gatso forward facing ??????

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:22 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the picture.
It seems Gatso (the company) are making "Truvelo clones" too.
For simplicity, it will probably be left in the database for now as a "Truvelo" as that has become the shorthand for "front-facing", in the same way that the new digital cameras tend to all be called "monitrons" even though the company that make them aren't called that any more.
Maybe this use of trade names to describe the cameras will need changing one day....

I'd repeat my theory that for front-facing cameras the icon position should be at the point of detection rather than at the camera itself (every little extra warning helps!).
A good example of this is on a large junction on the A406 where some experimental cameras have been placed about a hundred yards on the other side of the junction to where they are pointing and "working".

topbanana4 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 11, 2005 Posts: 59

so after all that getting a pic of gatso forward facing two cameras in wrong place but have beem altered in the latest database i still didn't get life membership .Don't know why i bothered

pcaouolte · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:49 pm Post subject:

Most of us bother because we want the database to be as accurate as possible. Lifetime membership would be a benefit but if we didn't consider the database to be value for money we wouldn't have subscribed to it in the first place.

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PaulB2005 · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject:

Or continue to contribute after getting a Lifetime Membership....

topbanana4 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 11, 2005 Posts: 59

The thing is the camera is in the wrong position !
MaFt says :
your submission basically provided the heading data and i took it upon myself to move the camera approx 10m so it was placed on the road.
so he looks at the camera i submitted and then moves the camera
then M8TJ6 says :
That appears to be on the other side of the road and about 20 feet further south. Yep, you're absolutely right, it was 'a lot'.
It was done as a gatso which ( takes the rear of the vehicle ) so i go out pake a pic to prove that it takes a picture of the front of vehicle ,so i fact should be listed as a truvelo but still no lifetime when MaFt has moved the 2 cameras that i supplied .

pcaouolte · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:03 pm Post subject:

M8TJT · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject:

topbanana4 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 11, 2005 Posts: 59

i think i've only won £36 for 4 ball on lotto ,
anyway you get life membership if you :
The first subscriber to accurately report a change to an existing fixed site i.e. change of type, correction of location, move etc

but the camera is down as a gatso ( takes pics of rear of vehicle ) but when infact should be classed as a truvelo i.e ( the camera in question takes pics of the front of car )

do you see my point

pcaouolte · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:22 pm Post subject:

I can see that you believe that you qualify for lifetime membership.

You originally wanted lifetime membership for moving it, now you want lifetime membership for changing the type.

MaFt is in possession of all the information regarding who submitted what information for each camera and I believe that it is he who decides who gets the lifetime membership.

No doubt MaFt will be along soon to give the final judgement.
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MaFt · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:56 pm Post subject:

it was submitted as a gatso on the wrong side of the road:

topbanana4 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 11, 2005 Posts: 59

On the page where you submit your speed cameras ,would it be an idea to put a pic of the gatso /truvelo ,because they might look like gatso but are infact truvelo ( forward facing ) and in the database it might be shown wrong. Thanks to MaFt and all at pocketgps

Darren · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject:

topbanana4 · Lifetime Member Joined: Dec 11, 2005 Posts: 59

what i mean : if you spot a camera like the 1 in the picture i supplied you will think it's a gatso but because it's ( a truvelo forward facing ) it will be put in the database as gatso and not truvelo

Darren · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:58 pm Post subject:

I see . I'll see if I can confirm that these units are being deployed in forward facing situations. If they are then we can add a note.
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