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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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As there is no specific piece of software available anymore, here's a few alternative methods of logging camera positions:
(There was a long post here, with several methods to save camera locations on the TomTom models and how to report them back to PGPSW.
I've moved it to a new "sticky" topic HERE).
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Andy_P,
Some useful stuff here
best wishes |
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Alabama978 Lifetime Member
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 5:02 pm Post subject: Maybe I'm senile but |
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I captured 4 or 5 cameras in Netherlands at the weekend but I have a memory problem (me not the TT!)
I have a vague idea of each camera type and can remember which direction some faced but how do you guys actually record that info? I could not stop and write it down as I was pretty much on a scheduled trip and already late due to traffic.
I remembered the type by memorizing a letter each time I passed one...
GGTGGR e.g. Gatso, Truvelo, Redlight etc.
I was pretty pleased too as none of the cameras appear on the database
but obviously I can't remember all the info.
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 6:52 pm Post subject: Re: Maybe I'm senile but |
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Alabama978 wrote: |
I have a vague idea of each camera type and can remember which direction some faced but how do you guys actually record that info? I could not stop and write it down as I was pretty much on a scheduled trip and already late due to traffic.
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I use the voice recording function on my mobile phone. _________________ Paul |
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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I'm using TT Navigator 7 and I think this is the simplest /safest way to record cameras when driving.
Before setting off go into menu / map corrections / correction preferences and set the "show report button" to be on. You now get a "square" on the navigation map which you can press to record your position - unfortunately you will need to remember the camera type.
You can now process the captured data offline by going into map corrections again. I add the correction as a POI - it only apears to allow creation using the TT poi categories. This does present some difficulty:
a) In TT I cannot use a POI category of my own and therefore create an ov2 file to send in direct
b) I can get the co-ordinates but the manual entry on the pocketgpsworld website doesnt allow co-ordinates to be changed once I've displayed the approximate position
Does anyone know the format of an ov2 file so I could create one manually?
Thanks in anticipation
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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The easy way to create your own ov2 file is to use Excel or even NotePad on the PC then use something like POIEdit to convert the file to the ov2 format, you can download POIEdit from Here or take a look at "Oldie's" web site Here for a number of utilities for file creation/ conversion - Mike |
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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dandpclements wrote: | I'm using TT Navigator 7 and I think this is the simplest /safest way to record cameras when driving.
Before setting off go into menu / map corrections / correction preferences and set the "show report button" to be on. You now get a "square" on the navigation map which you can press to record your position - unfortunately you will need to remember the camera type. |
That's basically my "Method 3b - Map Corrections" above...
Quote: | This does present some difficulty:
a) In TT I cannot use a POI category of my own and therefore create an ov2 file to send in direct |
The prefered method is to use the submission map now. ov2 files were only for when you could submit from the POI Capture program.
Quote: | b) I can get the co-ordinates but the manual entry on the pocketgpsworld website doesnt allow co-ordinates to be changed once I've displayed the approximate position |
If you enter your Lat / Long into the "Find a Location" box above the submission map it will take you to that exact spot. (use the format 51.12345, -0.12345 in the box, where '-' is for west or south)
You can then drag the map about by click and drag, until the central pushpin is exactly where you want it and click on the "Accept this location" button. That puts the exact Lat/Long of that spot into the submission boxes and you can go on to fill out tall the other details.
Hope that helps!
Quote: | Does anyone know the format of an ov2 file so I could create one manually? |
It's not a simple format, but programs like POI Edit (Google to find it) can easily take a text or .csv file and convert it to ov2. |
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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I use a GO720 and I tend to use the "print screen" feature by pressing the top left corner of the screen (as described elsewhere in these forums).
Problem is you don't always get a definitive location that way but if you have side roads leading off the road you are travelling on it's possible to work out where you were when you took the screen capture.
Don't know if it's possible to show the lat/long co-ordinates on teh map screen when you are driving becuase this would be the perfect solution to a one button capture method.
The less interaction with the screen whilst driving has to be the safest solution. _________________ "A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible"
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Brickie64 wrote: |
Don't know if it's possible to show the lat/long co-ordinates on teh map screen when you are driving becuase this would be the perfect solution to a one button capture method.. |
Not as far as I know.... They only appear on the 'Browse Map' screen, the 'route summary' screen, and the 'Where am I?' screen, all of which take more button presses.
Route summary isn't bad though... you can get there in one tap on the bottom of the screen, so it's a two-tap solution if you've got the screen capture program running. ![Thumbs Up](modules/Forums/images/smiles/custom2.gif) |
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:49 am Post subject: |
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As it looks like this "Screen Capture plus Route Summary page" method is a good "two-tap" solution, I've just updated my round-up of all the Screen Capture methods HERE to include Brickie64's suggestion as Method 4 ![Thumbs Up](modules/Forums/images/smiles/custom2.gif) |
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:05 am Post subject: |
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I've got a GO 950 LIVE SatNav, and recorded several SPECS locations on the M6 yesterday using the MapShare shortcut method.
I've gone onto the unit this evening, taken down the Latitude/Longitude of each correction, and gone to enter them on the database but found they're all completely wrong? i.e. not on the M6, despite them being displayed on the M6 on the unit itself.
Has anybody seen this before? Am I doing something wrong? _________________ TomTom GO 950 LIVE |
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:10 am Post subject: |
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Probably because your TomTom isn't set to use Decimal Degrees in the position format option, Go to status & Information on page 3 of the main menu then select "Configure" select Degrees(d.d) as the device is set to Minutes format by default - Mike |
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:37 am Post subject: |
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That's exactly what it was, thanks Mike! _________________ TomTom GO 950 LIVE |
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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If I have a POI category that I use often (let say it's called "Family") I rename the category "aaFamily" and this way it will always appear at the top of the list.
If necessary it is very easy to remove the leading "aa".
This aproach can be used when creating a category to store speed cams. _________________ David
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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djchapple wrote: | If I have a POI category that I use often (let say it's called "Family") I rename the category "aaFamily" and this way it will always appear at the top of the list.
If necessary it is very easy to remove the leading "aa".
This aproach can be used when creating a category to store speed cams. | if you call it "_family" it will stay at the top of the list and show as just family
I have an amended poi.dat file with just one category (winery), I use the map correction button to mark locations, then save them as a missing POI in the winery category, which creates PA7349.ov2. I then use TYRE to copy the locations to the correct POI files _________________ TomTom ONE Series 30 (v8) & TMC traffic
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