Irish speed traps with Garmin GPS
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008I’ve known about speedtrapsireland.com for a while, actually the people who created the site used to work in the company I am in. Basically it’s a google map of Ireland with waypoints added in marking where mobile (handheld/tripod/van) and cameras are. They’re added in by the creaters themselves and by the general public.
It was a good site but forgot about it for a while. Few months ago I got an n95 and put Garmin mobile XT on it (see other post!). Anyway irishspeedtraps.com created a waypoint file that can be uploaded into Garmin devices which adds all the speedtrap waypoints into your map of Ireland. Just had to stick the .gpi file into the garmin folder on my phone’s memory card and that was it.
Tested it after work, it’ll show a large red bar across the screen with the speed limit and the type of speed trap that was reported ahead and has an alert sound.
You can get regular updates off the website and it’s €35 for the year. Very handy to have I reckon.