Comments on: Sony ripping off my idea http://eirikso.com/2006/08/02/sony-ripping-off-my-idea/ The personal web site of Eirik Solheim Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:11:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eirikso http://eirikso.com/2006/08/02/sony-ripping-off-my-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-2017 Eirikso Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:17:10 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/08/02/sony-ripping-off-my-idea/#comment-2017 Nice. Not open. Not even support for all Sony Cameras. What's the problem? As far as I know all digital cameras give images a time stamp. Using the approach that I did after my trip to Alsace Sony could have made a device and a piece of software that supported all known digital cameras. Or do I miss something important here? Nice. Not open. Not even support for all Sony Cameras. What’s the problem? As far as I know all digital cameras give images a time stamp. Using the approach that I did after my trip to Alsace Sony could have made a device and a piece of software that supported all known digital cameras.

Or do I miss something important here?

]]> By: atle http://eirikso.com/2006/08/02/sony-ripping-off-my-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-2016 atle Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:45:17 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/08/02/sony-ripping-off-my-idea/#comment-2016 Some updated information, based on a press release from Sony Norway: Adds gps in the file, can be used with the software "Sony Picture Motion Browser" Registers information every 15 seconds, batterylife 10 hrs, storage 31mb GPS-CS1 works with the new Sony Cybershot models (from august 06) and Handycam videocam and Sony Alpha 100 D-SLR. US price of USD 150, release in Norway during August (via <a href="http://www.itavisen.no/php/art?id=315145" rel="nofollow">ITAvisen</a>) <a href="http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_room/consumer/digital_imaging/release/23993.html" rel="nofollow">Sony blurb</a> Some updated information, based on a press release from Sony Norway:

Adds gps in the file, can be used with the software “Sony Picture Motion Browser”

Registers information every 15 seconds, batterylife 10 hrs, storage 31mb

GPS-CS1 works with the new Sony Cybershot models (from august 06) and Handycam videocam and Sony Alpha 100 D-SLR.

US price of USD 150, release in Norway during August

(via ITAvisen)
Sony blurb

]]> By: Eirikso http://eirikso.com/2006/08/02/sony-ripping-off-my-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-2015 Eirikso Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:34:07 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/08/02/sony-ripping-off-my-idea/#comment-2015 Yes. I think you'll see more cameras with built in GPS coming along. It's a good idea as long as the GPS is fast and can find the position immediately when you take the camera out of its bag. Still I really like the Sony solution. It could be used with nearly all digital cameras. My TomTom bluetooth GPS has a battery life of about 12 hours, so I don't think that should be a problem. However, Sony itself might be a problem. They're not known for being very open. Here, they <em>could</em> make a generic product that everybody with a digital camera could use, but I guess they'll do whatever they can to make sure the software will only work with Sony cameras... Yes. I think you’ll see more cameras with built in GPS coming along. It’s a good idea as long as the GPS is fast and can find the position immediately when you take the camera out of its bag.

Still I really like the Sony solution. It could be used with nearly all digital cameras. My TomTom bluetooth GPS has a battery life of about 12 hours, so I don’t think that should be a problem.

However, Sony itself might be a problem. They’re not known for being very open. Here, they could make a generic product that everybody with a digital camera could use, but I guess they’ll do whatever they can to make sure the software will only work with Sony cameras…

]]> By: atle http://eirikso.com/2006/08/02/sony-ripping-off-my-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-2013 atle Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:24:52 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/08/02/sony-ripping-off-my-idea/#comment-2013 actually, there are even cameras coming along with the gps tagging intergrated... as <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/05/digital_camera.html" rel="nofollow">blogged by o'reily </a>; "Ricoh Pro G3 GPS Camera--it'll take 3Mpixel photos and embed the coordinates of where you took them." and <a href="http://www.gadgetreview.com/2006/04/navman-icn750-gpsdigital-camera-tags-pictures-w-coordinates.html" rel="nofollow">gps unit with camera</a> but the Sony dongle looks nice for using with whatever camera(s) you have - if the battery is good enough to just keep it in the bag all day actually, there are even cameras coming along with the gps tagging intergrated…
as blogged by o’reily ; “Ricoh Pro G3 GPS Camera–it’ll take 3Mpixel photos and embed the coordinates of where you took them.”

and gps unit with camera

but the Sony dongle looks nice for using with whatever camera(s) you have – if the battery is good enough to just keep it in the bag all day

]]> By: brilliantdays.com | Tag your photos with GPS positions http://eirikso.com/2006/08/02/sony-ripping-off-my-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-2014 brilliantdays.com | Tag your photos with GPS positions Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:41:46 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/08/02/sony-ripping-off-my-idea/#comment-2014 [...] BTW, Eirik claims it was his idea. Possibly not, but four years ago I travelled through Alsace in France with a digital camera and a Garmin GPS. After the trip I matched the time stamps in the GPS track with the time stamps of the images from my camera. [...] [...] BTW, Eirik claims it was his idea. Possibly not, but four years ago I travelled through Alsace in France with a digital camera and a Garmin GPS. After the trip I matched the time stamps in the GPS track with the time stamps of the images from my camera. [...]

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