>> Very interesting, but could someone explain the utility of a
>> camera being able to be hooked up to a GPS unit?
>
>Sure. A friend of mine is location scout. He used to
>need lengthy route descriptions to send somebody into 
>the wild for a specific scenery and view. Sometimes 
>10 meters make the distance. With GPS data you can't 
>fail your location and viewing point.

A GPS is not necessarily accurate to within 10 meters.  Heavy tree cover, obscured 
horizon (such as a deep canyon) or multipath distortion (reflections from buildings) 
can skew the position report wildly.  However, its better than nothing and its usually 
very good.
-- 
Dave Herzstein
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http://www.kjsl.com/~dave


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