Roadrunner alerts You about speed cameras
 

Hi
I made a little application for my personnal use : Roadrunner
It alerts You when You're approaching a speed camera (beeps and LED blinks)
Speed cameras locations are available for United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Sweden.

http://david.hautbois.free.fr/joomla...=108&Itemid=62

David.

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Looks good, does the speed camera info include the direction (i.e. do you get false positives when going under/over bridges, or parallel to roads, or in the other direction?).

Also, does the db include the speed limit at the speed camera location?

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Ah, is the source anywhere, or is this closed-source?

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Actually, I've no internet connection at home.
When I get it, I can open a project on maemo garage.

The application alerts You when you're approaching a speed camera and stops when You're going away.
You can have false positives (I don't know the side of the road, bridges, etc....)
The free database ( basic access on http://www.gpsinform.com) does not include speed camera.
Roadrunner does not support the premium database.

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Sweet application, I could find myself having a big use for this (shame I don't live in any of those countries though).

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Maybe You can find a ov2 file for your country.
It should work....

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there is a gitorious repo out , i'll be glad to checkout the sources ...
BTW shall we load all ov2 files each time from : "Mes\ POIs/Tomtom/" :
RF.bmp RF.ov2 RFR.bmp RFR.ov2 RM.bmp RM.ov2 ZD.bmp ZD.ov2

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http://rzr.online.fr/q/gps

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Hi David,
Do you know about FoxyTag? Quite a lot similar to what you have done...
(http://www.foxytag.com/en/presentation.html)
I'd love to see a widget or app on maemo using foxytag database ;)

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rzr:
I 've added the sources on my website today
But I don't think if it works (I didn't work on roadrunner since 1 year...)
RF -> fixed speed cameras
RFR -> I don't remember...
RM -> mobile speed cameras
ZD -> dangerous zone
You don't need to import all ov2 files

Kee:
I will look at foxy tag

I planned to rewrite roadrunner from scratch as soon as I receive the N900.
I will open a project on maemo garage.

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For someone like me who a few years ago lost a close friend to someone speeding down a road an application like this that indirecty supports and promotes speeding is both sad and maddening.

Now you won't 'just' be speeding but also fiddling with a tablet in the car.

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It was just for me an idea to play with the tablet's GPS.
I respect speed limitations.

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Hi
I can try roadrunner for N900 :
https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=1164
First, You have to import speed cameras by the import menu.
supported countries :
United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Sweden
Thanks for feedback.

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Its hanging on the Import fixed speed cameras conformation screen, the first screen did work.

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Please wait during the import.
It's very long.
I didn't add a nice waiting dialog window :(

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Yes i have too wait long, does it downloads?

can i add the recent ov2 file after that? my file only got fixed speed camera in one file called it RF.ov2, just the place where it stands. not shift light cameras.

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You can launch the application in xterm to check if the application hangs on an error message.
The application download the lastest speedcam database (RF file) from alertgps.com.
You can't import a local ov2 file.

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its loading red light cameras now, i think its almost done.

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ok, a waiting windows should be a big improvement....

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The majority of people who use speed camera detecters do so for the following reasons:

• Speed camera's are there because that part of a road is an accident blackspot and its good to be aware that you need to take extra special care .... not only with your speed!

• Sometimes the speed limit on a road changes and if you have the roads speed limit displayed on your detector it an assistant to letting you know what the speed limit is!

there are idiots out there who use detectors to speed down roads and be aware when to slow down to the speed limit but not the majority of us!

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Its all updated now, i will test it this week.

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I added a progressbar in the last build
:p

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roadrunner 0.1.0-7
Add local gpx file import (For Janne ;) )
https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=1164

need python-lxml

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big thanks to all invloved in this program

iam a n900 newbie but really appreciate evryones time and efforts with things like this

nice work peeps

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Thanks once again

Now it is possible to get local files. For Fineland you can get gpx file from www.gps-waypoints.net extract zip first and then use Roadrunner's import local file menu item

koivjann

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Sounds like a useful program. Any way to have this for the U.S.? Thanks!

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What about Italy? :(

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... and, stupid Q - California?

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i cant install it. I have the message python-location missing

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Add the Extras-tesing repository :

Application manager --> Application catalogs --> New
Catalog name: maemo.org extras-testing
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free

Now, there is an install file for roadrunner :
http://static.maemo.org/style_maemo2...on_install.png

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ok it works now
thanks

to use it i need only to executed the roadrunner in the background ?
it has a sound to notify for a radar ?

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Thanks for this.

Comments:

a) My phone only vibrates when the camera is nearby.No sound alerts
b) It alerts me way before the camera comes (around 300 meters).Is there a way to change the distance of the alert?

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is this a stand alone app or is it for maps app?

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standalone

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used this app today ..... brilliant!
whats the chance of adding the following features?
1 - option to choose mph and miles (instead of kph and kilometres)
2 - do you have access to the speed limit associated with the camera? if so when the full screen camera alert appears can it also display the road speed limit in the corner?

cheers.

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ok for the miles
speed will be difficult, because all speedcams files have not the same format

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it gives me the error "error when importing file" when I try to import a file in gpx(xml format) form www.gps-waypoints.net. does it work for anyone?

the file i tried was http://www.gps-waypoints.net/gps/gen...=Download+file

It seems to be empty though. So propably no fault by roadrunner.

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which country ?
Please, send me the file :
david.hautbois@free.fr

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Agree totally. Can these improvements be made?

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I found some US camera data here:

http://www.gps-data-team.com/gps-poi.php

What POI file format is compatible with Roadrunner?

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Hi,
cardiff blues i have had email contact with the developer who is looking to implement the option to choose mph on the main screen and metres on the alert screen. He does not have speed limit info so he cant implement that.

After further usage I would suggest a bit of optimisation in the application as follows:
I use my n900 as a sat nav (albeit very basic sat nav at the moment using ovi maps 1.0) but when a speed camera is approaching roadrunner takes over the whole display way before the camera, this means ovi maps is no longer displayed so if my turn is before the camera i miss it - perhaps there could be an option to choose 'vibrate only' or 'beep only' so that ovi maps can continue to be displayed .... perhaps a voice notification could be implemented stating
"500 yards"
"400 yards"
"300 yards"
"200 yards"
"100 yards"
"50 yards"
or 'small notification box' that appears in one of the corners of the display leaving ovi maps with the majority of the display (i dont know how hard that would be to implement though)
Also at the moment after I have gone past the speed camera roadrunner goes back to its main screen ..... so to get back to ovi maps i have to do 2 screen presses which is not ideal when driving.

but its a great app which i use a lot .... unfortunatly i find its not something i can use when i need it the most. I need it most when i am driving in an area i dont know - but when i am in an area i dont know i am using ovi maps for directions on the map. it seems the two apps are not able to be used together without creating difficulties

hope my ideas help the app move to the next stage of development and improve usability.