eBay and Other Sites Offering Our Safety Camera Database

johnbedew · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 21, 2005 Posts: 1

Cannot agree more woth the comments. I bought my Tom Tom 500 last week and thought I would get the speed camera warnings. I looked on E bay and saw a multititude of offerings! I then found pocketgpsworld.com and downlodaed for free what I was being asked to pay for - including detialed instructions as to how to upload to my Tom Tom. Excellent and all worked well!

I am now keen to download the Spoken warnings alerts but see that the article does not include reference to Go Version 5.1 whereas mine is version 5.201. Will the 5.1 version work with this latest version?

Keep up the good work!
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John

Darren · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:11 am Post subject:

JimmyTheHand · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 16, 2005 Posts: 386

chris_w · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject:

We're going to write to all the retailers we think are abusing the database service inviting them to apply for a licence. If they choose not to then they are in breach of our copyright and we'll make it very clear here who those retailers are.

We don't want to single any retailer out at the moment, we'll give them all fair opportunity to comply and if they don't then we'll let you know who they are here. That should be enough to 'persuade' them to toe the line!
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northants_guy · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:12 pm Post subject:

I hope it is ok, but I have just provided a link to the front screen of this website on a forum I use. This is to encourage membership and also spread the word of the good work that you guys do in generating the database for all the different software out there.

If this is a problem please pm or email me and I will happily remove the link.

I have not hot linked to any part of the site only the main screen.

gsxr1000 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 14, 2005 Posts: 66

its a pity you couldnt sell you database on a licence to the gps companys, tom tom, etc

i really think the time to give it away for free has to come to an end with maybe a free concession system for people who contribute information for the good of the database

in an ideal world it would be loverly for free

but a small levy of say 25p or a £1 is more than a bargain and it could be done as an online transaction

Darren · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject:

northants_guy · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject:

The site was www.fordmondeo.org - i'm pretty sure some of the members there are already members here but thought i would put a plug on for you!

I must admit, when I first got into sat nav I did think about doing the whole ebay thing and selling your database - but then I thought about it and realised it was unfair on you guys.

northants_guy · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject:

how do we make donations? i for one would make a donation for the all the advice and speed camera database down loads I have received.

if it's paypal it will take me a while as I have to get someone else to use their account for me.

Darren · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:41 pm Post subject:

At the moment it is just PayPal for ease and simplicity. The quick link is at the bottom left of each page and at the top of the Safety Camera pages.

Every little helps to pay for the 10Gb+ a day of bandwidth we consume!
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SimonCatlin · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:54 pm Post subject:

They claim to have employed a team of students as data collectors to collect the data. Make of that what you will. 6000+ locations in a few months. Possible I suppose at a push.

Of course there are other ways of getting your base data ;)
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