PGPSW Speed Camera Database on TomTom iPhone App

MrGumby · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:48 pm Post subject:

No longer relevant.

carlmicro17 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 12

MrGumby · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:20 am Post subject: Renaming bmp files

I'll add my two-penn'orth, re renaming bmp files to png. This works in Win7 and, I'm pretty sure, in earlier versions too:

1. Move the folder containing your bmp files to the root of your drive (to save some typing later).
It doesn't matter if the folder contains other file types (ogg, ov2, whatever) - they will not be changed.
2. Open a command prompt (click Start, type "cmd" in the Search box and hit Enter).
3. If your folder is in a drive other than C, type "x:", where x is the appropriate drive letter, and hit Enter
4. Type "cd \folder", where folder is the name of your folder, and hit Enter
5. Type "rename *.bmp *.png" and hit Enter
6. Close the command prompt and move your folder back to where you want it

If you prefer, instead of moving the folder, use the cd command in step 4 to get to the right directory, e.g. "cd \my documents\pgpsw\speed cams\folder" and then use the rename command.

sturmey · Lifetime Member Joined: Feb 15, 2011 Posts: 18

I understand that within the Tomtom for Iphone app there is no factory set function to provide an audible warning when approaching a POI. To get round this we can use a modified mapsettings.cfg file (taken from another PND TomTom device, or provided by this website).
However, is there a way to write a mapsettings.cfg file which not only provides POI warn when near alerts, but also checks the current speed of the vehicle and checks whether it is currently under/over the speed value for the closest POI before sounding the alert?
How are mapsettings.cfg files written? anyone with programming experience capable of writing a custom mapsettings.cfg file to perform this functionality?

mikealder · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:45 pm Post subject:

Sturmey, the alert if over speed function isn't available from anything in the TomTom range including the iPhone software. It wouldn't matter how the mapsettings.cfg file were created, the functionality you desire isn't available - Mike

Darren

wazzzzupmate · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:52 pm Post subject:

Thanks for this article.
I now have audible and visual alerts for the the pocketgpsworld database on my iphone. Thanks to Mike's comments I also have a silent voice option so I get camera alerts without routing alerts. Razz

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sturmey · Lifetime Member Joined: Feb 15, 2011 Posts: 18

Ok, thanks Mike and Darren.
Do you know if the Warn If Over Speed function is (or can be made) available on any other GPS iphone apps, such as Sygic, CoDriver, StreetPilot, iGO or CamerAlert?
I know you can add PIOs to Sygic which has a Warn When Near Alert based on proximity, however unsure if this can be further customised with a config file or similar somewhere.

Darren · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:22 pm Post subject:

TomTom has a built-in warn when over the speed limit function. But I don't know of any iPhone Nav app that has this tied into speedcam POIs.

You can't add speedcam POIs to most iPhone Nav apps anyway which is the first hurdle so they won't have over-speed support for a function that isn't supported if you know what I mean! Sygic only supports custom POIs if JailBroken.
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mikealder · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:40 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:01 pm Post subject:

Thanks Mike, but as Sygic Mobile is soon to disappear in favour of Sygic Aura, that will not be the case for long.
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mikealder · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:09 pm Post subject:

Yet another "Decent" nav app that bites the dust then as far as I am concerned, why the suppiers of navigation software are taking away what I consider basic functionality is nothing short of stupidity.

Only earlier today I received a phone call from a mate who wanted a recomendation for Navigation software for a Windows Mobile PDA based phone, Sygic wasn't something I was able to suggest due to the dumbing down of their software with the new release - Mike

Darren · Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:16 pm Post subject:

We are in conversation with them on this, they seem keen not to be black marked for any omissions and we have told them in no uncertain terms that removal of POI support would be a huge mistake and mean we could no longer recommend them.

Lets hope they take heed.
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wazzzzupmate · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:12 pm Post subject: Nearly there

I have the cameras displaying and the audible alerts working. Thank you.
I downloaded a sileint voice from the www and modified one of the iphone tomtom voices to create a silent voice.
With the silent voice selected it still pauses the music being played on the iphone, no voice just a quiet pause (or a quiet fade if fade is selected).
Is there a way to have the audio alerts for the PGPSWorld cams, display the visual route with no audible route guidance, and keep the music playing without pausing or fading?
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