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i3, Speed Camera POI's and Direction

 
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FirebladeDreamer
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:22 pm    Post subject: i3, Speed Camera POI's and Direction Reply with quote

Just loaded up the i3 with with the camera database. It detects cameras OK but appears to warn you in either direction i.e. in the direction the camera would snap you and the otherway. Is this the expected behaviour?
I've searched the forums but so far haven't found any info but as I'm new here please excuse me if I've missed the obvious!
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:25 pm    Post subject: Re: i3, Speed Camera POI's and Direction Reply with quote

FirebladeDreamer wrote:
Just loaded up the i3 with with the camera database. It detects cameras OK but appears to warn you in either direction i.e. in the direction the camera would snap you and the otherway. Is this the expected behaviour?
I've searched the forums but so far haven't found any info but as I'm new here please excuse me if I've missed the obvious!


The warning is just based on proximity.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:09 pm    Post subject: Re: i3, Speed Camera POI's and Direction Reply with quote

Lester_Burnham wrote:
FirebladeDreamer wrote:
Just loaded up the i3 with with the camera database. It detects cameras OK but appears to warn you in either direction i.e. in the direction the camera would snap you and the otherway. Is this the expected behaviour?
I've searched the forums but so far haven't found any info but as I'm new here please excuse me if I've missed the obvious!


The warning is just based on proximity.



that proxy stuff could be more refined, why cos we have a redeye cam and every time we on a diffrent road near it ie a dual carrageway and not on the 30mph one where it is the dam satnav bongs away we doing 70 and the thing bongs cos we going over the 30mph.

so would it be possable to have the pois on the actual road you on not some road nearby where you not even going to go past it directly..
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:12 pm    Post subject: Re: i3, Speed Camera POI's and Direction Reply with quote

Wildie wrote:
that proxy stuff could be more refined, why cos we have a redeye cam and every time we on a diffrent road near it ie a dual carrageway and not on the 30mph one where it is the dam satnav bongs away we doing 70 and the thing bongs cos we going over the 30mph.

so would it be possable to have the pois on the actual road you on not some road nearby where you not even going to go past it directly..


There's not much you can do about cameras that are on nearby roads, other than use the GPX convertor (and the instructions, posted in the sticky) to tweak the proximity / distance warnings to something that suits you better.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you beat me to it lester (linking to the gpx convertor)

also, the data in the csv is simply location (latitude/longitude), name and set speed limit. there is no other space for data regarding the road it's on or the direction - at least there isn't at the moment.

you could always suggest to garmin that they include a direction column into poi loader and change the firmware for all the units to recognise this direction info?

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the replies. Having direction in would be great as it would just about halve the number of alerts. Wonder what the chances are of Garmin incorporating that?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If everyone emails them then i don't why they wouldn't. It surely can't be that hard because companies like Road Angel and Talex do it.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Having thought about it. I think having the ability to add two directional headings would be good. Mobile sites often enforce both directions from the same site (obviously at different times)
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

direction would be good as the nav knows which way ones going and the coords of the things are known too but some do swing 180deg
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

just a thought if they did do a directional poi then the alert we get wont happen due too the fact we would`nt be traveling in that direction but 90deg too it.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i have just downloaded the speed camera poi for my garmin i3 but i dnt seem to be able to transfer it onto my sat nav please can sumbody help me.

cheers dave
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MOby84 - suggested reading - http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=29719
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

moby84 wrote:
i have just downloaded the speed camera poi for my garmin i3 but i dnt seem to be able to transfer it onto my sat nav please can sumbody help me.

cheers dave


there is a dedicated subscribers forum for help with the speed camera files.

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