Alarm by POIs: wrong signal
  • Vote Up0Vote Down PaoloRPaoloR
    Hi all.
    I'm using MapFactor free.
    I imported     some POIs including speed cameras.
    I noticed that the alarm sound is executed even when I am NOT crossing the road on which the     speed cameras is located: if I enter a viaduct on the highway and in the highway is positioned a speed camera under the viaduct, the alarm signal is executed.
    This creates confusion.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down ReFranReFran

    "This creates confusion."


    .. but at least it keeps you driving carefully :-) 

  • Vote Up0Vote Down PaoloRPaoloR
    Yes, of course.
    But I would like to know if the speed camera is on my route!
  • Vote Up0Vote Down hurdygurdymanhurdygurdyman
    The Problem is the way how speed cameras are collected in OpenStreeMap. Most of them are beneath the street as a point (node) without any relation to the road. So Mapfactor will warn you, if a speed-camera-node is near the street, because in some cases - the one you spoke about above - it can't be clear, which road is controlled. That is the saver way for you because it's better to be warned one time to much than one time less.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down mdxmdx
    Note, that the source of speed camera data is not necessarily OpenStreetMap i.e. it is not linked to map data. There are coordinates, speed limit and angle, which can resolve some ambiguity.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down PaoloRPaoloR
    Thanks for answers.
    But I would like to know how the navigation     program MapFactor Free handles beeps:
    • when the PoI is on my way?
    • when my position is within x meters?
    Thank you.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down tomastomas
    why is this important?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down PaoloRPaoloR
    Because I want to better understand how to set up alerts.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down ReFranReFran

    " ... when my position is within x meters?"


    That's my experience. Also if you drive on an other street, which is only nearby.


    HTH, Reinhard


     

  • Vote Up0Vote Down PaoloRPaoloR
    Thanks for reply.
    It was what I thought too.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down PaoloRPaoloR
    Hi all.
    It seems to me     that sounds of alarm for speed cameras work differently when I navigate to a destination and when I use the map without set destination.
    While navigation, alarms are recognized only if they are located along the way to go.
    Otherwise, the program     applies the rule of to the radius of x meters.
    Is that correct?
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