Pocket GPS World charges
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Details here...
www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=33061
Other options...
Checkpoint : http://checkpoint.oabsoftware.nl
any others?
www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=33061
Other options...
Checkpoint : http://checkpoint.oabsoftware.nl
any others?
Eh? Lost me I am afraid....
Checkpoint is a package which alerts you to a POI within TomTom as well as other satnav packages. It allows greater control of how the alert is issued and when, but it does not supply data or the locations of speed cameras.
Meanwhile the PocketGPS site provides the raw POI data with the locations of speed cameras. Since TomTom v5 or above supports alerting when you approach POI's you dont actually need Checkpoint (but you did if you had prior to v5 TomTom. And since the data from PocketGPS is actually pretty good, £2 a month seems a damn good bargain..... £19 a year? Some speed camera detectors charge that a month... seems pretty good bargain to me.
Chalk and cheese from what I understand.
Checkpoint is a package which alerts you to a POI within TomTom as well as other satnav packages. It allows greater control of how the alert is issued and when, but it does not supply data or the locations of speed cameras.
Meanwhile the PocketGPS site provides the raw POI data with the locations of speed cameras. Since TomTom v5 or above supports alerting when you approach POI's you dont actually need Checkpoint (but you did if you had prior to v5 TomTom. And since the data from PocketGPS is actually pretty good, £2 a month seems a damn good bargain..... £19 a year? Some speed camera detectors charge that a month... seems pretty good bargain to me.
Chalk and cheese from what I understand.
Of course I would prefer that it was still free, but have to agree, I think they have set the level ok for me to think it is worth paying just to have easy access. Any higher and I would be looking at the net for a copy which I am sure will seep out once their data is published. I also understand that you can pay just £2 for the one month access when you want to download it does not have to be recurring, now I am unlikely to update every month, probably no more than 4 times a year so £8 a year, can't complain really.
Also remember this charge is one-off, not per device as you'd pay for Road Angel, blue-i, Snooper and RoadPilot, as well as I'd imagine TomTom's service.
I've got two devices now, and looking for a third, that would be £150 a year with traditional devices, so £19 a year in comparison is not bad at all...
I've got two devices now, and looking for a third, that would be £150 a year with traditional devices, so £19 a year in comparison is not bad at all...
off_again said:Oh, I thought Checkpoint got it's data from http://poiplace.oabsoftware.nl/ i.e. an alternative to PocketGPSWorld.
Eh? Lost me I am afraid....
Checkpoint is a package which alerts you to a POI within TomTom as well as other satnav packages. It allows greater control of how the alert is issued and when, but it does not supply data or the locations of speed cameras.
Meanwhile the PocketGPS site provides the raw POI data with the locations of speed cameras. Since TomTom v5 or above supports alerting when you approach POI's you dont actually need Checkpoint (but you did if you had prior to v5 TomTom. And since the data from PocketGPS is actually pretty good, £2 a month seems a damn good bargain..... £19 a year? Some speed camera detectors charge that a month... seems pretty good bargain to me.
Chalk and cheese from what I understand.
>> Edited by size13 on Monday 6th February 16:28
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