Tomtom Safety Cameras

[noumenon]

When I first subscribed to speed camera info from tomtom, it seemed to have all the cameras and even temporary ones in roadworks. However on a recent drive from London to Bournemouth and surrounding area, it missed at least 4 cameras, all of which looked like they'd been there for some time. What are other people's experiences?

[motco]

Got mine from pocketgps.com

[GolfGT_Girl]

noumenon said:

When I first subscribed to speed camera info from tomtom, it seemed to have all the cameras and even temporary ones in roadworks. However on a recent drive from London to Bournemouth and surrounding area, it missed at least 4 cameras, all of which looked like they'd been there for some time. What are other people's experiences?

Your not alone I got a 510 and having problems getting the poi for speed cameras to show up, ringing tom tom tonight

[puggit]

motco said:

Got mine from pocketgps.com

Ditto, as it's constantly updated by users...

[Skier]

I have a Morpheous Geodesy and will continue to use it in tandem with the TomTom as the database is far far more accurate and updated far more frequently. The TomTom camera database is not good which is a shame for a company that produces great products. Once my subscription expires I will almost certainly go with the Pocket GPS option.

Additionally, and I know that they use Tele Atlas maps, the recently updated maps are woefully out of date in several areas near me. When I get some time I'll report these errors but previous ones I've reported have never been updated so I won't hold my breath.

Regards

Skier

[anonymous-user]

puggit said:

motco said:

Got mine from pocketgps.com

Ditto, as it's constantly updated by users...

Me too.

[jdcampbell]

Skier said:

I have a Morpheous Geodesy and will continue to use it in tandem with the TomTom as the database is far far more accurate and updated far more frequently. The TomTom camera database is not good which is a shame for a company that produces great products. Once my subscription expires I will almost certainly go with the Pocket GPS option.

Additionally, and I know that they use Tele Atlas maps, the recently updated maps are woefully out of date in several areas near me. When I get some time I'll report these errors but previous ones I've reported have never been updated so I won't hold my breath.

Regards

Skier

Talex have just released a software application for the Tomtom devices which includes a speed sensitive, route specific and directional camera alert systems. This effectively offers a pukka camera alert system on a Tomtom. The Talex database is known for being regularly updated and having comprehensive coverage of possible mobile camera locations. You can see more information here: http://www.autobestbuy.co.uk/shop/product.asp?numR...

[GolfGT_Girl]

jdcampbell said:

Skier said:

I have a Morpheous Geodesy and will continue to use it in tandem with the TomTom as the database is far far more accurate and updated far more frequently. The TomTom camera database is not good which is a shame for a company that produces great products. Once my subscription expires I will almost certainly go with the Pocket GPS option.

Additionally, and I know that they use Tele Atlas maps, the recently updated maps are woefully out of date in several areas near me. When I get some time I'll report these errors but previous ones I've reported have never been updated so I won't hold my breath.

Regards

Skier

Talex have just released a software application for the Tomtom devices which includes a speed sensitive, route specific and directional camera alert systems. This effectively offers a pukka camera alert system on a Tomtom. The Talex database is known for being regularly updated and having comprehensive coverage of possible mobile camera locations. You can see more information here: http://www.autobestbuy.co.uk/shop/product.asp?numR...

Is it worth it then?

[nubbin.]

GolfGT_Girl said:

jdcampbell said:

Skier said:

I have a Morpheous Geodesy and will continue to use it in tandem with the TomTom as the database is far far more accurate and updated far more frequently. The TomTom camera database is not good which is a shame for a company that produces great products. Once my subscription expires I will almost certainly go with the Pocket GPS option.

Additionally, and I know that they use Tele Atlas maps, the recently updated maps are woefully out of date in several areas near me. When I get some time I'll report these errors but previous ones I've reported have never been updated so I won't hold my breath.

Regards

Skier

Talex have just released a software application for the Tomtom devices which includes a speed sensitive, route specific and directional camera alert systems. This effectively offers a pukka camera alert system on a Tomtom. The Talex database is known for being regularly updated and having comprehensive coverage of possible mobile camera locations. You can see more information here: http://www.autobestbuy.co.uk/shop/product.asp?numR...

Is it worth it then?

IMHO - no - it has no significant advantages over the Pocket GPS database, and using POI alerts on the TomTom means you can get camera warnings to moo like a cow!

[jdcampbell]

GolfGT_Girl said:

Is it worth it then?

I don't know how the Pocket GPS thing works but with the Talex solution:

1) It's speed sensitive, so if you are not speeding it'll tell you once about the camera , but it won't continue bleeping at you as you get closer. Conversely if you haven't slowed down enough as you approach the camera it will warn you again to reduce your speed.
2) It is direction sensitive, so if the camera is on the route you are travelling but is monitoring traffic coming the other way it won't warn you
3) It is road specific, so if the camera is on a closely neighbouring road it won't warn you unnecessarily. Most POI based warning systems tell you when you are within a given radius of a camera even if they are not on the actual road you are travelling on, so you get loads of false alarms. I'm not sure if this applies to the pocketgpsworld system or not - does anyone know?
4) The spoken alerts tell you what type of camera it is and what the current speed limit is, so you can act accordingly. It does all this automatically without you having to configure different categories of POIs in order to be able to distinguish between the different types of camera.

Edited by jdcampbell on Thursday 24th May 11:52

[noumenon]

More info here:

http://www.embeddedtechnology.co.uk/talextt.html

For £25 for a year, I think it's worth a try. I'll certainly buy before my next trip on unknown roads. Thanks.

[jdcampbell]

I can't get the Talex videos to play, but they are here as well: http://www.autobestbuy.co.uk/talex-tt-videos.asp

[Chops45]

I have the Tom Tom one and I subscribed to the Safety cameras after I bought the SatNav.
If you register your SatNav on the Tom Tom HOME website you can dowenload the latest Safety cameras every month

[GolfGT_Girl]

and the help desk is great just sent me a replacment sucker as the other one kept falling off.

[motco]

GolfGT_Girl said:

and the help desk is great just sent me a replacment sucker as the other one kept falling asleep.

It's hard to know what to say about that!

[jdcampbell]

Chops45 said:

I have the Tom Tom one and I subscribed to the Safety cameras after I bought the SatNav.
If you register your SatNav on the Tom Tom HOME website you can download the latest Safety cameras every month

Yes but

1) they aren't directional warnings
2) They are not speed sensitive (so they'll warn you even if you aren't speeding)
3) If you don't reduce speed enough they don't warn you again as you get closer
4) They aren't road specific, so if you want to run with speed camera warning on but no navigation planned you get loads of false alerts.
5) The database is c**p

The Talex TT product for Tomtom addresses all of these issues see these press articles:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml...
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/...

Doug

[chinoloco]

Is Talex a scam? I ordered the camera software for tomtom from www.talex.co.uk, they debited my card twice and despite daily (very polite) phonecalls and emails I still haven't heard a peep from them.

[After Shock]

so the general concensus is Don't buy a Tom Tom??

Nuvin seems highly recommended?? yes?

[chinoloco]

Eventually got email from Talex today, so they really do exist and are a pucker company, just not very good at communicating! software looks pretty good, certainly has flagged all the potential mobile sites I know of around N.Ireland where I live. For 25 squid it turns the tomtom into a really useful bit of kit, and quite a bit cheaper than the equivalent from snooper and roadangel that I was looking at.

[John57]

chinoloco said:

Eventually got email from Talex today, so they really do exist and are a pucker company, just not very good at communicating! software looks pretty good, certainly has flagged all the potential mobile sites I know of around N.Ireland where I live. For 25 squid it turns the tomtom into a really useful bit of kit, and quite a bit cheaper than the equivalent from snooper and roadangel that I was looking at.

Wife got this .... it has been excellent in our area so far (SW London/Surrey) !