Hey guys. I am a newbie and I am testing the program. I have already designed my first dashboards, but I have not been able to get the “distance to nearest speed camera” work. I hope you can help me.
Could you give a bit more details how its not working? Displaying 0 at all times? Showing wrong distance?
Displaying 0 all the time. I have also tried a trigger with an alert when distance is less than 500m but it doesn’t work either: I suppose it will never work while the distance is 0 al the time.
Alright, I will run some tests.
This seems to work for me. Distance to nearest speed camera is displayed in meters or feet, depending on settings distance units.
Do you see speed cameras on the RealDash map gauge?
No, I don’t. I have tried with both Google Maps and Waze configured as navigation app in RD: Is this configuration relevant in order to display the distance to nearest speed camera? If I just run Waze in my mobile, the speed cameras are displayed.
Google Maps and Waze configuration only lets you open the app I believe. It doesn’t pull any information from them. You’d have to use RealDash as the navigation app and it’ll pull information from I believe OpenMaps.
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I have changed the navigation app to use RealDash and created a new dashboard only with one “Distance to nearest speed camera” text gauge with its default values, but the results are the same: it always displays 0.0.
I’m thinking about reinstalling the app and starting from scratch.
Sorry if this is a newbie error: before reinstalling the app, I have exported all my dashboards to the default folder (Downloads), but I can´t find them… Is the export option fully functional? I have the same problem with the exported Garage file: I can´t find it in the “Downloads” folder.
I think they’re heading deep on the Android system.
File Explorer
Android → data → com.napko.RealDash → Files
I usually find a copy of my dash there when I import it. I wouldn’t know about Linux, Windows, or iPhone.
Found; thanks a lot.
No it isn’t.
Basic checks:
- Do you have full version or My RealDash subscription active? Speed cameras require either one.
- Settings->Application->Navigation check that ‘Show Speed Cameras’ option is active.
Subscription still not activated; thank you.
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Now that I have the full version, “distance to nearest speed camera” is displayed, but I would like to see this distance only when decreasing (when approaching to speedcam). If not wrong, now in RD, the speed camera is the nearest both 50 meters before or after passing it, but I think it will be more useful to know the distance to the next speedcam, not to the one I have just passed. I have been thinking how to achieve this using a gauge math or any other trick, but I have been unable to solve it. May be you can help me.
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This is more complicated that it first feels. Your next speed camera may actually be behind you, RealDash cannot know what kind of a turns you are going to make. Many connecting roads may easily do a 180 turn.
There could be a check that camera must not be ‘behind’ you based on your current heading, but it still won’t be perfect. I can check if that would be simple to implement.
Isn’t it possible to sign the distance based on the evolution of the indicator?
If it increases, negative. If it’s decreasing, positive. If it doesn’t change, keep the last sign.
What would be a use-case for negative distance to the speed camera?
Simply to show the distance to the speed cam as you approach it.
…and therefore hide it when you move away (negative).
I worry that would be confusing for the users.
I’d rather try the ‘in-front’ approach.
Thank you for your reply
I don’t absolutely want the solution I’m proposing.
If there’s another solution that allows me to display the distance only when the distance decreases, that’s fine with me.