GPS camera detectors

Assuming these are only really as good as the database that backs them up
....

a. Which is considered the best, in terms of data accuracy?
b. Is there a combined satnav/camera locator that's worth bothering with?

 

simonk wrote:
[snip]

I was hoping there was going to be an explanation of how a GPS unit
"detects" cameras...

 

Just

(1)Drive everywhere flat out.

(2)Wait for tickets to arrive.

(3)Ask for photographic evidence in each case.

(4)Use photograph to determine location of camera.

(5)Use photgraphs to construct scale map (1:1 is best) of country showing
camera locations.

 

Tom Tom works well and the POI database of Speed cameras is free from
www.pocketgpsworld.com
but the maps from Tom Tom can be anything up to 18 months out of date.

 

That's next years RBR route & rules sorted then.

Nice plan, could you give us a hand folding it?

 

shades of "Why Don't You?" there...

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, simonk amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Very accurate. I've got a 1st gen one that's very good. You get a
finder's fee of 20 quid if you find one and you report it before anyone
else but the downside is that cameras are moved/removed and this can
trigger a false alarm

I wouldn't know about that. I've got a Humble Geodesy.

 

Silence, pedant

 

I got a brochure from..

http://www.naonline.co.uk/

...this morning on this very subject.

 

I use TomTom on PDA and I have downloaded the camera overlay from
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/ ( as previously mentioned) and it seems to be
very accurate, also you can add new Camera or Revenue Van locations via the
favourites menu.

The Tom Tom routes are a bit bizzare sometimes though!!

 

Vass came up with the following;:

Still a lot better than SMartST (Navman) though ...

 

The pocketgpsworld site keep databases which are updated monthly IIRC
You can install seperate files and icons for different types of cameras,
or use the all in one file for simplicity.

There are various satnav packages for pocket pc and palm pilot platforms
as well as off the shelf units such as Garmin which you can download the
camera data to. TomTom is reckoned the best, I use Kirrio on a palm based
unit, with the seperate camera databases for each type of camera, 'cos
it's both geeky and pikey.

HTH