Odd Mapshare corrections fault

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:57 am Post subject: Odd Mapshare corrections fault

Can anyone shed any light on this one?

As you may know, you can add a Mapshare correction icon to the "Quickmenu" so you can log a location with one touch, and go back to it later to enter all the details.
I've found this quite useful for logging camera positions when there are a lot to do in quick succession (new SPECS installations etc.)

Normally, when you come to review them, it shows the location of each one and you can scroll through them then go on to add the details.

However.... when I used it at the weekend, I logged seven or eight camera locations and it flashed up the usual message saying I'd saved the location, but when I went to review them, the display showed an "empty" map - just green grass. If I zoomed out, eventually I got some sky too, but NO roads or other features.

If I ignored it and tapped "Handle now" it acted as if I was marking a correction from scratch and the map display was wherever I last left it, NOT the position I marked.

It's totally reproducible, see example below.

I've tried resets, switching maps, and "Clear Flash". They've made no difference Crying or Very sad

Calomax · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:43 am Post subject:

Andy, this is just a guess, but it looks as though it could be saving the wrong co-ordinates for some reason, somewhere off your map. A similar thing happened to me when I used Google Maps to find a location in France, then sent it to TT. I hadn't noticed that I had found somewhere in Canada with the same name. When I tried to find it on the TT its display was exactly the same as yours.

Incidentally, I usually save camera positions as Favourites because I find them easier to deal with later.
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richard345 · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject:

Andy, I've had exactly the same issue for about three weeks, now. Just a pale green screen and no map visible when I click 'Handle Now'.

I've given up recording errors for now.
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Andy_P · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:58 pm Post subject:

So it could be something affecting everyone?
Can anyone else confirm that?

As to the saving as favourites, that's what I normally do too, but this method (when it works!) is the best and quickest I've found for logging lots of locations in a very short time, such as SPECS installations.

If you do a "normal" save favourite, you get prompted for a name so have to type something
If you do a Quickmenu Save favourite, it gives it the road name automatically, but when you do the next one it tries to replace the previous one if it is on the same bit of road.

If you do it as Map Corrections, it just logs them all in order and I use the voice recorder to make notes on each like "Specs 50 other side".

DennisN · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:

I have just tried to reproduce it, both with and without GPS signals, but it worked fine for me on my 720, 920 and new 730. That wasn't using Operate my go in Home, by the way.

Incidentally, today was my first ever go at doing new cameras this way, six new Specs between J13 and J14 on M4 (I know I'm not the first to report them, but they haven't yet got into my Verifier's files, so I was starting from scratch like everybody else). When I went to handle them I then started doing a correction (just picked speed limit) in order to get close enough in and see the coordinates which I could write down. Then I went back and deleted it and went on to the next one. Am I doing it right, or is there a magic quicker way?

Voice recorder? Is that an add-in, 'cos I can't find it?
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mikealder · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject:

So it has - I had forgotten since RTFMing (not!). I suppose I'm going to have to RTFM one of these days, probably the day I want to record something, then again the day I want to play it back! The FM is right on top of my printer, I can see it from here (since I did a clear out the other day). I hate New Technology. Does it still record with a flat battery?
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Calomax · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

Oldboy · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:24 am Post subject:

Calomax · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:27 am Post subject:

Thanks Oldboy the second was too obvious.
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richard345 · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:15 am Post subject:

I did a couple of Pin Resets on my 520 last night (not for this reason) and after the first one, I tried a QuickMenu mark road correction. When I looked at the resultt, the screen was still pale green, as the previous correction I had made.

I pin reset for 20 seconds and on pwer up, with satellite coverage, I did two more marks for map corrections.

When I went to the Map Corrections, the old correction and the one done after the first pin reset were still pale green, but the next two were absolutly correct, both the precise location and the surrounding map.

I've deleted all the corrections and will do some tests when I'm on a longer trip.

On another note, I've had MapShare corrections about every other day recently, but no GPSFix files have been offered.
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Anita · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:29 am Post subject:

richard345 · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject:

I sometimes wonder about the usefulness of QuickGPSFix, though. I generally stay in the same area (home) and therefore get a reasonably quick acquisition of satellites, so it doesn't matter if I use it or not.

If I was doing say a road tour of the country, maybe it would be an advantage to get these updates, but it would mean having my laptop with me and being in a Wi-Fi hotspot to download them via Home.

Perhaps others could give their opinions. I know this is not really to do with map fixes, so Mods, please feel free to move to a more appropriate forum, if you wish.
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DennisN · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject:

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