WIDE AREA Mobile Camera positions NE Scotland

chas921 · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 98

Hi....... Having just browsed to my local web site which is not often updated, due to being out collecting fines? ( http://www.nescamp.co.uk/ ) The mapping now incorporates Start/End icon's which truly indicates that when a Mobile Camera van appears to be out of position, is in-fact at licence to site their Vans where they like between these set points (normally road junctions being the boundary between the two sites) so it may come as a shock to some folk, who are informed by their SATNAV that there should have been a camera in that lay-by or junction, only to see the camera van a mile further along the road? so be warned. I therefore set my camera alerts at about a mile, to give plenty of warning, but just be cautious out there.
Its plausible that this is common practice with all partnerships.
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GerryC · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:11 am Post subject:

I beleive that's true in general. Often the local press will have a list of where cameras will be on a certain day but only show the name of a road etc.

On the database, it shows where cameras have actually been seen. It's assumed that the van etc will pick the same good spot (or as near to it as possible) in that road. If it's a mile long etc, there could easily be two or three positions where people have seen them.

This is one of the reasons why we are asked to submit "seen again" submissions - to get an idea of where the cameras actually ARE SEEN.
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chas921 · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 98

M8TJT · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject:

If there is a cam in the location on our map, then submit it as a 'seen again'. If it is a new site that you have actually seen in operation, then submit it as a new cam. We don't want the 'muddy patches' unless you have actually seen a mobile operating in that location for the reasons that you give as not flooding the area with possible sites. Very Happy

Edit: You cannot get a cam id number unless it's already in the database.

Daggers · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:57 pm Post subject:

If there's an existing camera shown on the map at that position, click on the camera, and its details appear in a line immediately above the map (e.g. MOBILE:8210@70, Heading:190, Single Direction - ).

Copy the ID of the camera (in this case 8210) to the field marked "PGPSW Camera ID No.:" and press the AutoFill button to populate other fields. Then change the data as necessary.
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chas921 · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 98

Ok I get the idea.
There is'nt a camera marked on the map, but I know for sure that this stretch of road is patrolled with cameras, and in this particular occaision, they have pulled off the road at an access to a farm track.
About a mile East of here, is where I expect to see the van? I`ll mark that position the next time I see it there, but I`ll now mark the one I saw on 3 Apr 2009 as a new camera.

Thanks
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JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:01 pm Post subject:

Already under discussion here!
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chas921 · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 98

JockTamsonsBairn

Thanks for the Link, maybe a moderator could remove this post as I never saw the other thread.
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JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:42 pm Post subject:

It helps to keep the discussion all in one thread.

In case you are not familiar with it, there is a

Search function at the top of each page.
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M8TJT · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:41 am Post subject:

chas921 · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 98

M8TJT

It would appear that you need to know your local Camera Partnership name, to get the local information. I started a thread, but had it pointed out that a similar thread existed?
Now if I had typed nescamp, then I would have been wiser?

Find the local name, and you should get what your looking for otherwise you'll be re-directed for not looking properly Rolling Eyes

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JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:08 pm Post subject:

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