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Speed Camera Version 4.2

2008-10-14T15:59:00.000-07:00

Presentational improvements:
To switch overlay to landscape mode for phones such as E71, press key 2 in SpeedCam.
To toggle SpeedCam background between white and grey for night use, press key 0 in SpeedCam.
Other screens and menu options are selectable while SpeedCam loads. To reread startup log, press key 5.
Following languages can now be downloaded:
Spanish - thanks to Alejandro
French - thanks to Marc
Italian - thanks to Marco
Polish - thanks to Krzysztof
Portuguese Brazilian - thanks to Vitor

Speed Camera Version 4.1

2008-10-06T16:22:00.000-07:00

Fixed bug in version 4.0 that did not save Preferences properly. Added option to Languages that will download latest language file - as people send in translations I can add them to the file.
Brazilian Portuguese added - thanks Vitor.

Speed Camera Warning - Version 4.0

2008-10-05T10:25:00.000-07:00

When v4.0 is first started it creates a file called scLang.txt that contains the list of English langauge words used by the app. If you add extra records to this file with the equivalent words in another language, then this language can be selected from the Language option in SpeedCam. Exactly the same number of words must be listed in the file or an error will be reported. Use words of a similar size to the English words or the presentation will be affected. If you create a file and email it to me then it can be made available to other people.

A camera bearing angle can now be optionally added to each speedcam record - see the speedcam_example.txt file. This angle is not the angle the camera is pointing, but the bearing of traffic it captures. This is because some cameras types capture oncoming traffic, others outgoing traffic. E.g a North facing camera capturing traffic travelling North would have an angle of 0 degrees, whereas a North facing camera capturing traffic travelling South would have an angle of 180 degrees. This facility allows SpeedCam to avoid raising unnecessary alerts.

This version is a single SIS file. It does a conditional install on appswitch, locationrequestor, landmarks modules in case these have already been installed. A previous installation of SpeedCam must be uninstalled otherwise an update error occurs. Note that an oddity of the conditional install is that if you install V4.0 over itself when it previously installed the other modules they will no longer be present, so install V4.0 again and they will be present.

Speed Camera Warning - Version 3.2

2008-09-12T15:28:00.000-07:00

Some users have created their own speedcam.txt files. If these files contained a bad record the whole file got rejected by the Speedcam app. In this version the bad records are ignored and a warning given. The bad records are stored in the file SpeedCam.txt.bad.txt in the SpeedCam folder so that the user knows which ones need correcting. Also some users have used files that have had extra fields. These fields are now ignored instead of the file being rejected.

N95 Speed Camera Warning - Version 3.1

2008-09-07T15:11:00.000-07:00

SpeedCam application will now select whichever GPS source is the phone default and adjust if the default is changed during the application. Previously it would look for internal first then bluetooth and then stick with whichever was found. It also handles A-GPS better.

N95 Speed Camera Warning - scLib

2008-09-04T15:00:00.000-07:00

I've created a single package containing the three libraries (appswitch, landmarks, locationrequester) that SpeedCam needs. The aim is to simplify installation by only having to sign and install one file rather than each of the three files individually. If you have previously installed appswitch, landmarks, locationrequester modules individually these will need to be removed before you instal scLib otherwise an update error will occur on installation.

N95 Speed Camera Warning - Version 3.0

2008-08-04T13:34:00.000-07:00

Latest version named as 3.0 rather than 2.4 due to quantity of changes.

Main functional change is ability to select a landmark from the user's landmark database and display distance and bearing to it. This may be useful for people who do not have the Nokia Maps navigation upgrade and want to check that they're going in the right direction to their destination.

A couple of new Preferences. The camera scan angle can now be changed due to user requests. Nokia Maps can now be auto started by SpeedCam as I always use these two apps together. Nokia Maps is also closed when SpeedCam is closed (unless it was already opened)

The user interface has been tidied up so that Preferences is now on the Options key and Exit is now the Exit key! This makes flicking thru the screens easier.

I swapped two of the special key functions as I use the Maps overlay display switch more than switching it off and double click C key is easier to do in a moving car.

There is a new icon for SpeedCam provided by Andrea "Nfunk70".

Special thanks to Jerome for his generous donation.

N95 Speed Camera Warning Version 2.3.1

2008-08-03T04:03:00.000-07:00

Fix for N95 8GB confirmed by Johan - thanks.

One thing that puts people off installing phone freeware is the Symbian Signed process, especially as speedcam needs three separate signings, so I've added a link on the main site to download a package that installs software on the phone to bypass the signing check allowing unsigned software to be installed. The instructions are easy to follow and take a couple of minutes. Remember to do the date change on the first line of the instructions, and set it back afterwards. After installation run CapsOn to prevent your phone being insecure whilst still allowing unsigned installation.
For more information from the author of the drakkarious package see:
http://www.dotsis.com/mobile_phone/showthread.php?t=97941

N95 Speed Camera Warning Version 2.3

2008-07-29T14:35:00.000-07:00

Thanks to information from Johan, it appears that the N95 8GB reports screen dimensions in opposite manner. I have now built a fix, but need someone with an N95 8GB to test it.

N95 Speed Camera Warning

2008-07-09T14:05:00.000-07:00

For users of N95 8GB phones, the SpeedCam overlay on Nokia Maps does not appear at the bottom of the screen. This is a possible bug in Python, but as I don't have an N95 8GB phone I can't investigate. If someone with one of these phones has the Python Script Shell installed, can they enter print sysinfo.display_pixels() whilst in portrait mode and send the result to me, then I can code a fix.
The preferences screen currently has a N95 8GB yes/no setting but this is just a placeholder until I have a fix and currently does nothing.

At the suggestion of a user, the next update will include compass markings on the bearing dial.