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GPS/Direction Overlay on Video?

Posted by Cliff on from the layering-video dept.

doormat asks: "I've come up with a solution where I would need to overlay the current GPS location (Lat/Long) as well as the current direction onto a video stream. I've seen it on still cameras but not on video cameras. I've got the equipment for survey-grade GPS, I just need to put in onto the video frames, either in real-time or somehow in post-processing."

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  1. Controller? by Murphy+Murph · · Score: 2, Informative

    What hardware are you using as a controller for the 5800?

    Though the 5800 has NEMA output via it's serial ports, it can not do the processing on-board for RTD or RTK. (I assume RTD because of the base you linked to.)

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  2. GPS Overlay by tadheckaman · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.icircuits.com/prod_osd_main.html

    They have all sorts of boards that can overlay GPS on a video signal.

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  3. BOB by norkakn · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think what you want is the BOB

    http://www.decadenet.com/bob3/bob3.html

    I've used the BOB 2 and it's user friendly and easy to set up, It has a simple interface language to do the overlay code, which is sent over a serial connection. The video is just passed through. The BOB 2 didn't allow colour in overlay mode, but some of the new models probably do. RS-232 is simple enough that you could build yourself an interface pretty easily, or you could run it through a computer or palm (they have a way to drive a serial connection i'd hope)