If I notice a new cam, how can I register it with TomTom Navigator or GO?
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How capturing RADAR POIs (Tomtom Navigator/GO)
New
way, easier, for dummies. In two steps only
It's curious, but some versions
of tomtom has a hidden screen capture.
It only works in touch screen devices, as
PDAs, tomtom GO/ONE/RIDER.
If you hav a PDA, you can try with
this CAB file , courtesy of my chap
EPL (aka CABman),
for an automatic install.
For the rest of devices, you can download the folder with the file into from this ZIP file
Take notice that is an spanish cab, so you could have problems with yours \Program Files directory (in spanish \Archivos de programa). If so, try to install manually the trick.
Let's go on. You must follow
those simple steps, in order:
1.-
In your PC (anywhere), create a folder named
screen
2.-
Into screen folder you must create (with
notepad) a new and empty text file named capture.txt
3.-
Rename the txt file, erasing the .txt extension, so the new name will be
capture
4.-
Copy screen folder and its content in
main root of memory card (Tomtom
One/GO/RIDER), o into
Navigator folder (in case of PDA), located in
\Program files (or whatsername in your
languaje).
Start tomtom. Being in any part of the program,
if you touch down-right corner of screen,
and then up-left corner, you can hear
a camera sound, and you have made a screen
capture.
You can view the capture, saved
in \screen folder as dumpxxxx.bmp
Thinking about uses of this thick, I've realized that
we have a fantastic method for capturing POIs, in
two simple steps, even if you aren't looing at the screen:
1.-
Touch down-right corner (when satellites
coverage). Route screen appears.
2.-
Touch up-left corner, just
at the time you pass by the point you want to
register (at constant speed is better)
And thath's all, folks. Captured "target". You can see how:
Notice that coordinates are on upper right zone
The final step: send an e-mail with attached image to your local POI compiler (I myself in Spain), with a written description of POI, according to the following : TypeSpeed Nick Description
- Type: Radar Type. F for Fixed (static), nothing for hidden ones, CA for Control of Alcohol, TR for sTRetch RADARs, SEM for SEMaphore (traffic light ones).
- Speed: Speed limit in Km/h using three figures, 050, 060, ..., 100, 120. (1 mph=1.61Km/h)
- Nick: Your nickname. That’s your choice, and your POI. Please do not use more than 4 characters.
- Description: Please write a short description of the POI; road number, kilometer, type of RADAR, without re-writing “Don Quixote”, of course.
I’ll add some examples, in order to dispel any doubts:
050 NARE Principe Vergara 142 tripod in front of van -------------> Hidden RADAR
F120 AXTE A31 km 566.3 Static Green booth --------------------------> Fixed (Static) RADAR
SEM ARTI Madrid C Goya-Velazquez crossing DIR Colon -------> Traffic Light RADAR
FTRF KAPE A1 km 51.3 dir Madrid final -----------------------------------> FTRI, FTRF Initial/final road stretch
Please avoid writing special characters including comma, accented letters, etc. Character “ń” is admitted.
Anyway, if you are a perfectionist, or previous method didn't work, or if you can obtain POI at home viewing map in tomtom, you can use the classic method:
1.- Select “Add favourite” option by touching the screen
and then press on
icon. Enter the following menu page by touching the “Next”
.
At the time you pass by the point you want to
register, press key 5 “GPS Position”. It is better doing
this when
circulating at a constant speed in the range 40-60 Km/h (25-35
mph) than taking the coordinates after stopping, because when speed is 0, the
GPS likes making “ghost trips” which are erratic jumps several meters around the
real position. Please accept the name suggested by TomTom. You’ve already
stored the point coordinates and, above all, security at driving time.
3.- When not driving, calmly, open TomTom and create a
new category called Aanew .
This can be done by pressing “Change preferences”
,“PDI Admininstration”
, “Add
Category”
. Select the preferred
icon and accept.
4.- Now access “Browse map”
. Locate
the relevant favourite and zoom it in (up to maximum). Now touch on the star
, the button
in the lower bar and choose option “Add as PDI”
, choose the category you created in step 3 and, now is the time
to put the right name by following the following template: TypeSpeed Nick Description
- Type: Radar Type. F for Fixed (static), nothing for hidden ones, CA for Control of Alcohol, TR for sTRetch RADARs, SEM for SEMaphore (traffic light ones).
- Speed: Speed limit in Km/h using three figures, 050, 060, ..., 100, 120. (1 mph=1.61Km/h)
- Nick: Your nickname. That’s your choice, and your POI. Please do not use more than 4 characters.
- Description: Please write a short description of the POI; road number, kilometer, type of RADAR, without re-writing “Don Quixote”, of course.
I’ll add some examples, in order to dispel any doubts:
050 NARE Principe Vergara 142 tripod in front of van -------------> Hidden RADAR
F120 AXTE A31 km 566.3 Static Green booth --------------------------> Fixed (Static) RADAR
SEM ARTI Madrid C Goya-Velazquez crossing DIR Colon -------> Traffic Light RADAR
FTRF KAPE A1 km 51.3 dir Madrid final -----------------------------------> FTRI, FTRF Initial/final road stretch
Please avoid writing special characters including comma, accented letters, etc. Character “ń” is admitted.
5.- I leave this step up to you. The basic purpose is
opening the folder where the map is placed and locate the new file called Aanew.ov2 .
Once done, please copy it to the PC. The following
step is crucial: compress it into a .zip or .rar file, and send
it to me as an attachment to an e-mail message. If you do not compress it, I will
get and error and won’t be able to open it.
Once you have developed skills, if you make use or the POIedit software in your PC, you will be able to manage OV2 in your computer in a much more comfortable way.
C’mon, have fun, and whether you find an unfiled RADAR you now know what to do. You file it down and we all benefit from it.