Any views on the Tomtom camera database?

[Syphon]

Anyone using the tomtom speed camera database? how would you rate it?

Does it seem pretty up-to-date?

Cheers,

Scott

 

[V5Ade]

I bought it for the Mrs yesterday. She is going to try it out today, so I will let you know how she gets on.

 

[Feel]

Don't pay for the TomTom one, use the pocketgpsworld.com one (if it works with her version of TomTom?)

 

[Craig Senior]

Don't pay for the TomTom one, use the pocketgpsworld.com one (if it works with her version of TomTom?)

I use this one. Works great.

It's free at the moment but they are thinking of starting to charge £2 per download soon. Still alot cheaper than the TomTom one.

 

[Feel]

I use the checkpoint one - it's free and is continuously updated as you can record a POI as you drive past. I think it only works with the PDA version of TomTom though.

 

[Syphon]

Cheers guys. I've got the PDA version (latest - TT5?) as long as it works on that that will do me.

 

[Feel]

Checkpoint (and lots of cool MCE stuf): http://www.oabsoftware.nl/

www.pocketgpsworld.com in fact there's an early review of checkpoint on there.

 

[MarkE]

It looked like the TomTom one wasn't going to do anything that the pocketgps one doesn't so I never bothered to sign up for the TomTom service.

 

[Cupra_power]

I use this one. Works great.

It's free at the moment but they are thinking of starting to charge £2 per download soon. Still alot cheaper than the TomTom one.

I also use the pocketgpsworld database and it works fine. certainly great for a free database.

 

[ACH]

I also use the pocketgpsworld database and it works fine. certainly great for a free database.

Agreed I use it too and its superb!

 

[V5Ade]

I bought it for the Mrs yesterday. She is going to try it out today, so I will let you know how she gets on.

My wife tested the TomTom database on a trip from Cobham to Croydon and back (different routes). She said it didn't miss a single camera.

Still the pocket gps one sounds pretty good and if it's free............

 

[MarkE]

If the TomTom one worked like my old Origin b2 and only alerted you to cameras which were on the road ahead (rather than just within a preset radius of your current position) and on your side of the road, then I'd go for it. From what I've read, it just adds POIs for the cameras, though (which is exactly how the pgps one works...)

 

[Syphon]

Does it have speech for each camera type?

And the all important question - where can I download the Kitt voice for Tomtom navigation ( I know there is one)

Scott

 

[stuart_hatch]

If the TomTom one worked like my old Origin b2 and only alerted you to cameras which were on the road ahead (rather than just within a preset radius of your current position) and on your side of the road, then I'd go for it. From what I've read, it just adds POIs for the cameras, though (which is exactly how the pgps one works...)

You can choose weather to have it alert you within a radius or on your route

 

[MarkE]

You can choose weather to have it alert you within a radius or on your route

Yes, but if you're not following a route (i.e. if you haven't programmed one via "Navigate To") then it ignores the cameras.

At least, that's what mine did when I tried it.

 

[MarkE]

Does it have speech for each camera type?

And the all important question - where can I download the Kitt voice for Tomtom navigation ( I know there is one)

Scott

You can set a different alert sound for each camera type - I would assume that someone's made a custom soundset with the relevant camera names in it somewhere.

Feel posted a link to the TomTom voice pack in another thread but you'll be disappointed...

 

[Syphon]

MArk - I believe there is an option for POI alerts to either be on route only or everywhere.

Where's the best place to get soundsets? I'm really after the Kitt one but can't find it.

Scott

 

[MarkE]

MArk - I believe there is an option for POI alerts to either be on route only or everywhere.

Where's the best place to get soundsets? I'm really after the Kitt one but can't find it.

Scott

Yes, there's an option under "Manage POIs" but when I tried it it just ignored all of the camera POIs so I assumed that "route" refers to a planned route along which you're being navigated, rather than the road you're currently on (as I don't have a route planned most of the time). However, will try again tomorrow as it would be much more use (and closer to the way the b2 worked).

There just might be a load of soundsets HERE for the next 24 hours or so.

 

[Syphon]

Ta dude - got them thanks

 

[Syphon]

How do you install them? Just copy them into a certain directory?

(wow there's loads!)