GO 940 camera alerts

HenryMitchell · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:48 am Post subject: GO 940 camera alerts

I recently mentioned this in another thread but I thought this deserved one of its own:

I just got a GO 940 LIVE two days ago and I have to say it's an excellent unit except for the "safety camera" (speed camera) alerts which are patchy at best.

One of the main reasons I chose this unit for my upgrade was because TomTom boast about their tie-up with Road Angel for the camera alerts plus others. As until last week I used a Road Angel alongside my old GO 910 this sounded perfect for me.

How wrong I was! On just a few journeys I have found as many wrong or missing cameras as correct ones and yes, it has been updated. Many Gatso locations are shown with a (?) as the speed limit or are marked incorrectly as mobile locations and some of the variable gantrys on the western M25 were not shown at all or were on the screen but did not trigger the audible warning. Not good so far...

What also seems odd is that my trusty old Road Angel reports all these perfectly so what's going on? Duff data being supplied to TomTom? TomTom's updates not working properly? Also, the look and feel of the "new" system seems all too similar to the old TomTom in-house system.

I could go back to using both systems but the main reason for opting for the 940 was to avoid this, or I could load the PGPSW camera data and forget about the TomTom data but then that means regular manual updates instead of automatic ones.

Is anyone else having the same problems?
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Darren · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:14 am Post subject: Re: GO 940 camera alerts

M8TJT · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:24 am Post subject: Re: GO 940 camera alerts

mikero · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 84

I use both the PGPSW and TomTom. As the Irish say, "To be sure, to be sure"

carl_the_cobbler · Frequent Visitor Joined: Jul 22, 2007 Posts: 251

I reckon a technophobe would find it much simpler to plug their device into their PC and tick a box or whatever to get the cameras updated to doing it the POI way.

The initial set up of the PGPSW ones is not easy (even with instructions, for the less PC able), after it has been done once it is easier, the spoken warnings are brilliant though so I hope that the new TT ones will incorporate this kind of alert, not just a beep beep.

If the TT ones do work as they "should" I reckon it would be by far the best solution to the Camera "problem".

mikealder · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:36 am Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:41 am Post subject:

carl_the_cobbler · Frequent Visitor Joined: Jul 22, 2007 Posts: 251

I think it has to do with the PC ability of the person using the device, I feel comfortable doing most things on a PC, and would strive to get the spoken alerts because I think they are great, however someone who has no idea that you should do a Windows Backup, has no idea what they can do configuration wise of the TT would probably settle for the beep beep.

I just consider it more straightforward for that person to plug their TT into their PC and tick the box that says Update Cameras or whatever than extract the data from a zip file and then ensure it goes in the correct place, that involves some PC knowledge and some of the people I know would have no interest, or in fact understanding of how it all works.

Just a bit sad that I am such a geek I suppose Wink

P.S. It is a shame TomTom don't let you install your Camera Database that way as it would indeed then be the complete package.

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HenryMitchell · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:30 am Post subject:

I agree with all the points made here- the PGPSW data is the best around Laughing

but also the most involved to install. Also do Road Angel think it will do their reutation any good being associated with this latest rubbish data set from TomTom? However to cotradict this RA's MD seemed to suggest on another thread here that the data they were supplying was the same as that used in their own (very reliable) units so does this mean TomTom are up to something?

I have this morning gone back to the PGPSW data and I'll wait and see if the TT data improves but I won't hold my breath...
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Darren · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:35 am Post subject:

HenryMitchell · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:51 am Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:20 pm Post subject:

HenryMitchell · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject:

Darren, you don't need to sell them to me- I already have a lifetime subscription! The point I am making is that TT really ought to get it right as their paperclip expenditure is probably bigger than PGPSW's total annual budget. At least someone can get it right. First

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ziro · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 05, 2008 Posts: 30

Worst Cameras ever.

Even the latest update still didn't fix them.

I sware they just go to pubs and ask people roughly where cameras are and throw darts at where they think they might be.

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