Sat Nav with BLUE BADGE parking alerts & useful help

TaBunny

OK I'm not saying this is cheap, price is £199 on this site HERE, but what I will say is that I think it sounds amazing. It's a sat nav but with added features for blue badge holders ......

More details and places to buy HERE unfortunately all same price but some people may prefer to go with a company they know that's why I added this.

BBNav is the first Satellite Navigation solution specifically designed to make journeys easier for Blue Badge Holders and those driving for them, such as their families or carers.

BBNav includes all of the features found on the best Sat-Navs but has been enhanced to provide detailed information to support Blue Badge holders including: • On-street disabled parking bays
• Disabled accessible car parks
• Local council Blue Badge parking concessions
• Points of interest to support people with
limited mobility, including:

- Radar toilets
- Accessible accommodation
- Accessible beaches
- Shomobility centers


All in all I think I'm going to save up for one as it will be a real bonus not to have to drive round and round in circles trying to find spaces in say the west end of London or other major cities and I feel it will pay for itself in the long run because it can tell you whether you can legally park on yellow lines, resident bays etc by each council, personally I think it's a must for me saves digging out the heavy mobility map book I'll be able to have it all in front of me. Hope this helps someone.

black_paw

well done finding this tabunny , wonder if they do sort of download of BB stuff for tom tom satnav ? saves driving round and round .

Biggles

I imagine the data is in the form of a POI (Points of Interest) file of the kind that all satnavs use.

So I did a google for 'blue badge poi' and the first to show was http://www.bluebadgeparking.com/, which allows you to download POI files for TomTom, Garmin, Navman, MioMap etc.

No ideas how good it is but it is free! The same google brings up other promising sites, which I must investigate further.

savemoney

Looks like its POI which can be easily added to some satnavs like the garmin if you have the correct information

TaBunny

Best thing it does as far as I'm concerned is finding blue badge bays and toilets etc this is invaluable also I don't actually have a Sat Nav at the moment so this is definately the one I'd go for.

crafty_carrot

Hi,

before anyone rushes out to buy this,take a look at
http://news.bbc.co.uk1/hi/technology/7870543.stm

they arent quite so complementary about this sat nav!!

crafty carrot (who WAS about to race out & get herself one!!)

crafty_carrot

sorry got the link wrong - 2nd go!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7870543.stm

c/c

TaBunny

Thanks Crafty carrot I'll keep saving but will hold off buying one until the kinks have been ironed out, until then it looks like its back to my trusty pie guide map book. Sniff oh well thought it was too good to be true

crafty_carrot

sorry to have thrown a spanner in the works!! Id decided on a Navigon sat nav - only to find the blue badge link shown earlier (what a great idea!!) doesnt have downloads for navigon!! life can be cruel...............
crafty carrot

Biggles

A little more reading shows that http://www.bluebadgeparking.com/ is designed to be added to and edited by users, so it could eventually be more detailed (and up to date) than one that relies on local councils' databases. Shopmobility and Radar key POIs are available too, on their other site http://www.gonmad.co.uk/.

This 'poster' gives a summary http://www.gonmad.co.uk/satnav/SatNavPoster1.pdf

crafty_carrot

well a little more searching and Ive found:

www.gps-data-team.com/poi/united_kingdom/transportation/Disabled_Parking_UK.html

I hope Ive got this right. Maybe someone cleverer than me can see if this is downloadable onto sat nav (and its does have Navigon on the list!!)
crafty carrot