Do I still use checkpoint to store locations and submit? Do I need to do anything to TT3 (currently only set to show pocketgps POI)?

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