Geotagging

[Michiel Fokkema]

Hi,
This geotagging works through wifi hotspots. Not very convenient when visiting the Swiss Alps. For that you need a GPS tracker.
But this card also enables wireless transmission from your camera to your network or computer with ANY camera that uses a SD card. To get this functionality you have to buy a very expensive camera or accessorie grip. This card does it for $80,-!
unfortunate my DSLR works with CF cards

Cheers,

Michiel Fokkema

 

[BillP]

Bill, you are being misleading about RFID. There are active and passive tags. They form part of what is called pervasive computing. They can do a lot more than you imply. There are three constraints - storage capacity, cost and power. The passive tags are the most common, it is true, in anything from razor blades to paperback books, but they are far from being "leading edge".

Is pervasive intrusive? Oh yes.

Regards,

Bill

 

[bmattock]

Bill, you are being misleading about RFID. There are active and passive tags. They form part of what is called pervasive computing. They can do a lot more than you imply. There are three constraints - storage capacity, cost and power. The passive tags are the most common, it is true, in anything from razor blades to paperback books, but they are far from being "leading edge".

Is pervasive intrusive? Oh yes.

Regards,

Bill

I was not being intentionally misleading, but I apologize if I misled by not being complete - I was trying not to be a total techno weenie. Yes, there is active RFID. Mostly used by the military, last I heard. Stores and such don't use it - too expensive.

In any case, active RFID has its own tech problems, and part of that is that the airspace is getting polluted with too many signals.

I'm really not worried about it until they want to put an RFID chip in my left hand or forehead in order for me to make purchases. In any case, it isn't 'following people around stores' or whatever paranoid fantasy some happen to subscribe to.

 

[BillP]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5291222.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/cont...astmidlands_tagging_main_s12_w9_feature.shtml

Just a couple of examples. Tagging is used extensively by asset intensive industries, high-tech manufacturers, waste companies, supply chain and logistics companies - it's no longer the province of the military.

That said, Bill, I agree with you. The technology exists to track your movements around the local supermarket, but it's not in use because it's not cost-effective - yet.

Regards,

Bill

 

[monkeypainter]

I have to say that I hate this kind of gadgets...

I trick I do sometimes when travelling with a digital camera is to shoot a local sign or newspaper stand or even a map, something where the name of the actual place is clearly visible. It's just a few kbytes, and it helps me to keep track of where I've been. You can even write a few notes and make a picture of it when arriving at a new place...

 

[bmattock]

I have to say that I hate this kind of gadgets...

I trick I do sometimes when travelling with a digital camera is to shoot a local sign or newspaper stand or even a map, something where the name of the actual place is clearly visible. It's just a few kbytes, and it helps me to keep track of where I've been. You can even write a few notes and make a picture of it when arriving at a new place...

These are useful tricks for one's own memories, of course. Not much use to the grandkids when grampa's notes and establishing shot are long since gone. But I am the one who always says 'apre moi, le deluge', so maybe it does not matter.

When I go out to take photos with two film cameras and I want to be sure I remember which camera took which shot, I take a photo of one of the cameras with the other. That works pretty well. But I'm not worried about the next generation - just my own faulty memory.

 

[mobilexile]

bmattock:

I would love to continue our conversation RE: RFID but doubt our fellow rangefinder users are interested in the dialogue. If you like, please PM me and we can begin where we left off.

 

[Pros]

Well, I'm into geotagging for a while now and it's nice to know where a photo's taken. I think people will appreciate the extra location info as time goes by.
I found a relatively cheap solution to geotag my photos using my iPhone 3G. I use the GeoLogTag app that costs just $5. It works very good and besides it's geologging functionality, it also geotags my Flickr photos. Certainly an app to consider IF you have an iPhone.