Speed camera features

[Makro]

Hi!
Out of curiosity, what is the source of the speed cameras?

Do the in-app speed cameras include mobile speed cameras?

How about an in-app way to submit a speed camera?

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Makro they are static camera’s only Source is HERE. There is mo way to report temporary camera’s.

[Makro]

@Corjan-Meijerink Thank you for the clarification.

[Huibertus]

@Corjan-Meijerink Is het niet mogelijk om .ov2 bestanden als POI te laden?

[Nick Carthew]

@Huibertus You are quite active and helpful on the forum, so thank you for your contributions but can I ask you to reply to forum posts in the language that the forum topic is using please, in this topic all posts have been in English. It makes it easier for everyone reading the topic. Thank you.

[Huibertus]

@Nick-Carthew Okay, I'll do my best

[Nick Carthew]

@Huibertus Thank you. It doesn’t have to be perfect English, a lot of English people have problems writing perfect English including me

[Will Brooks]

@Makro An external source of Speed Cameras is the PocketGPSWorld website.

It is very comprehensive and regularly updated for the UK.

You can see what cameras are in the database for other countries here:
https://www.pocketgpsworld.com/activecams.php

It is a subscription based service and you can use them with various SatNav systems. Certainly works well with my Garmin Zumo XT and I can also import them in the Library part of the POI section on the left hand menu of any route in MRA Routeplanner to see where they are on any route I'm planning.

[Makro]

@Will-Brooks said in Speed camera features:

@Makro An external source of Speed Cameras is the PocketGPSWorld website.

Thanks for the tip.
It makes sense to have the cams available while planning a route.
However the lack of mobile speed cams, and the countries excluded because of local laws, leaves a need for a separate app without those limitations. Unfortunately, road users use a variety of apps and Facebook groups for mobile speed cam warnings, so finding the golden app is impossible.

Another thing that would be nice to have in MRA is shared and searchable user lists, so you could share a list of common mobile speed cam lists in your area, I could do the same in my area. And similar lists with known speed cameras, red light cameras etc. All lists With proximity warnings.

Shared and searchable lists would also enable someone to make a list of the top x best Alpine passes, another user could make a similar list with the best cruiser roads in district Y, etc.

I cannot add these features to MRA, but I can share my ideas and suggestions.

[No6671]

@Makro
I've been poking around with POIs. But if you activate them, the map is blue...
Especially if you decide to drive the Alps and Italy. (Lesser have more than 11.000 traps for its own.)
Since you can not choose your desired pictogram for your POIs, all are the same. E.g. I have Passknacker POIs which sum up to 4000 in Europe. Put a few Gas stations, some Coffee stops and some "Picture-Me-Im-Great" stops in the bottle, mix it and try to find your route on the blue map. Hahahaha... Planing a route from northern Germany with all of those POIs to south Spain or south Italy is #!&*.
In short: It's overwhelming.

You could use something like Blitzer.de-App. It has pic-in-pic with Android, due to the restrictions of Apple only sound in iOS. But it works well. OONO, too.
And the biggest plus is for sure: both of the mentioned have mobile, too.
Though for me personally the biggest benefit is recei a warning about a crash or a breakdown a few hundred meters in front of me. It's ridiculous fast and precise here in Europe.

Depending of your location, it might have some similar apps.
Little disclaimer: Usually those apps are prohibited. Here in Germany it is allowed to have it, but not use it. (LOL!)
Switzerland is - afaik - both forbidden.

[Makro]

@GR-0
Thank you for the app tips.
I have been using the German made poi-base app, on Android , while driving in Germany and Austria. It also has mobile cam coverage, pic-in-pic (like Blitzer you mentioned) which is quite nice, so it can run in top of other apps. Unfortunately it also has many false alarms. Probably due to old records and lack of user feedback.

I have also used Waze, with some success. I haven't tried the Blitzer.de-App, which seems interesting.
It is probably quite country specific which apps are most used.

In my opinion its nice to load cam POIs in MRA, but you need to add the cams to your planned route, prior to starting the engine. It is easier to have cam warnings in some app, where I don't have to add them to a route. That way I can also be warned about mobile cams, and I can deviate from a route while still getting notifications.

[No6671]

@Peter-Schiefer
Peter, you're right. But as you mentioned, sometimes we're distracted even though we shouldn't be. And for those moments it can be helpful to get a little reminder.

In Switzerland I was caught with 2 km/h over the limit. Well...

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Goran