# Distance to nearest speed camera **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 23, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980 "2024-11-23T14:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/u/P_invest_new)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/1 "2024-11-23T14:11:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/user_avatar/forum.realdash.net/realdashdev/32/6_2.png) [@realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/u/realdashdev)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/2 "2024-11-26T09:23:16Z")
Could you give a bit more details how its not working? Displaying 0 at all times? Showing wrong distance? ---
**Author:** ![P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/u/P_invest_new)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/3 "2024-11-26T16:59:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/user_avatar/forum.realdash.net/realdashdev/32/6_2.png) [@realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/u/realdashdev)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/4 "2024-11-28T06:23:34Z")
Alright, I will run some tests. ---
**Author:** ![realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/user_avatar/forum.realdash.net/realdashdev/32/6_2.png) [@realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/u/realdashdev)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/5 "2024-12-05T08:47:14Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/u/P_invest_new)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/6 "2024-12-09T17:33:54Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![DeLasNoches](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@DeLasNoches](https://forum.realdash.net/u/DeLasNoches)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/7 "2024-12-10T17:14:26Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/u/P_invest_new)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/8 "2024-12-10T17:55:12Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/u/P_invest_new)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/9 "2024-12-10T18:19:45Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![DeLasNoches](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@DeLasNoches](https://forum.realdash.net/u/DeLasNoches)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/10 "2024-12-10T22:14:37Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/u/P_invest_new)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/11 "2024-12-11T16:01:31Z")
Found; thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/user_avatar/forum.realdash.net/realdashdev/32/6_2.png) [@realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/u/realdashdev)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/12 "2024-12-12T08:08:15Z")
> [@P\_invest\_new](#): > > Is this configuration relevant in order to display the distance to nearest speed camera? 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. ---
**Author:** ![P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/u/P_invest_new)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/13 "2024-12-12T12:24:36Z")
Subscription still not activated; thank you. ---
**Author:** ![P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@P\_invest\_new](https://forum.realdash.net/u/P_invest_new)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/14 "2025-05-02T20:07:21Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/user_avatar/forum.realdash.net/realdashdev/32/6_2.png) [@realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/u/realdashdev)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/15 "2025-05-08T09:44:21Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Henri.be](https://forum.realdash.net/user_avatar/forum.realdash.net/henri.be/32/1844_2.png) [@Henri.be](https://forum.realdash.net/u/Henri.be)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/16 "2025-05-10T10:55:36Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/user_avatar/forum.realdash.net/realdashdev/32/6_2.png) [@realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/u/realdashdev)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/17 "2025-05-12T08:09:03Z")
What would be a use-case for negative distance to the speed camera? ---
**Author:** ![Henri.be](https://forum.realdash.net/user_avatar/forum.realdash.net/henri.be/32/1844_2.png) [@Henri.be](https://forum.realdash.net/u/Henri.be)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/18 "2025-05-12T16:21:52Z")
Simply to show the distance to the speed cam as you approach it. …and therefore hide it when you move away (negative). ---
**Author:** ![realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/user_avatar/forum.realdash.net/realdashdev/32/6_2.png) [@realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/u/realdashdev)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/19 "2025-05-13T08:05:07Z")
I worry that would be confusing for the users. I’d rather try the ‘in-front’ approach. ---
**Author:** ![Henri.be](https://forum.realdash.net/user_avatar/forum.realdash.net/henri.be/32/1844_2.png) [@Henri.be](https://forum.realdash.net/u/Henri.be)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980/20 "2025-05-13T08:10:28Z")
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. [Next page](https://forum.realdash.net/t/distance-to-nearest-speed-camera/6980.md?page=2)