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Posted by: meggles Wed, 6 Sep 2006 - 08:28
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i have a the tomtom software (version 5) on my compaq pocket pc. for only £20 or so a year i can download the POI (point of interest) safety camera locations in the UK & in other European countries.

can anyone vouch for the following:

1- how easy it is to download & setup at first?
2- how easy it is to update?
3- how reliable the locations are?

anything else i need to be aware of?

thanks in advance (perhaps not the best place to post this but i coulnd't find a great place)....

Posted by: cjm99 Wed, 6 Sep 2006 - 08:41
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If I managed it, then anybody can.

And yes, it's bang up to date and easy to update also.

Posted by: Rallyman72 Wed, 6 Sep 2006 - 08:44
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I use Tom Tom 5.000 on a Navman PDA (It is a rebadged Acer).

I'm using the http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/subscription.php database. I find it easy to download to my PC and then upload to the PDA (more so than the NavMan version) and to set up the POI warnings. This database is updated monthly and costs £2 per month or £19 per year although you get 'credits' towards this each time you are the first person to contribute a camera position. The credit is given once it is confirmed by a second party. The database is available for a number of different software/hardware combinations.

Depending upon which version of Tom Tom 5 you have you can even add a function to add a camera POI "on the fly" as you drive past one (it needs to be 5.100 or later so I can't use it). I would stress that this is intended to be used by a passenger, not the driver, in the interests of road safety.

On this database the users actually provide the feedback to update the locations and generally they are pretty good - the only gripe I have is the large number of mobile location in seemingly silly places that have appeared lately. I think this could be due to some ANPR locations being flagged as mobiles.

Posted by: sal_park Wed, 6 Sep 2006 - 09:27
Post #130483

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Depending upon which version of Tom Tom 5 you have you can even add a function to add a camera POI "on the fly" as you drive past one (it needs to be 5.100 or later so I can't use it). I would stress that this is intended to be used by a passenger, not the driver, in the interests of road safety.


I don't think that's quite correct. I've got tomtom 5 (not sure of the exact version but I bought it as soon as it was released - July 2005 I think). Anyway (from memory - and it been a while since I've used it) when you set up each POI you have the option of 'warn only when on route yes/no'. If you set this to no then tomtom will warn when you approacing a POI even if there is no route programmed in. Perhaps this obscure functionallity has just been made a bit clearer in the later versions ?

Posted by: Pheasant Plucker Wed, 6 Sep 2006 - 11:11
Post #130497

QUOTE (sal_park @ Wed, 6 Sep 2006 - 10:27) *
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Depending upon which version of Tom Tom 5 you have you can even add a function to add a camera POI "on the fly" as you drive past one (it needs to be 5.100 or later so I can't use it). I would stress that this is intended to be used by a passenger, not the driver, in the interests of road safety.


I don't think that's quite correct. I've got tomtom 5 (not sure of the exact version but I bought it as soon as it was released - July 2005 I think). Anyway (from memory - and it been a while since I've used it) when you set up each POI you have the option of 'warn only when on route yes/no'. If you set this to no then tomtom will warn when you approacing a POI even if there is no route programmed in. Perhaps this obscure functionallity has just been made a bit clearer in the later versions ?


Version 6 (on a TomTom 910) certainly has the functionality to add cameras as you pass them. tongue.gif
We have used it on two recenty cool.gif

Posted by: Rallyman72 Wed, 6 Sep 2006 - 11:33
Post #130503

Pocket GPS World have developed an addon to Tom Tom 5 that you can download - it doesn't work with 5.000 (which I have got and which is the original version - you can upgrade provided you still have your registration code - I don't) but it does with 5.100 onwards apparently. I have tried it with 5.000 and it causes the software to lock up.

This add on actually takes the add POI facility that is already buried fairly deeply in the menu's, brings it forward and automatically sets the POI folder destination and creates a new icon/screen subset for adding Speed Camera POI. It then allows you to correctly input the type of camera, speed limit, direction etc from the touch screen.

Posted by: meggles Wed, 6 Sep 2006 - 13:41
Post #130540

cjm-
how often do you update your POI database from TomTom?

Posted by: cjm99 Wed, 6 Sep 2006 - 15:41
Post #130560

Every couple of months.

But not from TomTom, from http://pocketgpsworld.com/subscription-thankyou.php.

Posted by: Rallyman72 Wed, 6 Sep 2006 - 18:39
Post #130606

QUOTE (cjm99 @ Wed, 6 Sep 2006 - 16:41) *
Every couple of months.

But not from TomTom, from http://pocketgpsworld.com/subscription-thankyou.php.

Same one that I use.

Posted by: irzero Tue, 24 Oct 2006 - 17:49
Post #142650

i have a better one for your tomtom the tom tom one is shit.

use GPS world cam database. its way better and only £2 to download.

search in yahoo "GPS world speed cams"

Posted by: cjm99 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 - 18:48
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QUOTE (irzero @ Tue, 24 Oct 2006 - 18:49) *
i have a better one for your tomtom the tom tom one is shit.

use GPS world cam database. its way better and only £2 to download.

search in yahoo "GPS world speed cams"



That is the link above. blush.gif

Posted by: Rallyman72 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 - 08:53
Post #142803

QUOTE (irzero @ Tue, 24 Oct 2006 - 18:49) *
i have a better one for your tomtom the tom tom one is shit.

use GPS world cam database. its way better and only £2 to download.

search in yahoo "GPS world speed cams"

As CJM kindly points out that is the one that the link points to. I do not pay for it - if you contribute new cameras to the database you get free access (I think it is 1 month per camera submitted and confirmed) - as I was a founder user I've got a lifetime subscription. They also do a camera capture add-on that works like the Tom Tom POI capture but already has all the right options to add a camera built in.

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