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Trapster 4.5 for iOS adds better maps, traffic and speed limit data

By | December 5, 2011, 12:01am PST

Summary: Trapster 4.5 for iOS was released today and it’s a major update to one of my favorite iOS apps, bar none.

Trapster 4.5 for iOS improves maps, adds traffic and speed limits

Trapster 4.5 for iOS was released today and it includes greatly improved NAVTEQ maps and new on-screen speed limit data.

Trapster uses GPS to alert you about speed traps, enforcement cameras, and other potential road hazards along your route. Trapster is an essential in-vehicle app for me, but it’s exponentially better if your iPhone is mounted in your vehicle. (I reviewed the mother of all iPhone vehicle mounts – ProClip USA – back in October)

Trapster 4.5 features much improved map caching and real time traffic overlays courtesy of NAVTEQ. It also features an on-screen speedometer and speed limit signs with visual notifications of speed limit changes:

Trapster 4.5 for iOS improves maps, adds traffic and speed limits

The new speedometer (above) provides visual notifications when your speed exceeds the posted speed limit. The icon turns yellow at 1-5 MPH over the speed limit and red at 6+ MPH over the limit. Trapster 4.5 also displays a blue notification bar prominently at the bottom of the screen when the speed limit changes.

Trapster currently has over 14 million users and is available for free in the App Store.

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Jason D. O'Grady developed an affinity for Apple computers after using the original Lisa, and this affinity turned into a bona-fide obsession when he got the original 128 KB Macintosh in 1984.

He started writing one of the first Web sites about Apple (O'Grady's PowerPage) in 1995 and is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging. He has been a frequent speaker at the Macworld Expo conference and a member of the conference faculty. He also co-founded the first dedicated PowerBook User Group (PPUG) in the United States.

After winning a major legal battle with Apple in 2006, he set the precedent that independent journalists are entitled to the same protections under the First Amendment as members of the mainstream media.

O'Grady is the author of The Nexus One Pocket Guide, The Droid Pocket Guide, The Google Phone Pocket Guide, and The Garmin nuvi Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press), the author of Corporations That Changed the World: Apple Inc. (Greenwood Press), and a contributor to The Mac Bible (Peachpit Press). In addition, he has contributed to numerous Mac publications over the years, including MacWEEK, Macworld, and MacPower (Japan).

When he's not writing about Apple for ZDNet at The Apple Core, he enjoys spending time with his family in New Jersey.

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RE: Trapster 4.5 for iOS adds better maps, traffic and speed limit data
pianoman1962 29th Dec
Looking at the reviews in the App Store, it would appear this update causes the app to crash all the time. Guess I'll wait till that is sorted before downloading.
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ssaha 5th Dec
14 million people who use technology to evade the law. Sad state of affairs.
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Pete "athynz" Athens 5th Dec
@ssaha Or another way of looking at it would be 14 million people use technology to know the speed limit on the road they are on so they can make sure they do not disobey the law. But go ahead and pull the whole "guilty until proven innocent" card if you want...
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marcomar 5th Dec
@Pete "athynz" Athens I agree.
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aep528 5th Dec
I would hardly consider speed traps or cameras "potential road hazards."

Perhaps if people just obeyed the speed limits.....
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SeanJuan 5th Dec
Speed Traps & Enforcement Cameras are road hazards, since drivers slam on their brakes when they actually spot them. Even Police agencies are using the Trapster app: http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/20910-Travis-CO-Sheriff-Working-with-Trapster-App
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marcomar 5th Dec
Does it work in Australia?
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pianoman1962 29th Dec
Looking at the reviews in the App Store, it would appear this update causes the app to crash all the time. Guess I'll wait till that is sorted before downloading.

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