MFM Junction Vew

[antyong (retired)]

edchuang,

No offense. I think mobile phone shots cannot make it (even with Nokia N-series).

Good photos with sharp wordings, clear signage and overall brightness (daylight) is essential to produce good JCV graphics (using automated tools or manual human work).

Thus, I strongly suggest using an above average digital camera (not those mobile phones) with at least 3.1 megapixel, set to maximum resolution to take the photos.

I agree, Bro Edchuang,

Your photos suffer from low resolution and poor focus. If you are taking the photo on foot, the best is to use a DSLR and a tele-zoom and shoot for further away so that the whole junction can be captured in a narrower angle to fit the GPS screen. If taken from the car, the best you can do to ensure sharpness and sufficient resolution is to use a good compact camera and select the resolution to between 4-5 megapixels. You can always do PP and resize later.

My experience shows that the windscreen does degrade the picture quality quite substantially when shooting from inside a car, even with good DSLR.

The final product is a small image of 210x190 pixels. Glancing at it from the driver's seat, nobody is going to notice the difference in picture quality. At this size and the short moment of looking at the picture, we found that shapes, horizon/building line and color contrast play a bigger role in conveying road info.

[antyong (retired)]

After 6 months of creating JV graphics, we had settled upon some procedures and guidelines. In the process, we have created over 2,000 JV graphics!

MFM_JV.JPG

Along with some JV produced by Papago, users of MFM-Papago can enjoy JV pictures at more than 1,000 locations. Refer to the GDB file below for MFM JV locations.

MFM_JV_091207.gdb

Only a handful people were actively involved in the MFM JV project but they contributed tremendously. Kudos to bros Edchuang, Chuah and Johntan for drawing the JV graphics. Thanks also to bros Kafie1980, Anglekit, Buggs, Trekker1, Sulphur and Barnes for various contributions.



If you want to join the fun, please read our Junction views contribution guide

[Krusher]

There's a Screenshot enabled function in my Garmin unit - may I ask whats that function originally meant for?

Thanks!

[silverbeauty]

There's a Screenshot enabled function in my Garmin unit - may I ask whats that function originally meant for?

Thanks!

Bro Krusher, when you enable this, a camera icon will be visible on top right hand side of screen on "every" menu page. Pressing the icon will result in Nuvi taking a screen capture of that page you are on. It will be stored in /garmin/screenshit subdirectory.

This feature is useful for snapping screen shots for error reporting or for sending to friends of POI location

[Krusher]

Bro Krusher, when you enable this, a camera icon will be visible on top right hand side of screen on "every" menu page. Pressing the icon will result in Nuvi taking a screen capture of that page you are on. It will be stored in /garmin/screenshit subdirectory.

This feature is useful for snapping screen shots for error reporting or for sending to friends of POI location

Thanks Ron!

I was just wondering if this could be used for the JV function guess I should have used it whilst in Penang to highlight those non-driveable areas when I encountered them

Cheers!

[antyong (retired)]

With bro mikelim's contribution, we can enjoy more Melaka JVs soon

[exz8]

great..
where does it cover?

anywei....
and

[zamad]

I tried taking pictures for JCV, but still has not managed to get any decent results yet. I have made some rigs like camera support and remote shutter release for my trusted IXUS. Remote cable release for Canon point-and-shoot cameras is possible with CHDK. I'll have to come out with a polarising filter to cut the reflection... pasar malam, here I come.


Attached are some non-edited junction view pictures for comments.

[tuah]

Wow Bro Zamad Modified habis. BTW may I know which still not covered? Forgive me I use GMXT, so no chance to see JV

[zamad]

I downloaded bro Ant's JCV.gdb file to see whether the 2 routes that I sometime ply was covered or not:

1. Puchong to Meru via Setia Alam link. (See attached files.)
2. Puchong to Semenyih via SILK

Picture #2 and #6 (my earlier post) are for the U turn to Meru. Without JCV... you might miss the U-turn. #4 is 'Exit 102 Setia Alam'.