Im sure that many of you use the PocketGPSWorld speed camera database and for those that use this on the x40 range of devices and pay the monthly supscription for live services, heres a thought......

My thoughts are to keep the TT Live (on the x40 Range) enabled but only select the mobile cameras from the list that are updated over the air.

Also have running an up to date version of the PGPSW database, which as we know gets better and more accurate on every release.

I was hoping that, if enough people did this and used the TT unit to update the positions of mobile cameras while on the move then other users behind them would be notified of LIVE and WORKING mobile units in addition to the warning that one might be there.

The idea, we believe, for the TT live service that if another user passes a mobile camera then they use the units menu and report it back to server, then that location gets distributed to other units. That location will time out though, but seems no one knows how long that takes (def no more than 24hrs).

Anyway, over the last few weeks/months of doing similar journeys the PGPSW alert has gone off for a location, then shortly after the TT alert has gone off. This indicates to me that a Mobile unit has been there recently or is there at the moment. The following day, the TT alert hasnt gone off for the same location, so its "timed out".

Now, out of these 20 or so times in recent months the TT alert has gone off (along with the PGPSW one) on 2 occasions there has actually been a mobile van at that location!! So, someone somewhere is updating the TT database.

So, my thoughts are, for those running x40 devices and paying the subs is to use the PGPSW database and keep it updated, as this gets 99.9% of Static cameras and possible locations for mobile cameras AND enable the TT database but only have the Mobile camera part of it enabled. The mobile part of the TT database ONLY warns of those locations that it thinks are, or have been active within the last 24 hours and so doesnt annoy you that much (if at all) with false alerts.

Just to note, Im not criticising the PGPSW database in any way at all.... and hopefully with the addition of new units and coding tools then maybe one day PGPSW could have a similar updating system enabled in the TT units themselves, or even better TT ditch their own database and use PGPSW's one!!

Steve

I used POIplace as A) its free, it's 100% accurate where as I found the pocketGPS site DB lacked many sites that were well known, and c) POIplace is updated in real time meaning nightly downloads with all the updates.

Having tried it again recently, the PGP DB is still well out. Tomtom isnt bad, but still out - about the same as Tomtom.