On Oct 22, 8:17 pm, "Mr. Strat" <r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <anira...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > During my recent trip in the wilderness, our cor****ate sponsor
> > organization brought a digital camera which is equipped with GPS
> > insert. Each photos will have the coordinates of the location where
> > it was taken, and is shown at the bottom of each picture. The camera
> > is a Caplio Ricoh Pro G3. I think the camera is a few years old, as I
> > recall that it was also available during my previous trips. However, I
> > could not find this particular camera model in the web. They have
> > shown the G3, but I wonder about the difference between them (Pro G#
> > vs. G3). I also recall that the new Ricoh 500SE is GPS ready. I also
> > heard about the new Pentax Optio WPi, which can also be used to record
> > GPS.
> > What about other brand name cameras, such as Nikon and Canon? Do they
> > all have the capabilities to receive coordinate data from a GPS
> > transmitter nearby (via blue tooth or infra red), or in the case of
> > Caplio Pro G3, it was some kind of GPS card receiver inserted directly
> > in the special chamber in the camera. Anyone knows whether other
> > professional digital cameras have this capability?
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> Just what digital cameras need - another useless feature.
Whether you like it or not, the future will include embedded GPS in
every photos, so that they can be mapped individually to create a 3D
space. I am not sure if you are a fan of Microsoft, but check their
futuristic plan for 3D digital photo application in photosynth at
http://labs.live.com/photosynth
Someone in our office showed that application to us the other day, and
you can show a 3D image of a site (example - a mining site or a
proposed air****t, or a dam), and each of the photos taken in the area
will be part of a mosaic of photos taken at the various coordinates
within that 3D view of the site. At least this will be the future
direction where MS wants us to explore in term of digital photography.
It can be a collection of your own photos taken in various part of the
city where you live, or various place around the globe where you
travelled. I assume, that instead storing the photos in a folder (1
dimension) in a computer, you store them in a virtual world storage
space called "earth" or "name of City", or "name of project", and they
are all stored in the right coordinates (3D).
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