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Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 58 Location: Derbyshire
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:12 pm Post subject:
Still crashes in map mode for me, not sure it would be a memory issue, as its a brand new phone with a handful of apps installed. The app itself is working fine, if used with the no map option and pops up in Google maps, but not the Google Navigation option (which is not bad for a free app, but can not select a short or fast route etc).
At the moment, I tend to use the CamerAlert app with the cameras on screen, or in the background mode. Tends to make me think about where the camera is.
One question, I have been down the same road 10 times now, the app shows a mobile camera location but no warning? Is this normal? _________________ Acefreecell
Motorola Defy with CamerAlert, NDrive 11, Co-Pilot Live and Google Maps
formally Garmin i3, Nuvi 200 and Origin BlueI
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Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15311 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:35 pm Post subject:
acefreecell wrote:
Still crashes in map mode for me, not sure it would be a memory issue, as its a brand new phone with a handful of apps installed.
can you send in the logs still though?
acefreecell wrote:
One question, I have been down the same road 10 times now, the app shows a mobile camera location but no warning? Is this normal?
do you travel both directions on the road? maybe it is not a reversible camera? or, unlikely but doesn't hurt to check, it has the wrong heading value? if you go to the main site submission map and locate the camera then hover over it it will overlay blue arrow(s) showing the direction the camera targets.
Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 58 Location: Derbyshire
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:36 pm Post subject:
MaFt wrote:
acefreecell wrote:
Still crashes in map mode for me, not sure it would be a memory issue, as its a brand new phone with a handful of apps installed.
can you send in the logs still though?
acefreecell wrote:
One question, I have been down the same road 10 times now, the app shows a mobile camera location but no warning? Is this normal?
do you travel both directions on the road? maybe it is not a reversible camera? or, unlikely but doesn't hurt to check, it has the wrong heading value? if you go to the main site submission map and locate the camera then hover over it it will overlay blue arrow(s) showing the direction the camera targets.
MaFt
Thanks for the reply MaFt, will send logs to Lutz.
It is shown as a mobile camera and I did try both ways. But will check the ID etc and see what I can find out. I will check out the web as well. _________________ Acefreecell
Motorola Defy with CamerAlert, NDrive 11, Co-Pilot Live and Google Maps
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Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15311 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:30 am Post subject:
acefreecell wrote:
It is shown as a mobile camera and I did try both ways. But will check the ID etc and see what I can find out. I will check out the web as well.
Looking on the map (see Oldboy's ID) it looks like it is the Z-bend that's messing things up. I.E. you are driving roughly south-west but the camera, after the bend, targets south-east... as silly as it sounds I have adjusted the heading value for the camera now so it is more towards south-west as this will give the required warning as you travel towards it, albeit around the corner!
thing is, you may then get the all clear shortly after turning the corner before reaching the site...
trust you to pick an awkward camera!!
the only other option is to completely remove the heading data which will then alert from any direction (not ideal)
anyway, can you redownload the database now I've updated it and then try again when you get chance?
It is shown as a mobile camera and I did try both ways. But will check the ID etc and see what I can find out. I will check out the web as well.
Looking on the map (see Oldboy's ID) it looks like it is the Z-bend that's messing things up. I.E. you are driving roughly south-west but the camera, after the bend, targets south-east... as silly as it sounds I have adjusted the heading value for the camera now so it is more towards south-west as this will give the required warning as you travel towards it, albeit around the corner!
thing is, you may then get the all clear shortly after turning the corner before reaching the site...
trust you to pick an awkward camera!!
the only other option is to completely remove the heading data which will then alert from any direction (not ideal)
anyway, can you redownload the database now I've updated it and then try again when you get chance?
MaFt
Just a quick thought, or actually two: put 2 cameras in the same place, one facing south west and one facing south east. Or allow cameras facing 2 directions for awkward spot situations.
If you ask me I would rather get a false positive than get "all clear" when in fact it's not.
Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 58 Location: Derbyshire
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:00 pm Post subject:
Quick update to my previous post about the camera detection. Just got back from work and the camera is detected fine now, just before the bend and round it as well, so getting an early warning and the all clear is after the camera. Great work MaFt. _________________ Acefreecell
Motorola Defy with CamerAlert, NDrive 11, Co-Pilot Live and Google Maps
formally Garmin i3, Nuvi 200 and Origin BlueI
(Origin for sale)
Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 61 Location: Stafford, UK
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:45 am Post subject:
Thanks for continuing the beta trial -- am using v1.0.0.333 on an HTC Desire running Android 2.2.
I'm still getting a "you're not using the latest database" intro message, even though I updated it a couple of hours ago (or could it have been updated again??).
Minor issue: When uninstalling the previous beta to install this new one, my phone reset itself and rebooted (yano -- the kachingkaching "quietly brilliant" screen). Not a major problem at the time, but just wondered if it's a wee bugette that could cause problems later, as it may unknowingly be transferred from one version to the next?
Request: Can we have a night-colours option, please. The screen's awful bright at night, even with Android's auto-dim enabled.
Suggestion: A "ting" when you pass the actual location of the camera, so that you can keep your eyes on the road rather than following the camera location on the android screen. _________________ Anton
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15311 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:07 am Post subject:
AntonM wrote:
Request: Can we have a night-colours option, please. The screen's awful bright at night, even with Android's auto-dim enabled.
do you mean the map? if so then no, we can't change them. you can, however, use the sattelite view which will generally be darker.
AntonM wrote:
Suggestion: A "ting" when you pass the actual location of the camera, so that you can keep your eyes on the road rather than following the camera location on the android screen.
in the settings you could change the all clear sound to a 'ding' instead of the default 'female voice' (which says 'all clear')
Joined: Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 61 Location: Stafford, UK
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:50 pm Post subject:
Thanks for that, MaFt.
I googled "google maps night mode" and found I'm not the only one who has a problem with the brightness setting! But I note that Google Maps Navigation does have a night mode, which activates automatically when Google believes it's night at my location. So perhaps Google will soon release the how-to for developers?
Your suggestion to use the "all clear" message is a good one, but I can't find a setting that lets me choose how close to (or far from) the camera the "all clear" is activated. Do the camera-ahead warning and the all-clear share the same distance setting? If they do, could they be given different settings? -- or have I missed something? _________________ Anton
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:21 pm Post subject:
AntonM wrote:
But I note that Google Maps Navigation does have a night mode, which activates automatically when Google believes it's night at my location. So perhaps Google will soon release the how-to for developers?
Google's Navigation App is not Google Maps though. It's a separate app. There is no night mode for Google Maps currently. _________________ Darren Griffin
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