what speed camera database for 2820

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Folks can someone advise me what is the best speed camera database to use with my Garmin 2820. I'm new to garmin having previously used Tom Tom on a PDA and would appreciate some advice on which database to use, where to get it from and how to load it.

Your help appreciated:)
 
I'm a member of this one (as I live in mainland Europe)

http://www.scdb.info/my/index.php

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:thumb2 to that - I use it too. If you're only interested in one solely for the UK then there's one at PocketGPSWorld that also includes favourite locations for mobile units (the scdbinfo one does not include mobile locations) but it is more expensive.

Whichever source of data you use, you will need to get a copy of Garmin's POI Loader to be able to load it to your SP2820 as Custom POI's. If you download and install the POI loader and then read the help topics that come with it you should get the gist of how it works. The key thing is that you have to have all the POI's you wish to load in the same folder on your PC, and the loading process is not additive as far as your SP2820 is concerned, i.e. whatever custom POI's are on the device get erased before the "new" POI's are loaded.

A second point is that when loading proximity/speed warning POI's all the data must be in the same units (i.e. mph and feet or km/h and metres). If you use the scdbinfo data then the UK data is supplied in mph while the continental europe data is supplied in km/h so you have to convert either the UK filenames to their km/h equivalent or the other way around.

Post back if you need more help...
 
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many thanks for your excellent advice. I think I will go with the pocket GPS option for UK only as the camera's in mainland Europe seem to be pretty few and far between in comparison. :clap
 


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