TRAFCAM

How does it work?

The TrafCam program gets your current position, speed and heading from a connected GPS receiver. This might be a wired device, or a jacket, or a plug-in card, or a Bluetooth device - most are compatible with TrafCam. On the TomTom Go devices, TrafCam uses the built-in GPS that powers the navigation system.

Next, it searches our database of camera locations to find the closest camera.

If a camera is found which matches your chosen warning options, a warning screen is displayed on the device to alert you to the camera. A sound is also made - depending on the capabilities of the device, this might be a warning tone or series of tones, or it might be a sound file of some type. On the TomTom Go device, an icon is drawn on the map display to show the position of the camera, a flashing message is displayed to show the camera information, and a sound is made to alert the driver.

When TrafCam is run at the same time as a navigation program such as TomTom Navigator, the TrafCam screen will interrupt the navigation display to show the camera warning, and go away again once the camera has been passed. On the TomTom Go navigation device, the camera is shown as an icon on the map display, along with a flashing message on the screen to show camera type, distance and road name.

The warning options available include range (by distance to camera, or time to reach the camera), whether or not you are exceeding the speed limit for the camera, and whether or not the camera is relevant to the direction you are travelling in. Most versions of TrafCam can also exclude mobile trap locations if you wish.

More Information

Use the links in the bar above to get more information on the different versions of TrafCam for TomTom, Palm, Pocket PC and Symbian devices. Also check out the tested hardware list to see what devices we've used with TrafCam.

©TrafCam Ltd 2007. This page last modified Monday August 20 2007.