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You may have noticed the main page of Speed Camera Locations has now changed and displays a map of Australia. For those interested, the colour used for each state or territory is reportedly the official colour. I didn't even know states had colours. You learn something every day. When I started Speed Camera Locations, I really only thought I'd create it for the state where I live, which is Victoria. The site was designed for a single state and featured the information for Victoria on the main page. Over time however my interest grew and so did the site to cover more states and the ACT. I've now reached the stage that I want all states and territories to all be linked from the main page. This makes the logic of the site more consistent and hopefully more Australians will feel the site is for them, rather than just Victorians. From a developer's perspective, it also makes the underlying code simpler and easier to maintain and test. Tasmania and the Northern Territory are now the next sections I would like to complete so Speed Camera Locations feels more complete. Of course, the site will never be complete because new cameras are being added and some even being deleted or moved. Speed Limit Alerts is a driving aid that has taken over six months to bring to the point that it is stable enough for general release. I'm very happy with Speed Limit Alerts and it is now a tool I use whenever I get into the car. Speed Limit Alerts provides the driver with a tool to help them maintain/keep to the speed limit whilst driving by offering a range of speeds to select. It can be very difficult for example to stick to the 40km/h speed limit across the City of Melbourne and some areas are even 30km/h. These will be the areas where people will get fined very easily. For Victoria I've provided an Auto feature for Speed Limit Alerts where I've used the state government's speed sign data which is used to set the speed limit. Unfortunately, the data is far from perfect but does provide a good starting point. As I find the speed limit data doesn't match the posted speed limit, I amend the data improving the data over time. This works well for me for the roads I drive on, and hopefully over time as people report issues for roads they drive on, the data will be better and more accurate for all drivers. One feature I found is better than any other speed alert app I've so far seen, is where the speed limit changes such as around schools and shops. These are areas where large numbers of speeding fines are issued, and other apps give the wrong speed a lot of the time. The large easy to read display of your speed and the speed limit I hope help to reduce the number of people getting fined. For those in the ACT I have provided the Auto feature for the main roads where there are fixed cameras. It is hoped that perhaps with the help of others, I will be able to provide the Auto feature for more states and territories in the future. Speed Limit Alerts incorporates warnings for fixed speed cameras, fixed red light cameras, fixed mobile phone seat belt cameras, and in time, with more people using Speed Limit Alerts and using the ability to report mobile cameras, police cameras and mobile phone seat belt cameras, Speed Limit Alerts will help more people from being fined and to drive within the speed limit. However, by using the auto feature to alert drivers they have exceeded the speed limit, and fixed camera alerts, this should help people minimise the chance the receiving a fine. I can only hope. Kelvin |
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