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7 mph Alert

 
Mon, 06/14/2010 - 9:03pm

I'm in Norman OK. To my knowledge there is no red light cameras or speed cameras in Norman.

On some main streets I get a pop up Alert saying 7 mph speed alert. If I am going slow the back ground is black as I speed up to the posted speed the back ground turns red and I get a beeping sound.

I have not seen any thing that even resembles a camera in the intersections or along the streets I am driving on.

Any ideas.

Rick-SAR

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Mon, 06/14/2010 - 9:15pm

Unless I miss it I don't see

Unless I miss it I don't see redlight or speed camera in OK .I would look at your other files.Somewhere you have a 7 in one of them.

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Mon, 06/14/2010 - 9:56pm

what he is saying

charlesd45 wrote:

Unless I miss it I don't see redlight or speed camera in OK .I would look at your other files.Somewhere you have a 7 in one of them.

What he is saying is check the file names not the contents.

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Mon, 06/14/2010 - 10:28pm

Speed information can be

Speed information can be included in the file name or in the names of individual POIs within the file.

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Tue, 06/15/2010 - 12:13am

Perhaps a 7-11 POI File

Perhaps a 7-11 POI file... or some other file with a numeric name... is being turned into a speed alert...

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Tue, 06/15/2010 - 8:08am

7-11 does do it

Ozme52 wrote:

Perhaps a 7-11 POI file... or some other file with a numeric name... is being turned into a speed alert...

That might be correct, although I didn't realize it at the time. I changed the 7-11 file to a TourGuide file to try out that feature and when I used POILoader it defaulted to a speed alert at 7 mph, which I changed to use the distance option. I didn't understand why it would be set to give a speed warning for a 7-11 store, but now I see.

Tue, 06/15/2010 - 9:55am

Yes, I had a "7 to eleven"

Yes, I had a "7 to eleven" POI I had just added since I have been here. I just changed the name to "Seven" instead of the number 7. I'll let the forum know if it worked.

Thanks all,

Rick-SAR

Tue, 06/15/2010 - 11:12am

alert?

Rick-SAR wrote:

Yes, I had a "7 to eleven" POI I had just added since I have been here. I just changed the name to "Seven" instead of the number 7. I'll let the forum know if it worked.

Thanks all,

Rick-SAR

I had to do that with a Super 8 hotel file.If you run poiloader in the manual mode and just go down the list using ignore file.You will spot file with the alert in it for 7 mph.

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Tue, 06/15/2010 - 6:35pm

IT WORKED. I changed the

IT WORKED. I changed the "7" to "Seven" in the name of the POI and no more alerts.

Thanks again to all.

Rick-SAR

Wed, 06/16/2010 - 6:42pm

Good for you

Many have been caught by a number in the file name. That is the reason why we like to know the full name of the file causing the problem.

Thanks for letting us know about a good resolution.

Wed, 06/16/2010 - 7:24pm

Number in file name

May be a good idea to have the authors of custom pois with numbers in them to make a name change.A note when you first upload or update file to the site explaining problem with number in file name.Of cource this would be a call by Miss Poi.

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Wed, 06/16/2010 - 9:23pm

Great point

charlesd45 wrote:

May be a good idea to have the authors of custom pois with numbers in them to make a name change.A note when you first upload or update file to the site explaining problem with number in file name.Of cource this would be a call by Miss Poi.

I will add this into one of the FAQ's in the creating files area.

Miss POI

Wed, 06/16/2010 - 9:55pm

Thank you.Sure this will

Thank you.Sure this will benefit new members coming on.

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Wed, 06/16/2010 - 11:35pm

A similar thing happened to me ...

Every once in a while my nuvi would notify me about going over 8 MPH. It wasn't until I noticed that the alert occurred near Super 8 motels did I suss things out. I renamed the POI in question and the problem was solved.

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Thu, 06/17/2010 - 4:02am

Thanks for the info

I was wondering why I kept getting a 3 mph speed warning and annoying dings; I had a file that has as part of the name 3-2010 and I bet it was picking up the 3 as a speed warning. I changed the name to March2010 and expect that will take care of the issue.