Off route camrea notifications

Schouten · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject: Off route camrea notifications

I've been using the camera database single file version a for a long time now and have used the normal POI method of notification with 0.5 mile notification - works perfectly. I thought I would try the alternative "Safetyalerts" option again - (I have had this working before.) So I deleted all ao.* files, renamed the .ov2 and.bmp files to safetycamera.* and copied them to the save directory as usual and they were integrated ok.

However I get notified of every camera adjacent to my route as well as those on it, some which must be more than 500yds away. I have the notification set to 500yds and yes, ALL other POI notications are turned off. Also some cameras report twice, which I know might indicate duplicate files but there aren't any.

If I disable the "Safetyalerts" option in the settings screen and go back to using the POI method and enable "Safetycamea" in the custom POI options with the usual 0.5mile warning everything is fine - just the cameras on route notified as a Safetycamera POI rather than pocketgps_SC etc. So although the two methods use the same files one doesn't appear to work so good.

(Incidentally if I replay a GPS track both methods report cameras off route!)

Any ideas please?

Confused

nivek22 · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject:

This is a problem created by ALK with the last 'fix'.

Please report this to ALK and hopefully, if enough users complain, they will change it back to work as it did before they fixed it!

Schouten · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:05 am Post subject:

Thanks Nivek22 - I'll send to ALK, perhaps the next patch i.e CP7 will fix it!

Schouten · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject:

I sent the problem as described above to ALK support - this is the response:

MaFt · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:36 am Post subject:

fluffball · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 15, 2007 Posts: 15

As soon as I installed version 6.0.1.68 I downloaded and installed 6.0.4.110 and got the latest camera database from pocketgpsworld. I too noticed that off route cameras were being notified.
I also find that if you stop your car and then move the map slighly, all the camera POIs disappear from the screen. Start driving and when the screen next refreshes (to update your position on the map) then all the camera icons re-appear. Also its only when you get to within the nominated distance of a camera that its icon appears on the map at which time any other camera POI within the map area get shown.
I have alos found that in planning mode you can not see camera POIs on the map although you can search for them when picking a POI.
I'm guessing that the camera warning stuff in the downloaded patch has been completely re-written and is not truly integrated and that the POI options of "show POI icons on route" or "near route" is being completely ignored.

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