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Speed Cameras App??

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  • 11-11-2010 12:22pm
    #1
    johnny_adidas
    Registered Users Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭


    Not entirely android related and not sure how long these have been released but is there a map or layers which can be overlaid onto Google navigation with these included
    http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=5590&Lang=1

    Or better still leave an app running in background (with gps enabled) while driving which gives an audible alarm when a checkpoint is approaching, without the need to run navigation as some journeys would not require it

    ....and yes we should all be obeying the speed limit anyway while driving but there are some tricky ones like the one coming out of kilkenny in callan direction which people not familiar with the area might well get caught out.


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    #2
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    There's Trapster and that other one that I forget the name of too.

    Drive safe. ;)


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    johnny_adidas
    Registered Users Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭johnny_adidas


    trapster has one speed check for the whole country :) so i dont think it will be much use. Thanks anyway. dont fancy adding in all 300 myself, esp if they werent correctly positioned.

    ideally was hoping for integration with Google maps, as it would be a pity to have to buy a sat nav for them when navigation is perfectly suited on the phone

    Might just fork out for the tom tom app, be a lot cheaper than a fine in long run


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    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,336 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    Trapster is ideal if enough users actually use it as all the live traps will show up accurately.


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    muckwarrior
    Registered Users Posts: 4,055 ✭✭✭muckwarrior


    johnny_adidas wrote: »
    trapster has one speed check for the whole country :) so i dont think it will be much use.

    What? It has loads!


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    johnny_adidas
    Registered Users Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭johnny_adidas


    ahhhh, i see now, on the overall country map it only showed me one in the middle. just happened to zoom to my locality and kilkenny out of interest but nothing came up at the time. lots there now alright. thanks, must report anything i spot from now on


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    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    Started using trapster myself and it highlighted a trap on the M50 for me Friday night, great app and can only get better the more people that use it


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    Keith186
    Registered Users Posts: 3,203 ✭✭✭Keith186


    I'm going to start using trapster from today too so hopefully there'll be a growing community with all these new cameras.


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    muckwarrior
    Registered Users Posts: 4,055 ✭✭✭muckwarrior


    Yeah, the new cameras and the fact that the M3 is now on google maps prompted me to reinstall it.


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    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    muckwarrior wrote: »
    Yeah, the new cameras and the fact that the M3 is now on google maps prompted me to reinstall it.

    For a free app it could save us lots of money :D


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    Gryzor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭Gryzor


    Cool, must give this a go....as said earlier, its needs the users to be any good..


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    cormie
    Registered Users Posts: 20,836 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    I think I asked this before, but I forget so I'll ask again... Does trapster work in the way that if you drive by a speed camera, you can just press a button and it will flag it for other users, and after a certain amount of time, if it hasn't been flagged again, it will disappear? It should work that way in my opinion, so if it does, that would be pretty good, that way, if you see an alert, you can be pretty certain there's a high chance of it being there, as opposed to someone coming along and marking every point on the map without there being any traps there..


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    muckwarrior
    Registered Users Posts: 4,055 ✭✭✭muckwarrior


    Yep, there's different types of alerts. E.g. fixed speed cameras, 'known enforcement points', which would be where cops/gatsos are known to hide, and checkpoints which stay active for about an hour (I think) after someone reports them.


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    jobless
    Registered Users Posts: 2,183 ✭✭✭jobless


    are there data charges when you use this?.... i think with my plan i have a minimum charge of 99c a day.... could add up using this app


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    Gryzor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭Gryzor


    jobless wrote: »
    are there data charges when you use this?.... i think with my plan i have a minimum charge of 99c a day.... could add up using this app

    Yep, it has to pull down the latest info as it goes methinks...


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    cormie
    Registered Users Posts: 20,836 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    Thanks muckwarrior, that's pretty good, how easy is it to report them or to know they are there? Does it work on a route basis, you input a route and it fetches them, or does it simply work on proximity without having to alter settings every time you set off in the car?


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    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,801 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Just registered with Trapster now myself.


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    #18
    Mezcita
    Registered Users Posts: 2,328 ✭✭✭Mezcita


    Aye me too. Looks good.

    Does anyone know how much data you are likely to go through by having the GPS enabled all day? (Assuming you are making a long trip).


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    bogman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭bogman


    Just installed Trapster, looks deadly

    74000_1604050855877_1074276521_1688916_2780202_n.jpg

    More we report the latest revenue generators the better this app works


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    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    I'm going to have all of Mayo and as much as Connacht in as I possibly can over the next week. If each person updates their area, Trapster will have this problem solved in a jiffy...


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    Mr Man
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭Mr Man


    Excellent - came looking for this.


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    #22
    Peter B
    Registered Users Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭Peter B


    Just installing myself also


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    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Bob the Builder wrote: »
    I'm going to have all of Mayo and as much as Connacht in as I possibly can over the next week. If each person updates their area, Trapster will have this problem solved in a jiffy...

    I'm all over Mayo and Roscommon myself, I'll use this too


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    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    trapster only works with gps turned on constantly from what i can see. can't get it to work with just cell tower locations (like latitude would for example). that's a negative for me :(


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    bandit197
    Registered Users Posts: 907 ✭✭✭bandit197


    I'm downloading now, handy for a trip where you dont know the usual locations


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    #26
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Cell tower triangulation tends to be accurate to about a kilometer so it wouldnt be good enough to determine what road your on.


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    #27
    Btwndeyes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 462 ✭✭Btwndeyes


    did a load around killaloe, birdhill limerick and the main road down to dingle( heading down a couple times b4 xmas)


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    Thomasofmel
    Registered Users Posts: 429 ✭✭Thomasofmel


    Random wrote: »
    trapster only works with gps turned on constantly from what i can see. can't get it to work with just cell tower locations (like latitude would for example). that's a negative for me :(

    How much does it cost to have the GPS on for a longer trip? Hardly much? Isn't the whole idea of trapster that you know exactly where you are, i.e. GPS rather than Cell tower triangulation??


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    #29
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    gps doesn't cost anything in terms of credit / money on your bill.

    gps costs in terms of battery and it eats through it massively. i'd like to leave trapster running in the background (much like i do with google latitude), leave it in my pocket, and have it alert me when i'm nearby.


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    #30
    cormie
    Registered Users Posts: 20,836 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    How about this and this Random? You can even get a cheaper all in wonder here: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.47130 but I think the combo of the first two I linked to is best incase you need other things plugged in, which I always do :)


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    #31
    donutface
    Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭donutface


    I actually started writing an android app for this very thing until I saw this post.

    Real shame its unusably slow on my HTC Hero, but it did have a place mark where I got caught a few weeks ago, luckily the guard was nice :)


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