Speed Limit / Speed Zone Plugin RELEASED

**ThunderStick** · 09-02-2008, 05:36 PM

I was actually thinking of this earlier. it would have to work like a grid. It could use your lat and long from RR, Then compare to your setpoint of your Lat and Long. It would have to work on a plus or minus type system. In other words if where your school zone start at Lat = 12 then I could plus or minus 1 So if your setpoint lat = 12 and your current lat => 10 and <= 14 then it could warn you or automatically set the speed limit.
This is possible but will probably take some time to develope something stable enough to call it useable. I will get crackin' on this though because I myself would like to see something like this.

**treetop777** · 09-02-2008, 06:05 PM

Ah Yes, this is something i would have running all the time. I was thinking tho' it would have to be capable of reading the whole coordinates number (way into the decimals) because school zones are 1/10 mi maybe; looking at the coordinate read-out from rr, the first 2-3 decimals don't change a lot and cover a large area. I was thinking to be able to set a "start" coord. and a "end" coord. up to the last decimal so it be real precise. But wait! what if you enter the zone from the other end? the "end" coord. would be the "start" coord. - then what?

And to further peek your interest and get crative juices flowing, check out the speed limit signs:

**ThunderStick** · 09-02-2008, 08:07 PM

OK wow 3 hours in to this speed zone thing and I am starting to see a glimmer of hope.
What you will be able to do is,
(1) set the zone according to your current location and if you pass through it with in 10 feet in any direction of it you will be notified of that speed zone
(2) Set the speed zone type (school, construction or what ever)
(3) Speed zone speed limit

When you pass through the speed zone it RR will call out an audible alert as well as trigger an indicator

My current plan will only allow for up to 10 zones but may be more in the future.

**ThunderStick** · 09-02-2008, 08:12 PM

In my skin, I set speed limit signs as well.
What I did is had an indicator that will display an image when over speed limt and a label on top of that image that displays the current speed limit setpoint. That way I only needed one image. It works great. There is a lot of different ideas I incorporated in to my skin speed limits is just the begining....

**treetop777** · 09-02-2008, 08:59 PM

FANTASTIC!

**ThunderStick** · 09-04-2008, 10:08 PM

Ok something cool just happened,
I finished the speed zone portion of this plug in.
There will be 10 zone set points
and 1 Home setpoint

It will warn you when you approach a speed zone, tell you the speed limit and the type of zone it is.

When you approach your home it will tell you this as well and repeat every 200 seconds.

It constantly monitors speed limits and zones now so dont worry it will catch you if your not going to fast through your zone. It check a perimeter of 30 feet. Changed from 10 since you may zoom right through it with out it catching you.

**ThunderStick** · 09-04-2008, 10:09 PM

I will release a beta tommorrow. But I warn you skinning it sucks. I will release a sample skin with Blades edge when it is done.

**ThunderStick** · 09-06-2008, 11:23 AM

I have decided not to release Version 4 and later until my skin is completed. It will be packaged with it. Once my skin is complete, it will be released to the masses in a seperate download available from this thread.

The speed zones and everything is 100% working now, tested in my car and got excellent results.
When you come with in 30 ft of 1 of 10 set zones it will notify you of which zone and the posted speed limit. If you go over the speed limit in that zone it will also notify you of this.
When you come with in 30 ft of a zone it pauses after notifying you and will continue monitoring after 1.5 minutes to allow you to get out of that zone so that it is not constantly reminding you. Once out of the zone it will return your set speed limit to the previously selected speed.
You also have an option to set a home position. This will notify you when you are approaching your home when you come with in 30 ft of it.

**Davefocus** · 09-06-2008, 03:27 PM

Thunderstick,

Wow, this has really taken off. I still haven't got around to sorting out simulation on my desktop yet for trialing it. The problem I have is that I use Sygic which need port exclusivity. I gather I can use an app such as Xport to split the BU-353 input to supply both Sygic and RR, but how can I run a simulation through Xport?

Cheers bud. Excellent work!

Dave