POI: Speed Camera Detector (Ireland)

[William Gates]

Is there a link/site available where I can download speed camera points for my Garmin Nuvi 250 Sat Nav?

[Lex Luthor]

www.irishspeedtraps.com

its a paid service

[sham08]

http://www.mypois.ie/ also has other places of interest

[mondeo]

http://www.speednanny.ie/satnav.htm

Personaly I think this seems better value then the irishspeedtraps version.
Although they could be identical databases, one company selling their poi to another.

[god's toy]

Originally Posted by sham08

http://www.mypois.ie/ also has other places of interest

Top link!

Thanks for that, will be adding info to my G 760 for sure.

[IrishSpeedTraps]

Originally Posted by mondeo

http://www.speednanny.ie/satnav.htm

Personaly I think this seems better value then the irishspeedtraps version.
Although they could be identical databases, one company selling their poi to another.

Our download is on special offer at the moment for €25 incl one years free updates (see link in signature). Even without this discount we are cheaper than speednanny.

[parsi]

SSCDB.info has static cameras for Ireland.

I'm not too convinced about the need to have POis for mobile traps - a quick look at maps shows that there are so many that you would probably get immune to the warnings. And of course they are often in obvious areas. Of course YMMV.

I downloaded all the traps from scdb.info for France last year and found the mobile traps to be annoying as the satnav was regularly throwing out warnings and I didn't see a single one. The fixed ones were handy and it was amusing to see batches of cars breaking at the same time because you could imagine their satnav beeping to warn them.

Possibly a good advice is to have your satnav alert you if going more than 10km/h over the speedlimit or similar ?

[coylemj]

There are very few static speed cameras in the Republic so what you are paying for is a list of points around the country where at some stage in the past couple of years somebody spotted a mobile speed trap. In my opinion paying for this information is a complete waste of money, just observe the speed limit and save your money.

You could just as easily throw darts at a map of Ireland and store the locations in your GPS, the information would have the same value as what these guys or any other similar service provider is offering.

[mondeo]

I downloaded the static camera points for republic of ireland, maybe 20 odd locations in total, my satnav is great at warning me of these static cams, on the n3 there the other day heading to carlow it was very cool seeing it beep at them as i drove past. Regards the mobile traps well I can imagine how annoying it would be. 80% of the time their probably wont be a trap as you are passing the point. I stick to the limit anyways so I dont worry about it.
But I am happy with my static camera locations on my satnav, I think it's cool having them there, it's amusing and informative.

I'm not sure if it is worth paying for a safety camera alert service at this point in time when we have feck all fixed static cams in ireland. As it stands for 25e why not get what they have to offer anyways.

[mondeo]

I forgot to mention that if you look in the latest argos you will see gps based camera detectors.. Interesting stuff. I wonder what company provides their safety camera data.

[coylemj]

Garmin actually provide this data on their car units but not for Ireland because their interpretation of Irish law is that it is illegal to use a device which warns of or detects speed cameras.

I borrowed a Nuvi 7xx unit from a friend for a trip to Liverpool in April 2007 and while driving around the city it was beeping the whole time at me about speed traps. If you check the Map settings in any Nuvi and click the 'About' option you'll see lots of copyright notices about speed camera data for several European countries.

I also have the N3 cameras in my GPs but I didn't pay anyone for them, I recorded their positions over a few trips and now have them stored for free.

[parsi]

The Nuvis come with a trial subscription to the Cyclops database. However seeing as we have a tiny number of fixed cameras in Ireland it's probably not worth the hassle of updating them for Garmin/cyclops in the trial version - maybe its available for the free 1 month sub ?

Navigon supply free radar info for Becker and it includes the Irish static cams.

[mondeo]

Originally Posted by coylemj

Garmin actually provide this data on their car units but not for Ireland because their interpretation of Irish law is that it is illegal to use a device which warns of or detects speed cameras.

I borrowed a Nuvi 7xx unit from a friend for a trip to Liverpool in April 2007 and while driving around the city it was beeping the whole time at me about speed traps. If you check the Map settings in any Nuvi and click the 'About' option you'll see lots of copyright notices about speed camera data for several European countries.

I also have the N3 cameras in my GPs but I didn't pay anyone for them, I recorded their positions over a few trips and now have them stored for free.

I did not pay for mine either, i got them of some website for free. Cannot argue with it

[Krusty_Clown]

Here is the list I've put together myself: GardaHotSpots. It includes static cameras and raised Garda Platforms that I've come across.

If you want a copy (free) just pm me your e-mail address, and which GPS receiver you want it for.

On www.mypois.ie you can download road danger zones and warning zones onto Garmin GPS. These downloads are completely free and are based on official 2005 road traffic accident data from the Road Safety Authority and the An Garda Pulse System - data that is available under the Freedom of Information Act. All accident zones have been assigned a weighting based on the same system used by An Garda Siochana.

Our database has approx 750 Danger Zones (which are worth downloading to your GPS) and just under 6,000 Warning Zones (which are useful to refer to but not a recommended download unless you want your GPS beeping at you every few seconds).

We also partner with www.irishspeedtraps.com to offer fixed and mobile speed camera information however this is part of a paid subscription service.

I think the combination of official high risk zones and speed camera information does add value to any GPS but I think the best solution would be if sat nav systems contained road speed information for all roads in the first place but this is not as straighforward because there is no single source of information.