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Topic: TomTom Launch New x40 LIVE SatNav Range at IFA (540/740/940) |
not_sure_i_care
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:21 pm Subject: TomTom Launch New x40 LIVE SatNav Range at IFA (540/740/940) |
So they're carrying on with also rans, at best
eh? |
Topic: TomTom Launch New x40 LIVE SatNav Range at IFA (540/740/940) |
not_sure_i_care
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Views: 90801
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:31 pm Subject: TomTom Launch New x40 LIVE SatNav Range at IFA (540/740/940) |
TomTom Safety Alerts including real-time safety camera reporting and sharing, meaning users can keep each other informed about mobile safety cameras. Safety alerts in the UK will be supplied by Road A ... |
Topic: The PocketGPSWorld.com Suggestion Box |
not_sure_i_care
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Forum: Guestbook and Feedback Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:06 am Subject: The PocketGPSWorld.com Suggestion Box |
Personally, I would like to see a makeover of the website. A general refresh of the layout would be good. Been the same for a while and whilst the content is good new fonts, images etc would make it ... |
Topic: Making Navteq maps: Onboard with the survey team. |
not_sure_i_care
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Forum: NAVTEQ Digital Map Data Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:05 pm Subject: Making Navteq maps: Onboard with the survey team. |
Perhaps they already knew about it. How long has it been like this and how uptodate is the map you are using. If people keep reporting the same issue then there has to come a time when they stop acc ... |
Topic: Snooper Tracker |
not_sure_i_care
Replies: 7
Views: 10183
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Forum: Vehicle Locators & Person or Pet Tracking Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:08 am Subject: Snooper Tracker |
Thanks for the info - I won't be getting one of them then.
They all work this way, a company would have to be very brave to offer a product that transfers data via the GPRS network for free. A ... |
Topic: Snooper Tracker |
not_sure_i_care
Replies: 7
Views: 10183
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Forum: Vehicle Locators & Person or Pet Tracking Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 12:46 pm Subject: Snooper Tracker |
Well, there is the cost of the first top up, £5 and then it costs 10p (albeit cheap) for each request to update a location. It doesn't say how often you can ask it to send it's position but I guess s ... |
Topic: "Latest Map Guarantee" not working? |
not_sure_i_care
Replies: 533
Views: 169984
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:27 pm Subject: "Latest Map Guarantee" not working? |
Doh..!!!
I spotted that about 5 mins after posting it. Then battery died on laptop. Apologies, but you can see why I queried it without realising the date mishap. |
Topic: "Latest Map Guarantee" not working? |
not_sure_i_care
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:17 pm Subject: "Latest Map Guarantee" not working? |
Are version 710 maps available for all TomToms only I've just checked my One XL which was purchased from Amazon on the 22nd October and I have version 675 maps
I've tried the Use Latest Ma ... |
Topic: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
not_sure_i_care
Replies: 27
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:35 pm Subject: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
Gatso cameras are not type approved for forward facing enforcement. Therefore cannot be used to prosecute in the UK. In some instances a Gatso camera can 'flash' when driven towards it in the 'wrong ... |
Topic: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
not_sure_i_care
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Views: 14026
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 12:50 am Subject: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
I am not a Police Officer.
Edit: Nor am I a Police Employee, just someone in the general industry. Is that enough? |
Topic: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
not_sure_i_care
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:25 pm Subject: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
If true, this would suggest you have access to either the manufacturers' technical specifications, a technicians' manual, or are somehow connected to the manufacturer in some other way; so, witho ... |
Topic: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
not_sure_i_care
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:27 pm Subject: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
The Type-24+AUS Gatso is the camera / Radar measurement device is the device used in the UK. TruVelo use the Combi-SMC system.
So in answer to the question, yes it is the same one. |
Topic: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
not_sure_i_care
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:54 am Subject: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
By GATSO, I mean a GATSO camera. I am not using the term GATSO to refer to all speed/safety cameras.
As I stated earlier, TruVelo cameras can do this but not automatically. I am unsure about Spee ... |
Topic: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
not_sure_i_care
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:02 pm Subject: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
They use Continuous-wave radar, when you think about that amount of radar that is bounced back, the bigger the vehicle, the more there is. The cameras are calibrated to understand the difference betw ... |
Topic: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:01 pm Subject: Gatso technology - HGV/Car Differentiation? |
Also, I maintain that there's no way a normal Gatso/Monitron etc. can "flash" at a different speed dependant on the vehicle type,
GATSO cameras use the doppler effect to establish the speed of a v ... |
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