BorisM Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 Speedcams are text files. iGO converts them into its internal format automatically. Get whatever files you think are necessary for your driving... iGO treats red light cams as a subtype of speed camera. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cigga24 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 the igo files are txt files,... Are these txts because they are being uploaded to the f900 instead of being read like a normal POI from SD? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 iGO probably treats them differently from normal POIs because they need different information. POI generally has category, address, may be telephone, and icon you associate with it. Speed cameras need different things -- location, direction, speed limit, and type. Code that deals with POIs (of which there are far more than cams) does not need to deal with proximity, whether you are travelkling fasyter than camera's limit, etc. So it makes all the sense to treat cameras differently. Text file format is easy to make and distribute, and once you have it in the system much easier to process than something far more verbose like KML. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cigga24 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 so do we need the speedcam file or red light file? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 I'd go with a larger one... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cigga24 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 larger one? what do you mean, there is only the two files on the site you mentioned above. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 So download both of them, and install the larger one... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bwolfe Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Perhaps I missed a step, but need some assistance. I downloaded the scripts and injected them into the data.zip file, the first time it failed and gave me an error, I was using ZipGenius. I re-did the zip using WinRar and worked great (used the zip feature, not rar) and it loads up and the startup message just sits there, it doesn't go away and the system keeps resetting every 3-4 minutes. I can goto iPod, Siruis, XM, radio and such, but going to maps or destination just locks it up at the EULA screen, all while the startup screen (Please Wait) screen stays on the screen. Did I do something different or miss a step? Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Most probably... When I used a a bad speedcamera text file, the unit kept rebooting. Try doing one thing at a time... 1st make sure that the unit boots with the speedcamera data and original data.zip, then add new scripts in.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bwolfe Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Thanks BorisM, I will give that a shot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 OK, good luck. Let me know how it works... To tell the truth, though, while it is nice to have , I do not know how reliable those camera files are for the US. In Europe they have commercial providers compiling lists... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gjas18 Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 The camera file has at least one error so far... it says there is a camera right by my house which there is not. Also, it lists every camera as a speed camera and not a red light. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I noticed that, too. If you set the cursor on where it thinks there is a camera you can edit/delete it. I would not rely too much on a free list of cameras that comes from who knows where... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gjas18 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Figured out any way to convert the .kml documents into something usable? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Haven't really worked on it yet, but KMLs are very simple XML files, so converting them to text format should be pretty straightforward. I haven't gotten around to that yet, too busy hacking the unit itself to work the way I like... I'mn not really sure if those KMLs are any more complete or accurate than other files... Googling around also finds utilities that are supposed to create .spdb and .spud files (what iGO uses internally)... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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