johnb80 Posted December 17, 2003 Report Posted December 17, 2003 Hi,I have supplied to one of my customers an HP PDA with TomTom II Navigation Software. Is it possible to download speed camera locations and add them into the display and if possible sound an alarm ? Merry XMAS to you all, Regards - JB Quote
Nick Posted December 17, 2003 Report Posted December 17, 2003 I have the Garmin and I know you can enter a camera location as a waypoint and then set proximity alarms on. I think there are some web sites that will sell you a file of pre-entered camera locations. It's more the mobile cameras that will get you nowdays! Quote
Guest Idris Posted December 17, 2003 Report Posted December 17, 2003 Hi,I have supplied to one of my customers an HP PDA with TomTom II Navigation Software. Is it possible to download speed camera locations and add them into the display and if possible sound an alarm ? Merry XMAS to you all, Regards - JB on the TomTom site, there are links to lots of POI databases that you can add to your maps. There are a few speed camera databases available, just download and import the database into your map. Also worth getting hold of CHECKPOINT which is a freeware app working alongside Navigator to give countdown information on approaching POI locations - enter your speed camera database for CHECKPOINT to use and it will give you a graphical countdown on approaching speed cameras. Quote
Guest tazzy62 Posted December 17, 2003 Report Posted December 17, 2003 save your money guys, here is the text from a recently circulated e-mail that i received from our logistics dept on 25 november. i heard that this was coming. "The new electronic signs on the M4 were switched on this Tuesday. The bad news is that they are rigged with the SPECS speed cameras. This probably applies to all the new signs being installed on the M5, M6 and M42. SPECS is a computer-camera based system. As you go past the sign a digital camera reads your number plate. When you go past the next sign your number plate is read again. The computer 'knows' how far apart the signs are so it can work out your average speed between the two, or three or four. The system is fully automatic and will issue a ticket without any form of human intervention. It does this for every single vehicle that passes. You will not know you have been caught as the cameras don't flash. They work 24/7, 365 days a year, and theoretically, there's absolutely no limit on the number of tickets that the system can issue. The whole section of the M4 between Theale (J12) and Membury Services (Between 14 and 15) is wired, both ways. The system is set to trigger a ticket at 78MPH. (Don't take this as a guarantee) Radar detectors will be of no use as SPECS is entirely passive, there is no laser beam to detect. Be warned! " easy on the pedal guys, taz! Quote
Guest SA Intruder Posted December 17, 2003 Report Posted December 17, 2003 We have the same email, with different motorway names on! They're hoaxes cock. Quote
Guest Djon Posted December 18, 2003 Report Posted December 18, 2003 I use checkpoint v3.0get it free from pocketgps.co.uk and download their regualerly updated databases.Not foolproof but works a treat as a backup. Sounds alarm and has poi on screen.john Quote
_dg Posted December 21, 2003 Report Posted December 21, 2003 I just download the speedcam database from pocket gps They're updated monthly. Remember to set one of the pocketpc buttons to memorise current position, so that when you pass a new camera, you can note its location and then email the location to pocket gps, and they can update the database. Quote
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