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FriendlyBloke Occasional Visitor
Joined: Sep 14, 2005 Posts: 57
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject: Proximity Alerts |
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Hi
This subject appears to been touched upon in various other posts, but Id thought id start as a new topic.
I have downloaded some POIs and receive proximity alerts for the speed cameras only. Could someone kindly let me know if I should receive alerts for red-light cameras as well, and is there something I can do to get proximity alerts for lets say ASDA or TESCO?
Thanks in advance
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zogman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: swindon uk
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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if you had read the previous posts you will have been aware that by adding @0 (@ being the alert and 0 being the mph you want to be alerted at) after the poi name in excel ,the poi chosen will have an alert....... |
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Hyperion Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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I could be wrong (and often am), but I think that if you use POI Loader in 'Manual' rather than 'Express' mode, you're given he option to add proximity alerts to the POI's you're uploading. |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:07 am Post subject: |
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thanks hyperion ..you are correct mate ..in manual mode you can set the speed (mph) for the alerts to come on.....didnt know that. |
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FriendlyBloke Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:42 am Post subject: |
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Thanks very much for your helpful response Hyperion |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15219 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:56 am Post subject: |
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but do you really want to be driving through town and all you get is 'mcdonalds near by', then 3 seconds later 'burgerking nearby' then, as you escape the faqst food restauraunts of town centre and get to the outskirts suddenly 'asda nearby' 'tesco nearby'... it'd do my head in
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FriendlyBloke Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:23 am Post subject: |
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Fair point MaFt - My main concern was that I wasn't getting red light camera alerts - I don't think ill be programming alerts for everything, just nice to know how to add or remove them.
Now I have the i3 I need to keep reminding myself I have a pair of eyes as well!!!!!
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15219 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:43 am Post subject: |
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FriendlyBloke wrote: | Now I have the i3 I need to keep reminding myself I have a pair of eyes as well!!!!!
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could do with an add on that checks traffic and what colour the lights are on... we'd never need eyes again!
seriously though, it's too tempting too rely solely on the i3 and pull out on someone cos the lady said 'turn left' - if a passenger says turn left it usually means it's clear... not so with the lady :D
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Skippy Pocket GPS Verifier
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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MaFt wrote: | if a passenger says turn left it usually means it's clear... :D |
If my wife says "Turn left" then it usually means "Turn Right". _________________ Gone fishing! |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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i got one like that as well skippy |
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attic Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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also nice that the lady says "in 0.2 miles turn left", not "damn, it was that one!".
Also, she only says "recaculating" when you miss a turn - you don't get a slap... |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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on a recent journey and much to the wifes annoyance i listened to the i3 more than the wife...who now has named the i3 'gobby gabby'... |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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attic wrote: | also nice that the lady says "in 0.2 miles turn left", not "damn, it was that one!".
Also, she only says "recaculating" when you miss a turn - you don't get a slap... |
if there was the option i'd record my wife saying "idiot, it was that one! now i have to recalculate..." and substitute that for the plain "recalculating"
we call our's Germaine (cos it's similar to Garmin...)
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zogman Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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would it be to sad to start a thread to see what everyone calls their i3... |
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HUK Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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zogman wrote: | would it be to sad to start a thread to see what everyone calls their i3... |
Yes. Mines called babs.....
On a side note, I have found that once I have navigated to by destination and then go to leave, it doesn't tell you where to go until you have been moving a short while. I found yesterday it said 'turn left' when it was basically too late for me to do so. It recalculated of course but by the time it had I had missed the next two turns it kept trying to recalculate to(albeit not quick enough!). However, it still got me home so shouldn't complain too much. It just needs to be quicker at times... |
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