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sweepdog Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 14, 2007 Posts: 51
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:36 pm Post subject: Reporting a camera on a bridge |
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I've spotted 2 new crude looking cameras pop up on a motorway bridge - one for each direction. By crude I mean they look like they are just sitting on poles on top of battery blocks!
Anyway, I go over the bridge and not the motorway, so if I report this as a 70 both directions, I guess the person putting these in the data tags this to the motorway, rather than the approach to the bridge on the A road crossing it. Just curious really! |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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before you report them as anything, can you give as much information as possible about them (a photo would be great!), so others can have a chance to say what else they might be?.
There are so many cameras appearing that are not speed cameras at all, that the database is in danger of getting swamped by false alarms.
Are they yellow, for a start? Do they look like Gatsos or more like video cameras? |
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sweepdog Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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OK. having looked at the pictures of what you do and dont want, they are possibly ANPR's, but an answer about how they are tagged would be nice, as I always warn of ON the route. I guess the camera would be set slightly away from the bridge (if it was a valid camera) |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15226 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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if it's on a bridge i mark it as on the carriageway either side of the actual bridge
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mars.1 Lifetime Member
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Does'nt this mislead people into thinking the camera is on the carriageway instead of on the bridge where it's meant to be. |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15226 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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but if it's on the bridge then how can you tell whether it's capturing people on the motorway or on the bridge road? also, some units will 'see' it as being on the bridge rather than the motorway and not give a warning.
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sweepdog Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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The point of my query was, if I sat on top of the bridge and reported a POI, I assume the person putting it in the database either
a) sees it's been recorded as 70mph, so assumes it's for the mway
b) sees it's on a bridge, and assumes the same
c) or a combo of the above
BTW The said cameras had gone yesterday |
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 2789 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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MaFt wrote: | if it's on a bridge i mark it as on the carriageway either side of the actual bridge
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I, personally, agree that this is the best way of doing it to get the speed and direction correct.
Another benefit is that if the cameras are marked either side of the bridge, then you get a few yards' extra warning of the camera as you approach it. _________________ Andy
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JockTamsonsBairn Lifetime Member
Joined: Jan 10, 2004 Posts: 2777 Location: Bonnie Scotland (West Central)
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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sweepdog wrote: | The point of my query was, if I sat on top of the bridge and reported a POI, I assume the person putting it in the database either
a) sees it's been recorded as 70mph, so assumes it's for the mway
b) sees it's on a bridge, and assumes the same
c) or a combo of the above | In an example like this, it would depend on the comments that you supply with the submission. Otherwise the only option is a guess!
sweepdog wrote: | BTW The said cameras had gone yesterday | If it had only gone up on Monday, it sounds like some sort of traffic survey? _________________ Jock
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