I've done this exact thing with my camera and that Sony dongle, I know professional photographers who have done this with another GPS tracker, but I sure as hell don't know any ordinary users who could even repeat your sentence, never mind carry out the instructions.
It's like telling a user who doesn't like your software to go in and edit the source code themselves. They don't give a fuck, they just want something to work. In this case, no-one is going to geotag their photos regularly unless it's actually part of their hardware/software. Otherwise, just forget it.
Picasa and Google Earth have an interface that allows you to geotag your photos and see them on GE's 3d globe:
http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/06/picasa_google_e.h tml
The data is added to the JPEG's EXIF so the photos will be map-placeable by other applications such as this one, or the rather excellent tools on Flickr. Now, if they'd just build GPS into a camera:D
Computer control can work quite smoothly, and the human brain is very, very far from perfect, but when shit meets fan (or a flock of geese meets engines #1 & #2), there is no current computing substitute for 3 pounds of meat trying to figure out how to land the thing.
Given that this uses Google Earth, a 3d tool (unlike google maps) it might be useful to be able to do things like play with the elevation to represent different types of data (doable, I'm sure, if not that useful) or alternatively (and more practically) plot bar graphs on the area which they represent- height would represent one value, colour another- you could even segment the graphs vertically.
I did a quick previs of what this might look like if anyone is interested
Those ads are a different form of advertising altogether- I think advertisers are now trying to make some ads as bad as possible just to get attention. Why spend a million on a great piece of marketing when you can create something shockingly bad and make an impression. Cillit Bang even makes it on to b3ta.com - consider my effort:D :
Hopefully Steve-O gets the chance to have a ride on the Virgin Galactic flights. Maybe he'll have an idea (*cough*unifiedtheory*cough*)that changes the world on his zero-g ride:)
Well, they're cute but not very smart- they're always clogging the plumbing and having trouble starting their cars. Someone needs to teach them more practical skills!
FFS keep this quiet!.... The RIAA (regular readers of/. I'm sure) will take notice and somehow manage to construct a legal argument meaning Timberlake gets to sue the Finnish artist for more than than the GDP of Finland. 7th Dimensional Copyright Theory or something.
Wouldn't be the first time.
Lawyer: "We've got this plan!"
Execs: "What is it this time"
Lawyer : "Well, we'll take the Russians for more than " (sticks pinkie in mouth) "a thousand million dollars!"
Execs: "GENIUS, tell us, what is the name of this plan?"
Lawyer: "The Alan Parsons Project"
Execs: "Don't we represent them?"
Lawyer: "No, but you think you do"
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This is such a typical geek answer.
I've done this exact thing with my camera and that Sony dongle, I know professional photographers who have done this with another GPS tracker, but I sure as hell don't know any ordinary users who could even repeat your sentence, never mind carry out the instructions.
It's like telling a user who doesn't like your software to go in and edit the source code themselves. They don't give a fuck, they just want something to work. In this case, no-one is going to geotag their photos regularly unless it's actually part of their hardware/software. Otherwise, just forget it.
Picasa and Google Earth have an interface that allows you to geotag your photos and see them on GE's 3d globe: http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/06/picasa_google_e.h tml
The data is added to the JPEG's EXIF so the photos will be map-placeable by other applications such as this one, or the rather excellent tools on Flickr. Now, if they'd just build GPS into a camera :D
But... where in the world is she?!
Computer control can work quite smoothly, and the human brain is very, very far from perfect, but when shit meets fan (or a flock of geese meets engines #1 & #2), there is no current computing substitute for 3 pounds of meat trying to figure out how to land the thing.
Given that this uses Google Earth, a 3d tool (unlike google maps) it might be useful to be able to do things like play with the elevation to represent different types of data (doable, I'm sure, if not that useful) or alternatively (and more practically) plot bar graphs on the area which they represent- height would represent one value, colour another- you could even segment the graphs vertically. I did a quick previs of what this might look like if anyone is interested
Those ads are a different form of advertising altogether- I think advertisers are now trying to make some ads as bad as possible just to get attention. Why spend a million on a great piece of marketing when you can create something shockingly bad and make an impression. Cillit Bang even makes it on to b3ta.com - consider my effort :D :
http://www.chrisdidthis.com/b3ta/BANG-170.gif
Hopefully Steve-O gets the chance to have a ride on the Virgin Galactic flights. Maybe he'll have an idea (*cough*unifiedtheory*cough*)that changes the world on his zero-g ride :)
I'm guessing you'd run a tracert by injecting some food dye into the system...... y'know to find the i-pee addresses your data is being sent to.
rubber tubing is, however, much easier to connect than CAT-5. Now where was I... Orange/White, Orange, uhhh, Green/White?.......
No no no, it's made out of Cheese
Well, they're cute but not very smart- they're always clogging the plumbing and having trouble starting their cars. Someone needs to teach them more practical skills!
You mean the sharks aren't born with the lasers?
:|
News to me
Pfft you and your strange units. What's that in Libraries of Congress?
Tempting fate.
Yes, but broken line counts low. Company policy.
Is that bookmark the one beside where you say it'll be a dismal failure?
*runs off to post & bookmark a dozen very definite predictions for elections 2008*
So, all the fire and brimstone of regular evil, but with email notification and search built in?
:D
Sounds good to me
Ham...... Ham that cures Aids, naturally
Oh, if Google only did brain implants.
*begins research on product he can sell to them*
FFS keep this quiet!.... The RIAA (regular readers of /. I'm sure) will take notice and somehow manage to construct a legal argument meaning Timberlake gets to sue the Finnish artist for more than than the GDP of Finland. 7th Dimensional Copyright Theory or something.
Wouldn't be the first time.
Couple of copies of Maya and you're there, and even fewer copies than that of Houdini.... it's 10 grand sterling a licemce, if I remember correctly.
I can see the RIAA meetings now :
Lawyer: "We've got this plan!"
Execs: "What is it this time"
Lawyer : "Well, we'll take the Russians for more than " (sticks pinkie in mouth) "a thousand million dollars!"
Execs: "GENIUS, tell us, what is the name of this plan?"
Lawyer: "The Alan Parsons Project"
Execs: "Don't we represent them?"
Lawyer: "No, but you think you do"
Could be worse, she could be sitting posting on /.
Yup, and not only that- it's more secure and has fewer bugs, so being hikjacked is less of a problem and it doesn't need cleaning as much :)
Lots of guns.