Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Digital cameras with built-in GPS

I know there are few digital cameras with built-in GPS, but I haven't seen any cameras from major brands with GPS.

I think it will be great tool for people like me. I love to travel and I travel with my camera. Where ever I go, I take loads of photos and at the end of the trip [due to the sheer volume] I can't remember where half of the photos are from. If the GPS coordinates are added to the EXIF information of the image, I can simply use that information to look up where it was taken.

Also, if I upload the image to the sites like flickr, the images can be automatically placed on the map and geo-tagged.

I wonder why the manufacturers don't see GPS as a selling point? I will certainly add GPS in to my evaluation criteria.

I don't think adding GPS is going to push the cost up, considering even the mobile phones have GPS these days.

Talking about mobile phones, wonder if N82 add GPS information to the images taken using it 5 MP camera?