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Camera Phones and GPS-Enabled Cameras
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on Wednesday March 14, @10:04AM
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Spatially Adjusted discuss Microsoft's project to use camera phones in conjunction with Virtual Earth to aid map searches. From this article: ""When you are using a mobile phone, then inputting text can sometimes be difficult. So we decided to make the camera the input," said Xing Xie, a Microsoft researcher who was demonstrating the technology." Meanwhile, Ogle Earth and APB links to a new GPS-enabling device for SLR digital cameras, which uses a post-processing technique to reduce disk space and power uses.
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Very Spatial links to a Shiny Shiny article about "GPS in-car Sat Nav device that will take you to your destination using only the power of photos". From the article: "Snap a photo of - say - your mum's house on your next visit using the in-built camera, and the unit will record the co-ordinates. Next time you want to be a good daughter and pay a visit, you can just bring up the pic of the parental abode and the Navman will guide you in [...]."
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