Definitely a great application - and not just for openmoko. Check on my blog www.collins.net.pr/blog for Microsoft Photosynth as an idea of what the future could hold with geo-located photos.
I also think any photograph application should be storing photos on an internet based server along with the co-ordinates and then allow chronological viewing...as well as other references. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:community- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of OJW > Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2007 2:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: application idea: georeferenced photos > > A variant of this idea: try browsing photographs taken in the local area. > > e.g. imagine you're in a foreign city for the first time and you want to know > what's around you, where is interesting to visit, or which direction looks > most interesting to wander in. > > You could pull-up a list of georeferenced photographs (flickr, etc.) and see > views of the buildings around you from other angles, views of your position > from across the river, the view you'll see if you walk down that street and > turn the corner... > > Essentially the combination of GPS and mobile photo viewing would give you the > power to see around corners. > > Regards, > > OJW > > > On Thursday 13 September 2007 08:24, Denis Parchenko wrote: > > Thursday, September 13, 2007, 12:05:39 AM, Alexey wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:57:28 +0200, ian douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> ... which doesn't help any if you're in the air-conditioned > > >> afore-mentioned airport in Arizona and you want to know how warm it is > > >> outside ;o) > > > > > > While inside the airport, you also won't get the GPS satellite signal to > > > find out where you are. > > > > Is it really impossible somewhere in airport to find out current > > weather outside? For example on some info-boards... > > > > =#=-===-==----=#=--- - -- -=#=-- - - - - > > Best regards, > > Denis > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
