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Digital camera with GPS capability
During my recent trip in the wilderness, our corporate 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? Thanks for info. |
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wrote in message oups.com... During my recent trip in the wilderness, our corporate 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? Thanks for info. Nikon has several. The new D3 also has it. Canon also, I think. Cheaper to buy a seperate GPS, look and note the coordinates and presto! Saves you a few thousand ;-))) |
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On Oct 22, 7:52 pm, wrote:
During my recent trip in the wilderness, our corporate 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? Thanks for info. I haven't searched for one lately, but such cameras are pretty standard in real estate appraisal, real estate assesment, GIS and related industries. Search in that area and you should find a few. Also, most also have the capability to know what direction you are facing and the angle. It doesn't just say "you are here" but it also says "you are looking that-a-way". |
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wrote: During my recent trip in the wilderness, our corporate 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? Just what digital cameras need - another useless feature. |
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On Oct 22, 8:17 pm, "Mr. Strat" wrote:
In article .com, wrote: During my recent trip in the wilderness, our corporate 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? 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 airport, 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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Digital camera with GPS capability
You don't want GPS builtin. Why? Because it is going to be mediocre at best.
It isn't an overly useful function if it takes 3 or 4 minutes for it to find the salellites, It also isn't very useful if it keeps loosing those satellites. You want something that is going to work and work well you want to invest in a good GPS system one that connects fast and can remain connected even under trees, unvalleies, in cities with buildings all around, etc. Just make sure that it can export the waypoint data and then you take that with one of the many free or for cost programs that will take that data compare the information to your photos and then embedd the data in to the images. Any camera that has GPS built-in is going to have a really poor one. Besides there aren't that many, three that I know of two are now obsolete and were Richo which I wouldn't touch with someone elses hand. The third one I don't know what brand it was. It might have been a nikon or something. The Spider |
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Digital camera with GPS capability
Mr. Strat wrote:
Just what digital cameras need - another useless feature. That's a matter of opinion. Having spent quite a few days working out the grid references for upwards of 15,000 aerial photos, I could really use a GPS system that worked well. Trouble is, none that I've seen can accurately locate the subject area as opposed to the camera's position which may be half a mile away. http://www.pixaerial.com |
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"The Spider Formally Seated Next To Little Miss Muffet"
wrote in message ... You don't want GPS builtin. Why? Because it is going to be mediocre at best. It isn't an overly useful function if it takes 3 or 4 minutes for it to find the salellites, It also isn't very useful if it keeps loosing those satellites. You want something that is going to work and work well you want to invest in a good GPS system one that connects fast and can remain connected even under trees, unvalleies, in cities with buildings all around, etc. Just make sure that it can export the waypoint data and then you take that with one of the many free or for cost programs that will take that data compare the information to your photos and then embedd the data in to the images. e.g. http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/ Of course, I doubt any add-on GPS/software can tell what you are focussing on in relation to the camera position. -- John Blessing http://www.LbeHelpdesk.com - Help Desk software priced to suit all businesses http://www.room-booking-software.com - Schedule rooms & equipment bookings for your meeting/class over the web. http://www.lbetoolbox.com - Remove Duplicates from MS Outlook, find/replace, send newsletters |
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Digital camera with GPS capability
Pat wrote:
On Oct 22, 7:52 pm, wrote: During my recent trip in the wilderness, our corporate 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? Thanks for info. I haven't searched for one lately, but such cameras are pretty standard in real estate appraisal, real estate assesment, GIS and related industries. Search in that area and you should find a few. Also, most also have the capability to know what direction you are facing and the angle. It doesn't just say "you are here" but it also says "you are looking that-a-way". That seems to be essential to the purpose. One of the serious faults of most low cost GPS receivers is the lack of a compass feature. |
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