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geotagging camcorder DVH586

Sep 30, 2008 gps navigation 2 Comments

Geotate and DXG Technology Corp came together to create world’s first geotagging camcorder. The device is based on DXG’s DVH586 and runs Geotate’s Yuma geotagging software. The companies want to target the millions of users on Youtube who now can associate a location with their videos without any extra effort.

The special deal with Geotate is that it can geotag your files almost instantly without draining too much battery and waiting for a satellite fix. It does with by storing satellite data in its raw format and leaving the calculations to be done later on your PC… Read More …

Nikon P6000 does GPS

Aug 8, 2008 gps navigation 10 Comments

Nikon Coolpix 6000 is the latest digital SLR point and shoot compact camera. But this time this new model from Nikon includes an embedded GPS receiver.

With the added GPS function, P6000 users will be able to record “geotags” of the location where their images are captured based on latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates. This further heightens the photographic experience, allowing users to pinpoint the location via maps available in Nikon ViewNX Software, my Picturetown, Nikon’s photo sharing and storage website, or any other software or website that recognizes GPS data.

We don’t know much about SLR cameras here at Navigadget but the specs are as follow as taken from a more authoritative site on the subject.

• 13.5 megapixel CCD (effective)
• 4x wide-angle zoom lens (28 – 112 mm equiv.) with optical stabilization
• 2.7″ LCD monitor (230,000 pixels)
• ISO 64 – 1600 at full resolution (3200 and 6400 at three megapixels)
• NRW RAW format (although “Windows Imaging Component” and “Windows only”)
• Built-in GPS receiver records location (latitude and longitude for automatic geotagging)
• External flash and lens accessories
• Wired LAN port
• Face-priority AF
• D-Lighting

You can expect to pay about $500 as early as this September for Nikon P6000. Your other options for digital cameras with GPS feature are the geotate Kato (retro fit), altek, and even maybe the PND camera from Mio.

UPDATE: We’ve been warned that this is not an DSLR. Maybe we should stick to GPS only.

geotate Kato

Jul 8, 2008 gps navigation, tracking Leave a comment

Kato from Geotate is an invention for you photographers who are just getting started or already professional. Here we have an accessory for digital cameras that allows you to geotag your images automatically.

geotate Kato fits onto the hot-shoe of the camera, where flash is usually placed. After taking a photo, the Geotate Kato receives the raw GPS information and stores and it in its internal memory. This geotag is associated with the photo you’ve just taken with its timestamp and using a special software you can display the exact location and time the image was taken.

Have a look at a video presentation of the product in PMA 2008 which also shows the first GPS integrated camera Altek:

What makes geotate products so much different from the others is that GPS information is stored in its raw format to be processed later on a PC. This way there’s no start-up time at all waiting for a location fix or having the GPS receiver drain all your batteries. It is really revolutionary.

The hot-shoe GPS device Kato is expected to cost 39 dollars… Read More …

digital camera with GPS navigation from Altek

Apr 17, 2008 gps navigation 10 Comments

Taiwanese Altek just announced a GPS integrated digital camera. The current model will have 8MP resolution and will feature a 3″ touch screen display.

The idea is pretty simple; record the exact coordinates and time stamp of each picture in the image data, which than can be interpreted using Geotate’s software. In addition you can also use free web services such as Google Earth, Maps, Flickr to annotate your images and even show your friends and family the route you’ve taken during your trip.

What’s quite unique about Altek’s GPS navigation digital camera is that it can actually navigate you back to the location of the photo you’ve taken before. The details of this are not very clear in the press release (pdf) but does sound like full pledged GPS navigation system:

Altek Corporation has succeeded in developing an integrated map with browsing and navigation features on the existing digital camera platform… …a product that has incorporated electronic map browsing, search function for points of interests, satellite navigation and DSC functions

It is expected to hit the market second half of this year, ready for Beijing Olympics.