TT crap camera database
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King of Dings

Original Poster:

437 posts

215 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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Is it me or has the Tom Tom camera data base lost the plot recently.

It used to be OK (6 months ago). But now it misses about 20-30% of cameras around London.

And that feature where you tell it you've spotted a camera, I've pressed that at least 30 times for a well known camera on the A40 London and after several updates it's still not recoreded.

What a total waste of time and money, completely unreliable which defeats the pont of having it.

Is the GPS World data base any better ? Is it a pain to download / upload ?

DIW35

4,195 posts

223 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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I've only ever used the GPS World database and haven't had a problem with it. If you come across a camera that isn't in the database, and you're the first person to report it, you'll get a free lifetime subscription for your effort.

King of Dings

Original Poster:

437 posts

215 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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Now that's worth it. Is it easy to upload, install to a Tom Tom.

RedRad

75 posts

243 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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Im having the same problem, 6 months ago it was good. Now it’s very out of date.
Roadwork’s on the M5 with specs for 6 weeks before TT caught up with the cameras and still the limit says 60 when its 50. something has changed big time.
If you don’t already subscribe to cameras, DONT DO IT.

King of Dings

Original Poster:

437 posts

215 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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Now you come to mention it, yes, the speed it displays next to the camera warning is often wrong.

Worryingly showing a higher speed than is actually in place.

I think I read somewhere on here that TT would be using the Road Angel camera data base in future, but it's currently only on very new models ( I have 730).

If that is the case then maybe they laid-off their camera data base team and are making do with old data until the switch over, which is a very risky policy, particularly for their paying customers.

Just quick footnote. I updated yesterday and it loaded new software as well as cameras. Seems to be bit better, but still missing 10% of cameras around London arterial roads.

mmm-five

12,087 posts

307 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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The speed part comes from the map data - and you can always put your own map corrections into it (although it's not the easiest thing to do when you want to change the speed of a 1/2 mile section of a 20 mile road, and you have to deselect the other 19.5 miles bit by bit).