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Re: Flickr, and a GPS enabled camera phone

James — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:15:40 -0000

Flickr has been using OpenStreetMap in various places where Yahoo Maps doesn't have any coverage - Beijing, Baghdad, Kabul, Tokyo, Burning Man.

Re: Flickr, and a GPS enabled camera phone

GPS Store Will — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:44:20 -0000

Great review! Camera phones with GPS do make geotagging easy, but I wish they were more prevalent. I'm also still waiting for smartphones to have turn by turn directions as good as a standard GPS device. While I haven't been able to try the Nokia N96 yet, getting directions from my iPhone has been awful.

Re: Flickr, and a GPS enabled camera phone

s2art — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:52:18 -0000

My current Sony Ericsson the C902, has this feature, but as I can only access it using Optus' 3g network, which is of course expensive I rarely never use it. Instead I just use a bookmrklet and add the co-ordinates manually, on the images that make it to my flickr stream.

As for phone cameras and "quality" if I want dslr quality, I'll use a DSLR, or equivalent, in fact the C902, and the N series nokias are too good imho

Re: Flickr, and a GPS enabled camera phone

ShaolinTiger — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:54:54 -0000

The N82 is the best camera out there so far, partially due to the xenon flash.

The N96 camera is definitely inferior to the N95 in terms of the button/ergonomics. But I'm sure the speed and quality will improve with newer firmware.

The N95 took quite a long time to get into a stable state.

Re: Flickr, and a GPS enabled camera phone

Carolyn Chan — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:23:55 -0000

The firmware's been upgraded :(

Re: Flickr, and a GPS enabled camera phone

byte — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:04:49 -0000

From what I understand, the N95's camera is actually *better* than the one in the N96... in terms of it being shaky and all. Ditto with the N82.

Maybe its a firmware bug?

Re: Flickr, and a GPS enabled camera phone

Carolyn Chan — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:58:41 -0000

I like camera phones for one reason - geotags. It seems cool to see your pictures show up on a map. I find the hybrid view offered in flickr being the most appealing. Try taking pictures in touristy spots like KLCC and voila, you see the towers on the map with your little album of pictures (click on "go to the organizr").

Other than that, cameras on phones still have a long way to go in terms of quality and ease of use. The Nokia N96 button is hard to press and it has no anti-shake mechanism like all the cameras on the shelf today. Almost all my indoor pix exhibited signs of shake and I have a very steady hand.

Until this improves, it'll just be another toy which irks me because the price of an N96 can fetch a pretty decent DSLR + standard kit.