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Sun4u
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| Does Garmin alert you before entering london congestion zone? |
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MaFt
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Sun4u wrote: | | Does Garmin alert you before entering london congestion zone? |
i've seen poi's for that.
no use for them myself though
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Sun4u
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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I have installed those POIs and tried running in Stimulator mode, nothing shows up!!
Can anyone help....
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i've seen poi's for that.
no use for them myself though
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gazthomas
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:54 am Post subject: |
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| Sun4u wrote: | I have installed those POIs and tried running in Stimulator mode, nothing shows up!!
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The speed cameras will show up if you approach the speed they are set up for and the others will only show up if you view map. you can navigate to them though,,, |
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zogman
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:55 am Post subject: |
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| sun4u..when loading up the poi's with the poi loader,select manual install and check the box where it says 'this file contains proximity alerts' ...this should alert you when approaching the poi.. |
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MaFt
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| zogman wrote: | | sun4u..when loading up the poi's with the poi loader,select manual install and check the box where it says 'this file contains proximity alerts' ...this should alert you when approaching the poi.. |
on an automatic install it sees the '@30' code in the csv and does it automatically. in simulator mode it takes you very slowly so it probably won't even "reach" eg 30mph let alone more. they only show up if you go over the spped limit set for the camera. try driving where you know there is a speed camera and before you get to it (but after you get the initial warning of the camera being nearby) go above the limit and it bleeps until you go the right speed. as you get nearer the camera at too fast a speed the icon will show up. if you're under the limit then there's no point in it showing where the camera is.
the only advantage i see of doing the manual install is that you could lower the distance to when it gives you the warning. eg have only 300feet warning before a camera rather than half a mile ;)
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Skippy
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:39 am Post subject: |
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| Sun4u wrote: | | Does Garmin alert you before entering london congestion zone? |
Depends. Some of the new GPS units support POI Alerts so you could get a list of POIs showing the CC zone and set them to alert.
Alternatively, you can switch on "Avoid Toll Roads" and I think this will route around the CC zone if possible, but I've not tried it. Anyone know for sure?
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MaFt
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:50 am Post subject: |
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http://MaFt.co.uk/misc/GarminPOIs.zip now has the csv's for congestion zones in london. i live in bradford, much farther up north and never plan on driving round london... so, can someone down that way let me know if they work and give the warning? i set the warning speed to be 0mph so basically if you're driving near there it will show up.
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HUK
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Just received one of these today, and have been reading this thread with interest the past week. MaFt, i've used one of your POI files and it seems great. I presume you take the manual install option and select the distance proximatey option for the cameras, and the way your file is set up you get proximatey alerts at certain speeds anyway?
One problem I have got, when I uploaded the file through the manual option, it did not ask me where I wanted to transfer the data to so I don't know which folder its in. I've had a look and i've got no hospitals, petrol stations etc. listed when going through the GUI, so have I overwritten the locations for all of these when I put my custom POI file in? If I have, can I get them back?!
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HUK
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Further to my last message I must add that I am currently inside doing the updates so I can't receive a satellite signal. If this possibly the reason why it doesn't show the 'standard' POIs? |
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chic
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| HUK wrote: | Just received one of these today, and have been reading this thread with interest the past week. MaFt, i've used one of your POI files and it seems great. I presume you take the manual install option and select the distance proximatey option for the cameras, and the way your file is set up you get proximatey alerts at certain speeds anyway?
One problem I have got, when I uploaded the file through the manual option, it did not ask me where I wanted to transfer the data to so I don't know which folder its in. I've had a look and i've got no hospitals, petrol stations etc. listed when going through the GUI, so have I overwritten the locations for all of these when I put my custom POI file in? If I have, can I get them back?!
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its best to use automatic, its much quicker and you will get camera warnings with a preset distance to the cameras or if you are speeding as you approach them, i have changed the custom poi many times and have not lost the preinstalled garmin ones, i didnt think it was possible to overwrite these |
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HUK
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the reply. So should I see entries under 'Hospital' etc. as they are all blank. I might go for another auto install over the top again incase some settings are wrong |
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MaFt
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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if you select 'where to' and then 'hotels food etc' you should have a list - near the top will be 'custom points' or something along those lines. as far as i know you can't overwrite the pre-set ones... odd that that has happened...
you should still be able to see all the pooi's when indoors - i often get the i3 ready indoors then as i walk to the car it's tracking satelliets and by the time i'm in the car and ready the route has been planned...
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Tuckerpuk
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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Fab! Thanks :D
I shall have a go tonight when I get home!
One other question for you guys - if you want to get to a town, but no specific destination within it, is there any way of doing this? My hubbie's got a TomTom and it lets you sort of just enter "Bristol, Bristol" which is really useful.
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HUK
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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| MaFt wrote: | if you select 'where to' and then 'hotels food etc' you should have a list - near the top will be 'custom points' or something along those lines. as far as i know you can't overwrite the pre-set ones... odd that that has happened...
you should still be able to see all the pooi's when indoors - i often get the i3 ready indoors then as i walk to the car it's tracking satelliets and by the time i'm in the car and ready the route has been planned...
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Thanks, but when I select custom points, it shows your POI entries in there (from the poi file you created). If I select Fuel, food etc. it says no matches found. Where should all the default petrol locations and hospitals be? |
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