I've just got this nice little Sat Nav software on my N95 and had a little play on the way to work. The Navigation was top notch and the interface is far nicer and easier to use than Route 66, which is what I had previously.
I'd really like to take advantage of the whole proximity alerts for certain types of POI's and was wondering if anyone had any experience with this using Mobile XT?
I seem to have a Custom POI set called SpeedCamera.gpi. Within Settings -> Proximity Points, Custom POI Set & Garmin Safety Cameras are both enabled too. I drove past 3 speed camera's on my way to work this morning and got no warning at all.
Any suggestions?
I think its a bit flaky, perhaps just in the setup. I cant get it to work properly, but others have it working ok.
Might try again this evening.
sixarm wrote:I drove past 3 speed camera's on my way to work this morning and got no warning at all.Any suggestions?
Yeah, keep to the speed limit.
sixarm wrote:Helpful!
Unfortunately you get one those posts in every single speed camera POI thread anywhere on the internet. People can't hold back their self-righteousness
You need application called POI Loader from Garmin. Then you can load POIs like speed cameras etc. right to the nav. Tested with N95 8GB, works very well.
http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/
MaciekBora wrote:You need application called POI Loader from Garmin. Then you can load POIs like speed cameras etc. right to the nav. Tested with N95 8GB, works very well.http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/
Was going to suggest the same; download POI uploaded from Garmin and use the database from pocketgpsworld.com. Thats what I did and it works a treat.
Yes. You can also choose an alarm, when you are near speed camera (e.g. 600 meters), you will get a red message on screen, like "speed alert - 50 km/h - speed camera". In Poland, we have a pretty nice database (5000 POIs with speed cameras, dangerous road spots etc.)
http://ump.waw.pl/en/index.html
D4n958GB wrote:Was going to suggest the same; download POI uploaded from Garmin and use the database from pocketgpsworld.com. Thats what I did and it works a treat.
Thanks for the advice.
Am I right in thinking that you have to pay for the speed camera database from pocketgpsworld.com ?
Also, POI Loader only likes .csv & .gpx files, is that what files pocketgpsworld.com offers?
Dont ask for cracked software on the forums. First and last warning.
sixarm wrote:Thanks for the advice.Am I right in thinking that you have to pay for the speed camera database from pocketgpsworld.com ?
Also, POI Loader only likes .csv & .gpx files, is that what files pocketgpsworld.com offers?
Yes its a very small fee, but you get updates every month so its well worth it. Pocketgps offers files for most nav units inc garmin.