Digital Camera + GPS = Awesome.
After reviewing a few pictures in flickr, it occurred to me that the picture properties, i.e. the meta data stored by your digital camera, that tells you the details of the photo including camera type, should also include the coordinates of your picture - latitude and longitude, as discussed on the o'reilly radar almost a year ago (I clearly just got a new camera). These cameras do exist, but clearly aren't that popular [yet].
You can use that information in a million different ways, but my immediate thought would be an A9 type mapping. Google could integrate this as a "micro zoom" on their mapping service. Imagine looking for a location, zooming in as far as it can go using the satellite images, then going one step further and viewing the pictures taken and shared at that exact location?
Flickr has a few groups doing this kind of mapping, you can see one of them here.
Of course there are privacy concerns, and this could possibly be a theif's greatest searching tool, but if everyone was honest, this would be super cool.
You can use that information in a million different ways, but my immediate thought would be an A9 type mapping. Google could integrate this as a "micro zoom" on their mapping service. Imagine looking for a location, zooming in as far as it can go using the satellite images, then going one step further and viewing the pictures taken and shared at that exact location?
Flickr has a few groups doing this kind of mapping, you can see one of them here.
Of course there are privacy concerns, and this could possibly be a theif's greatest searching tool, but if everyone was honest, this would be super cool.
posted by qmnonic at
8:37 AM
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If a camera was able to record not only its absolute position, but also its "vector" then many pictures could be superimposed on maps automatically forming some sort of collective collage.
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juan manuel, at 9:12 PM
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joehuron0518122051, at 3:13 AM
Interesting idea, and it's entirely possible. I know my camera detects when I do landscape vs portrait shots, so maybe it can also indicate further information - similar to mac laptops?
As you suggested, maybe we can use the photos to map out an area.. then use them in game maps, or even virtual streets... hmmm..
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qmnonic, at 10:51 AM
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