Safety Camera Fees - Details

Ako · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 4:43 pm Post subject:

Darren wrote:

[/quote]Ako wrote:
Yes!! Happy New year everyone. I'll be subscribing even though I don't agree with the amount.

PS Darren, I noticed you went back and edited your original reply to me. Just wondering why?

Regards

Just another tightass

Nothing shady, I was correcting some spelling mistooks!

Ako · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject:

Oooooops!!!!! Got my quotes all mixed up Hic! Hic!

Dave
_________________
Holux231, XDAII Copilot 6, 1Gb Lexar SD Card

jmk · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:14 pm Post subject:

Ako · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject:

JK,

I do use the icon but I used it and pasted in the quote but then remembered I hadn't wrote who the quote was from so I wrote that then pressed the quote icon again but I forgot where the cursor was, then the mists descended and it all went pear shaped. Hell its new years eve anyway.

Dave
_________________
Holux231, XDAII Copilot 6, 1Gb Lexar SD Card

sunter18 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 05, 2005 Posts: 34

Hi All. Just as an extra couple of points to this thread.

1st. I sent in 5 camera points from the Worksop and surrounding area in October and have just downloaded the latest (December) info and they dont appear to be on yet. as we turn proffesional is this going to be the case or is the information going to be updated quicker. After all the point of downloading the database on a monthly basis is that it is the latest that is available. Will attach a copy of email incase we have anyone in the area that is new.

Hi Bill,
Thank you for the update. If I cannot identify the locations on my maps then I will contact you again.
Richard

SUNTER18@aol.com wrote:
Hi. Am sending details of 5 locations in the Worksop, Notts and surrounding area that are not listed. They are all mobile cameras. I have listed the junctions they are held closest to. I hope this is a suitable way of listing and you can add to your database. If not can you advise how to list and i will try to resubmit.

Styrrup- Jnct of B6463 Main Street and Oaklands Drive

Carlton in Lindrick- Jnct of A60 Doncaster Road and Granary Court.

Blyth/ Bawrty- Jnct of A614 Bawtry Rd and The Woodlands (this does not show on the TTGo map but is on multi map).

Worksop- Jnct of B6040 Retford Road and Hardwicke Road East.

Worksop- Jnct of B6041 Gateford Road and Ashes Park Avenue.

These places are all manned on a weekly basis. Thanks for your help and congratulations on keeping a great site running and updated. Regards Bill........

2nd. Has anyone realised that using PayPal to pay on a monthly basis is going to cost the site a lot more in commisions than if paid yearly. I use them for ebay selling and it appears that there is a minimum charge of 30p which reduces % wise as you receive more money. This should be taken into account with the yearly discounts. (hope that makes sense Laughing Out Loud

).

Happy New Year all and lets hope we have a picture free one Wink

MikeB · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:21 pm Post subject:

emjaiuk · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:19 pm Post subject:

Mike B wrote

Darren · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject:

AlanK · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:53 pm Post subject:

Just downloaded the new database and pleased to see it has a lot of the mobile sites in and around Edinburgh at least now appearing. I just hope that this increased accuracy continues when the membership comes into play.

re the memberships for contributions, how will this work for submissions from multiple members? e.g. I sent two in last night and one of them now appears on the database. I assume someone else has also sent this in as I doubt it was mine as the other camera on the same road does not appear (and it was only a few hours before the release)

I would hope that it would still count as it was not in the previous release and think that this would be the approach taken on free months for future updates as I cant think how else you could 'openly' manage this.

Anyway, Happy New Year everyone! I'm of to get another hangover 8)

Barsnake · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:27 pm Post subject:

smstextaddict · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:44 pm Post subject:

or use streetmap.co.uk, zoom into where the location is, mark it, then copy the url and forward it onto Richard with, the details and speed etc of that road and what type of speed enforcement it is (gatso, mobile, specs,etc)

BunnyBallerina · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 21, 2005 Posts: 37

Dear Mods,

Been following all the charging debate over the last fortnight or so and looks like you have managed to quell rebellion in the ranks...

BUT

There are another group of people you seem to be neglecting - or perhaps haven't considered.

I live just outside a very big city and decided to have a critical look at the local cameras. I assumed they would all be good but in view of other posts re accuracy I thought I'd check them.

Most were ok - though their positioning was a bit suspect in place. Some had the wrong speed limit. Interestingly one was missing - and it has been there for at least a year .

Some of which can be two way are only marked as one way and vice versa

For the temporary sites - the info seemed well out of date - wrong speed limits in places - but a lot of the obvious ones missing. And a lot in seemingly random places where I've never seen a speed trap

For a city of this size I'm surprised it isn't all spot on. Surely there must be hundreds of members that drive through my area.

The cut off for lifetime membership was rather abrupt - we cannot all be glued to our pcs 24x7

So to submit or not?

Bearing in mind it is now a "commercial" operation and pgps will be making money out of my data.

To drive to said missing camera and accurately get position info
It will "cost" time, petrol, use of several hundred pounds worth of kit - transferring this from the ppc to pc and emailing.

Or validating anyone of a number within a 25-mile radius

And what do you get? A two pound credit.

So what is the incentive for me to post this data? At least under the free model it was for the greater good. But now?

OK so eventually someone will post these corrections. But in the meantime one of your "inner circle" could get done.

And this is just in one part of the UK. Scale this up and what have you got?
A lot of accurate info - but a lot of duff gen, crying wolf etc. If you are outside your patch then being lulled into a false sense of security.

So surely posting info or validating existing data should earn membership. Anyone who doesn't - or uses the data for commercial purposes should pay

	PocketGPS
	Web