GPS units, do they work?

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cjn

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230 posts

275 months

Tuesday 10th July 2001
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I''ve seen recent adverts for the Morpheous Geodesy which is a GPS positioning unit that has details of all fixed camera positions programmed into it & can be updated using a modem. It plugs into your cigarette lighter & bleeps as you approach cameras. It costs a fair wedge £380. Before I check one out does anyone have experience of using one?? CJ

mel

10,168 posts

277 months

Tuesday 10th July 2001
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yes ! and they are the mutts nuts along with the fact that they can't be banned as detectors can/are/will be (whichever). I do a set of road works every day and watched over a week as firstly the lines appeared then I saw 2 traffic cops stood around with contractors then 2 days later the camera was there on my way home. Mopheous had it the day it appeared. Buy it there worth the money if you have a "weathered" license. Or on a politically correct note "They are a genuine aid to road safety by flagging the accident black spots identified by the police" yea right or the revenue bins !!!!!!!!!

mel

10,168 posts

277 months

Tuesday 10th July 2001
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oh yes i didn't get my 50 quid though !!! But to be fair I know where they are based and guess that most of Morheous' staff drive the same road works every day.....

Marv

158 posts

275 months

Wednesday 11th July 2001
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My Geodesy is damn good! But ive found 7 permenant camera sites and loads of tempory motorway ones but i still havent received any reward!!

cjn

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230 posts

275 months

Wednesday 11th July 2001
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What's trafcam London-Pete? Where can I find more details? CJ

mel

10,168 posts

277 months

Wednesday 11th July 2001
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Trafcam is a snakes wedding of gadgets and cables, plus of course you need a palm and gps unit so more expensive i dismissed it as a hatched togeather thing the morpheous unit is neater and more proven but no experience on how good trafcams data base is which is what of course really matters. Also the word is trafcam have big avaliability problems and launched the thing before it was ready. Cant remember there web site but i found them from an add in the back of EVO magazine.

cjn

Original Poster:

230 posts

275 months

Wednesday 11th July 2001
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Cheers Mel, from what you've said I think the Morpeous gadget will fit better in my Elise so I'll wait to see if anyone else has had experience of it. CJ

.mark

11,104 posts

278 months

Wednesday 11th July 2001
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Guys, try www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk pretty good site with lots of info on all subjects speeding. Also lots of tests on various kit.