GPS + WiFi + Digicam = DUDE!
[Observed at Where 2.0] We have a few WiFi-capable digital cameras, right? We have EXIF information automatically recorded with JPEGs, right? Why couldn't we embed a simple GPS into the same device, tag the images with proper coordinates, instantly upload them to a Flickr-type Web service… and suddenly make the photoplanet a one-click reality? Are there any mediahackers up for the challenge? Forget about waiting to come home before you can document a trip to, say, Seattle. Let the technology work for you out-of-the-box. It's not like this can't happen - it's that it hasn't happened (and the hardware manufacturers and larger software companies ain't gonna get it as quickly as we do). Opportunities are sitting here like ducks on a pond! Kudos to Tim and Nat for the foresight to assemble this conference - my mind is racing. UPDATE: From the chat room, “coral” passed along this link… and “_dav” passed along this one.
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2 Comments
Steve
June 30th, 2005
at 11:11am
Heck, why not just have your camera check where you're standing, and pull down all the best pics that have been taken in the past, so you can choose what pic NOT to take ;-)
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February 4th, 2008
at 10:47am
took that picture? Taking pictures in or of famous landmarks poses hardly any identification problems but what about photos taken in unfamiliar terrain, and the picture does not contain any helpful marks? What if you’ve forgotten where? I’m not thefirst oneto wonder aloud regarding the addition of a Global Positioning System (GPS) radio to a digicam - in my opinion, a really useful feature. So, has geotagging for digital pictures finally come of age and become fully automated to boot?