Talkbits, a Russian startup making a social-discovery voice-based mobile messaging app tied to where you’re using it, has attracted $2 million in funding from Russia’s Runa Capital early stage VC firm. The app, which is currently in closed alpha, allows users to leave geotagged voice messages for others to discover, or ask questions that others in the area might be able to answer. → Read More
While for an ordinary civilian the automatic geotagging of your photos or check-ins might be convenient, in the military it can be a lethal mistake. In 2007, geotagged photos of a new fleet of helicopters allowed enemy forces to mortar the base and destroy several of them; it could just as easily have been a field hospital or barracks.
The Army has therefore published an article calling… → Read More
These maps, by Eric Fisher, are the result of interpreting geotagging data for Flickr photos taken in popular cities. Red dots mean tourist photos, blue dots mean locals. Personally I don’t see a lot of utility in geotagging, at least for myself, but hot damn does it make for some interesting (and beautiful) data. Above you see London; there are dozens more in the set. Check it out. [via… → Read More
Geotagging is pretty popular these days, but for the most part you have to buy an additional hardware. JOBO makes one such device, the photoGPS, that’s been around for a while. They just announced two new versions, photoGPS 2 and the photoGPS 4. The new models offer improved reception, battery life, and storage. All in all a worthy successor to their original product. → Read More
It’s funny how and where you will see an innovation. While attending a super-fun event hosted by The Barbarian Group here at SXSW, I ran into a guy named Matt Paul who is the lead developer of an app/service called Stickybits. TechCrunch covered this story back in March, but it was interesting to hear the description of the service first hand from someone behind the scenes. It was also nice… → Read More
I took some photos yesterday afternoon, and didn’t get around to trying to move them from the camera to my laptop until later in the evening. What should have been a simple process — connect cable to camera, connect cable to laptop, import photos — was stymied by my complete inability to find the cable I needed! It’s not like I use a USB A-to-Mini-B cable every day. If only there were some way… → Read More
If you’re one of the unlucky ones who happens to not have an embedded GPS unit in your Nikon DSLR, these little gadgets may be for you. Foolography’s simple accessories add GPS positioning to your photos with what appears to be a minimum of fuss. → Read More
That up there is a photo of the world’s first—a modest claim—camcorder that has built-in geotagging. It’s the result of collaboration between Geotate and DXG, the former a geotagging specialist and the latter a video camera manufacturer. And geotagging, if you’re unfamiliar, is a process by which photos or video are automatically tagged with the location of where they… → Read More
A beta version of Nokia’s mobile media management software, Nokia Photos 1.5, has been released, complete with a visual overhaul and a handful of new features. The New Features: Picture/Video management support for any S60 device, digital camera, memory stick, or local hard drive Automatically converts and compresses media for playback on your handset for the sake of optimal storage space usage. → Read More
AppleInsider has found some screens of the new iPhone firmware asking for permission to use location data in Camera and Maps. The interface looks kind of kludgy right now — the language doesn’t sound Apple-y (“‘Camera’ would like to use your current location”) but it looks like a legit feature. → Read More
Overlooked in all the interface and launch hype swirling around Leopard is the fact that it has integrated geotagging. If your camera or camera phone supports geotagging (like Helio’s Ocean), then you can easily map-out where your photos were taken on Google maps, and from there you can prove to your wife that you were at the corporate picnic and not a strip club. You’re not sure why… → Read More
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