Comments on: Geotagging and Fuzzy Locations http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/10/geotagging-and-fuzzy-locations/ The Internet's dust bunnies Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:43:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: n[ate]vw http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/10/geotagging-and-fuzzy-locations/comment-page-1/#comment-6508 n[ate]vw Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:45:12 +0000 http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/10/12/geotagging-and-fuzzy-locations/#comment-6508 <p>The EXIF tagging format does almost support a fuzzy location, in the form of GPS degree-of-precision. I say "almost" because this isn't quite an accuracy (as in ±meters) but sort of a multiplier on whatever accuracy your GPS+surroundings+atmosphere was capable of. I'm not sure how/if sites like Flickr use that info. You could alternatively add IPTC data to your photo, which can include things like City/Province/Nation.</p> <p>Shameless plug: We are in late alpha on a new Mac geotagging app we're pretty excited about. The accuracy stuff has a few missing links as of today, and no reverse geocoding yet for that IPTC alternative, but we'd love to let you try it out and send us feedback where it falls short against your needs. Email me or d/@natevw on twitter if you're interested!</p> The EXIF tagging format does almost support a fuzzy location, in the form of GPS degree-of-precision. I say “almost” because this isn’t quite an accuracy (as in ±meters) but sort of a multiplier on whatever accuracy your GPS+surroundings+atmosphere was capable of. I’m not sure how/if sites like Flickr use that info. You could alternatively add IPTC data to your photo, which can include things like City/Province/Nation.

Shameless plug: We are in late alpha on a new Mac geotagging app we’re pretty excited about. The accuracy stuff has a few missing links as of today, and no reverse geocoding yet for that IPTC alternative, but we’d love to let you try it out and send us feedback where it falls short against your needs. Email me or d/@natevw on twitter if you’re interested!

]]> By: Christopher Bowns http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/10/geotagging-and-fuzzy-locations/comment-page-1/#comment-5825 Christopher Bowns Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:02:28 +0000 http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/10/12/geotagging-and-fuzzy-locations/#comment-5825 <p>Correction: the photoGPS is still a "capture separately, integrate into photo tags later" solution.</p> Correction: the photoGPS is still a “capture separately, integrate into photo tags later” solution.

]]> By: Christopher Bowns http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/10/geotagging-and-fuzzy-locations/comment-page-1/#comment-5824 Christopher Bowns Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:00:39 +0000 http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/10/12/geotagging-and-fuzzy-locations/#comment-5824 <p>Absolutely. I saw <a href="http://www.shutterbug.net/news/041307jobo/" rel="nofollow">this</a> linked recently, and it seems like a light-years-ahead solution to a separate GPS receiver or <a href="http://scilib.typepad.com/techreviews/2008/09/canon-eos-5d-ma.html" rel="nofollow">something tethered to a grip</a> that provides data over the USB port.</p> <p>But in the meantime, I'd love to fuzzily define the locations of photos I took. Entire sets I took while at Virginia Tech can be defined as somewhere inside the town limits.</p> Absolutely. I saw this linked recently, and it seems like a light-years-ahead solution to a separate GPS receiver or something tethered to a grip that provides data over the USB port.

But in the meantime, I’d love to fuzzily define the locations of photos I took. Entire sets I took while at Virginia Tech can be defined as somewhere inside the town limits.

]]> By: Peter Hosey http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/10/geotagging-and-fuzzy-locations/comment-page-1/#comment-5823 Peter Hosey Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:56:07 +0000 http://blog.cbowns.com/2008/10/12/geotagging-and-fuzzy-locations/#comment-5823 <p>Alternative solution:</p> <ol> <li>A camera with a standard port for plugging a GPS unit into.</li> <li>A standard protocol for GPS units to talk to cameras.</li> <li>GPS units that support this port and protocol.</li> </ol> Alternative solution:

  1. A camera with a standard port for plugging a GPS unit into.
  2. A standard protocol for GPS units to talk to cameras.
  3. GPS units that support this port and protocol.
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