GPS + WiFi + Digicam = DUDE!

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[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.