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Joined: Apr 01, 2005 Posts: 125 Location: Berkshire, UK
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:26 am Post subject: Re: Latest Update
Bobbie009 wrote:
As ever brilliant work. Did you get the screen shots I sent of my GPSIII.
Hi Bobbie, yes I did get your screenshots. I have to say they are not as bad as I was expecting, in fact the visibility of the POIs is not really any worse than my 2610. There will be circumstances where they disappear behind text and so on, but as I've said before, there aren't any other colour options available. I think red is your best option, and just keep the scale set so you get more than one opportunity to see the camera coming up ahead. I can see that the problem would be worse on a bike with the extra vibrations, and having to look down at the screen for as little time as possible.
If you'd like me to put some SPIII screenshots on my webpage, they would be best taken with software rather than a camera. Garmin has a free utility called XImage on their website which will capture screenshots using your normal PC<->GPS connection.
Joined: Apr 01, 2005 Posts: 125 Location: Berkshire, UK
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:40 pm Post subject:
Hmm, it works ok for me.
Actually, that page is different from all the others in that it has some JavaScript on it. Which browser are you using, and do you have any browser settings which might disable scripting?
When unzipped I get two .img files to upload. I have a Garmin Quest and Mapsource CitySelect 7.0. Unfortunately I cannot open .img files with this version of Mapsource. Hmmh!
Will I need to use some form of conversion software to open the .img files and save them as .gdb files.
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:39 pm Post subject: The Safety Camera POI map for Garmin GPSRs has been updated.
Thanks Skippy,
My fault, I had not looked at the City Select drop down menu. My mindset was fixed on the idea that I needed to open a gdb file.
The Safety Camera Map is now on my Quest. What a superb solution it is. I can have all 7000 camera sites permanently loaded keeping my POI's free for other things.
I have found that if I set the Map Detail to "More" on the Quest the Camera sites are displayed and other POI's hidden. This highlights the camera sites, switching the Map Detail to "Most" brings up the other POI's.
very well thought out, my compliments to Walter Wright.
I have to say I found the instructions on using Mapsource a bit sparse, and it took me some time to work out what to do to add your "map" to the list, but I got there in the end!
Howard
Any clues ... I have a Streetpilot III - and Mapsource 6.9.1 ---
I can now see Safety Cameras Map on Mapsource but not with my Maps? Is this correct? How do I download to the Streetpilot?
Joined: Apr 01, 2005 Posts: 125 Location: Berkshire, UK
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:32 pm Post subject:
I'm not sure what you mean by "not with my maps". Mapsource can only display one map "set" at a time, it won't overlay them on top of your normal maps such as City Select or City Navigator. But, your GPS will. So what you have to do is download both the City whatever maps and the speed camera maps to your GPS.
1. In the 'Select a Product' dropdown box, select your normal driving maps.
2. Use the 'Map Tool' to select the maps you want in your GPS (click the maps to turn them pink).
3. In the 'Select a Product' dropdown box, select 'SafetyCameras UK/...'
4. Use the 'Map Tool' to select the safety camera area maps you want in your GPS (again, click the maps to turn them pink).
5. Use the 'Send to Device' icon to download the combined map set to your GPS.
Joined: Dec 19, 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Berkshire, UK
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:11 am Post subject: Garmin iQue M5 Speed Camera Maps
WiRED wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by "not with my maps". Mapsource can only display one map "set" at a time, it won't overlay them on top of your normal maps such as City Select or City Navigator. But, your GPS will. So what you have to do is download both the City whatever maps and the speed camera maps to your GPS.
1. In the 'Select a Product' dropdown box, select your normal driving maps.
2. Use the 'Map Tool' to select the maps you want in your GPS (click the maps to turn them pink).
3. In the 'Select a Product' dropdown box, select 'SafetyCameras UK/...'
4. Use the 'Map Tool' to select the safety camera area maps you want in your GPS (again, click the maps to turn them pink).
5. Use the 'Send to Device' icon to download the combined map set to your GPS.
/WiRED
Hi Walter
Thanks for the info and your work on the Speed Camera topic.
I have followed your suggestions/instructions and loaded the Speed Camera Map data onto my Garmin iQue M5 and it seems to be OK.
In your articles/posts you said that you can only test on a couple of your own devices. As a way of contribution to your good work, if I can help by Beta'ing anything on my M5 for you, please feel free. I am no expert but can follow instruction and then give feedback. Also, I am not a million miles from you, so that may also be helpful.
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