I found this on a French site, by changing the registry you get an extra camera mode that adds current position in the EXIF part of the file!
You need to edit the key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\P9 change from 0 to 1 (P9 is the Geocoding profile).
No need to soft reset, just go into the camera and set to Geocode mode (see capture)
The files get stored in My Documents/POI (maybe so they appear in Tom Tom?).
Anybody know of cool ways to use this feature? Flickr? Googlemaps?
Sorry if this has been covered already!
Oh hell yes.....
Madhadder said:
Oh hell yes.....
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You mean it HAS been covered? could not find anything thru search....
I could never get it to work, it says the GPS is searching, but when I look at the photos I cant find any GPS coordinate data.
Anyone else actually try it?
G
I think Madhadder meant "oh hell yes I can't believe its so easy to add this feature you just made my week".
I'd like to say:
Oh hell yes!
GuardianZX9 said:
I could never get it to work, it says the GPS is searching, but when I look at the photos I cant find any GPS coordinate data.
Anyone else actually try it?
G
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I think the data is included in the file itself in a special zone that holds info on model of camera etc.
There are some applications that "place" the pictures on maps, I do not know much about this but want to find out! The ideal would be to place them on googlemaps...
techntrek said:
I think Madhadder meant "oh hell yes I can't believe its so easy to add this feature you just made my week".
I'd like to say:
Oh hell yes!
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Good but as much as I would love to take credit for this find, it is in fact from this site : http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=85924&whichpage=3#641517
8th post down.
edeplano said:
I found this on a French site, by changing the registry you get an extra camera mode that adds current position in the EXIF part of the file!
You need to edit the key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\P9 change from 0 to 1 (P9 is the Geocoding profile).
No need to soft reset, just go into the camera and set to Geocode mode (see capture)
The files get stored in My Documents/POI (maybe so they appear in Tom Tom?).
Anybody know of cool ways to use this feature? Flickr? Googlemaps?
Sorry if this has been covered already!
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there are so many line items under that folder. Could you be more specific?
thanks..
I assume that the GPS must be turned on to give the correct position prior to taking the picture, am I right?
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ahmadfarid said:
there are so many line items under that folder. Could you be more specific?
thanks..
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P1-P9 are profiles for different camera modes. You'll notice that the "Enable" key is 0 in Profile 9. Change it to 1 and you should be good.
Also found this info on GPS passion, and was going to share, but never found the time....
I did the hack on my Ameo last weekend, and played around with it a little. It is ofcourse quite an amazing feature, and it does impress people that sees it, but given the quality of the camera in the Ameo, I'm not sure how usefull it will turn out to be, I would be a little embarassed to upload any Ameopics to Google at least.
Here is what I've found out sofar, if someone finds that useful.
When you start Camera, you get a new option when you choose your Photomode, called GPS. - This starts up the GPS automatically, and once it gets a fix you are ready to shoot.
The pics you then take are stored in /my documents/my Poi - which is created.
These pics will then have the GPS position included in the Exif data.
Haven't yet found a PPC software that is capable of reading these data, but if you read them with your ordinary pc, you can input them into google Maps (on PPC for instance) and it will take you there.
Picassa will read the data, and you can input them manually into your mapsoftware (the format is: xx yy' zz'' aa bb' cc'') but I would recommend "Panorado Flyer 1.2" which is a great free and small application. It gives you some new options in the context menu, so you just right-click your Gpspicture and choose "show location in Google Maps" - and it opens up Google Earth and takes you there.
There was some discussion on the precission of the GPS Data, actually on this very site I'm pretty sure, maybe the kaiser section(?) , someone noticed the last 2 decimals recorded for latitude and longitude allways were the same, so the precision was less than 100 meters, but the good news is this is not the case with our Athenas, they are very accurate!
I don't think I'm allowed to distribute Panorado Flyer here, but here is the link for you to download it yourself.
Hopefully someone will make a similar app. for PPC, which would make this feature so much more useful.
Here is a link to the free version: http://www.photo-freeware.net/panorado-flyer.php
And here is the commercial and probably more functional version (did not try it, but there is a demo): http://www.panorado.com/en/index.htm
I went to a birthdayparty this week and took a GPSpic inside an apartment on the 7. floor to demonstrate to all how brilliant the Ameo is, got a fix and shot a pic. The pic stinks, but if you want to try Pandora, you should be able to rightclick it and fly over here, even if I downscaled it....
And I just tried myself, and the GPS data did not survive the upload so it does not work, sorry.
Here is a shot of what Panorado rteads for that pic:
works well here
Actually you can use this format directly into Google earth, which is simpler I think:
55,685278 12,584445
Ok Midget, on my setup the GPS data was lost when I d'loaded my own pic from the post.
Also had to try it out on my old uni with an external GPS, but it doesn't have the P9 option, could that be because of the old HTC Camera version (3,00 build 21424) or must it have an internal GPS?
Anyone got the newer Camera version (like the one from the Ameo WM6 - 4.01 build 27598)?
hammermedia said:
P1-P9 are profiles for different camera modes. You'll notice that the "Enable" key is 0 in Profile 9. Change it to 1 and you should be good.
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oh!..ok..i'll try it right away..
thanks
The new mode came right up when I made the registry change. Can someone confirm where the data is stored? Seems there are 2 places mentioned here.
That's freakin awesome! Possibly rates as my top feature of the moment! Good Hack!
And @ techntrek - it goes into my \microdrive\my documents\my poi\
Ace!
I have using panorado software but the error for several pictures on same place (1 square meter) is very large, some hundreds of meters...
beginner said:
I have using panorado software but the error for several pictures on same place (1 square meter) is very large, some hundreds of meters...
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That is what you will also get when you use googlemap. It can be hundreds of meters off.
I read recently that US goverment wants to decrease the accuracy of GPS. I wonder if it is the result of this project that I noticed that the inaccuracy has been magnified lately.
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Hi everybody,
i just installed SPB pocket Plus 2.2 software on my MDA2... after installing a previous version (i guess but i don't remember which one).. i realised that on the today screen i cannot choose anymore to view the "Storage Card" icon... anybody can help about this?
nobody has the same problem?
Anonymous said:
nobody has the same problem?
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Use SRS to see the entire today, SPB+ sometimes cuts some part of todya
I am using sbp Pocket Plus 2.0 and did not face such a problem, I am not aware about version 2.2!
Hi dNuOs,
I've got exactly the same problem - I've emails Spb about it, but no answer yet.
Also missing Storage Card
Current version: 2.2 build 1649
URL http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/downloads/pocketplus/SpbPocketPlus2_setup.exe
Date 10/29/04 16:53:52
Size 1138228
Download date: 11/02/04 11:19:16
Only see main memory, So nothing about my Storage Card
Ah ha! So yes there are other people with this problem. I too had it and here's how I fixed it.
Firstly, enable the backup battery icon, move it too position 1, i.e. the first icon on the today screen.
Then use a registry editor and go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
Spb Software House
Pocket Plus
Today Items
Pannels
00000
Modify the 'Action' string and change *backupbattery to *storagecard
Then tap&hold on the tab where you want the icon to appear, choose add/remove items and you will see Storage Card 1 Indicator, it can be enabled and will then show on the today screen. No problem.
I found that you can use this method to add multiple instances of the same indicators if you want.
NOTE that if you did not move the backupbattery icon to postion 1, then you will have to edit the string value at the appropriate position, it will be one the values 00000-00004
Cheerio
Thank you
hshortt said:
Ah ha! So yes there are other people with this problem. I too had it and here's how I fixed it.
Cheerio
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Great...
hshortt said:
Ah ha! So yes there are other people with this problem. I too had it and here's how I fixed it.
Firstly, enable the backup battery icon, move it too position 1, i.e. the first icon on the today screen.
Then use a registry editor and go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
Spb Software House
Pocket Plus
Today Items
Pannels
00000
Modify the 'Action' string and change *backupbattery to *storagecard
Then tap&hold on the tab where you want the icon to appear, choose add/remove items and you will see Storage Card 1 Indicator, it can be enabled and will then show on the today screen. No problem.
I found that you can use this method to add multiple instances of the same indicators if you want.
NOTE that if you did not move the backupbattery icon to postion 1, then you will have to edit the string value at the appropriate position, it will be one the values 00000-00004
Cheerio
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Mate, you're just great!!! It works perfect, thanks for your support.
Just one question... how you managed to do this? I mean, how did you know the correct name was "*storagecard", just checked on a previous version of the software i guess...
thanks again
Heh heh, glad it's working for you guys.
I knew that the name would be storagecard, just from the formatting of the other names, I took a gamble I guess but I had a good idea it was correct. :lol:
Cheerio
Howard
dNuOs said:
Hi everybody,
i just installed SPB pocket Plus 2.2 software on my MDA2... after installing a previous version (i guess but i don't remember which one).. i realised that on the today screen i cannot choose anymore to view the "Storage Card" icon... anybody can help about this?
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This is not an error, it is a precise will of SPB.
When I wrote to them because of a problem of my version 2.1, they told me that on some machines this option created hard resets :shock: , so they decided to move it out in some following release. And here we are.
Well I've not had any hard resets, and I wanted the feature, mostly for appearance sake, as three small icons did not fill the width of the screen but four do!
I can image senarios that might cause problems with this icon, but it's down to programming, if SPB refresh the states too frequently, it will cause a performance overhead, and with any additional cards it causes i/o to check capacity.
There's no setting to adjust the refresh interval, but as I said I've not had any problems, and I did not see any release notes that talked about the removal of a feature!
Cheers
hshortt said:
Well I've not had any hard resets, and I wanted the feature, mostly for appearance sake, as three small icons did not fill the width of the screen but four do!
I can image senarios that might cause problems with this icon, but it's down to programming, if SPB refresh the states too frequently, it will cause a performance overhead, and with any additional cards it causes i/o to check capacity.
There's no setting to adjust the refresh interval, but as I said I've not had any problems, and I did not see any release notes that talked about the removal of a feature!
Cheers
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I agree with you, but this is what PocketPlus product manager told me
Of course they are not willing to advertise a loss of functionality, at least until they find another solution...
OOPS-It was me
Anonymous said:
I agree with you, but this is what PocketPlus product manager told me
Of course they are not willing to advertise a loss of functionality, at least until they find another solution...
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New version 2.2 build 1650
URL http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/downloads/pocketplus/SpbPocketPlus2_setup.exe
Date 11/09/04 20:00:07
Size 1136277
Download Time 11/13/04 00:22:31
Pocket plus incompatibility on IPAQ h6365/h6300/h6315
hshortt said:
Ah ha! So yes there are other people with this problem. I too had it and here's how I fixed it.
Firstly, enable the backup battery icon, move it too position 1, i.e. the first icon on the today screen.
Then use a registry editor and go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
Spb Software House
Pocket Plus
Today Items
Pannels
00000
Modify the 'Action' string and change *backupbattery to *storagecard
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I install spb pocket plus 2.2 on iPAQ H6365, I realized a few problems been encountered. I sent a text message to someone, but he could receive the same message for up to 5 times intermittently, I won't realized that till the party mention it.
I'm not sure if you'd also know the remedy for this sickness
The fix to this has been posted several times on other threads, but all you have to do is add an exclusion to the "close button" enhancement for tmail.exe.
tmail.exe is closing before it's getting chance to send the whole text properly and is sending it more than once.
You should also be careful with enabling the SD card monitoring feature - it appears to be this that is causing the xda2 to lock up/die with no option to fix but to hard reset/remove battery (not spb's fault, it happens with other today plugins too). Apparently it's the hardware - this is why spb removed the functionality.
You may think it's running ok, but please don't be using your xda for anything life critical (e.g. mapping out someone's brain operation). Mine was fine for two months before it started displaying this behaviour!
rgds,
Alex.
That little fix for restoring the SD card monitor was mine, and when I looked SPB are now claiming that it may cause lockups on ROM Version 1.60
I'm on 1.72 and with this fix and SPB 2.2 I've no problems. Something about this issue could be done by SPB, one solution would be to include a refresh timer, aka Battery Pack. The issue with lockups can occur when the request for capacity is sent to the expansion card. This could happen when there is i/o on the card and thereby cause a possible problem.
All that said, I've *never* (yet!) had a problem with SPB 2.2
Thanks
Howard
NinjaDonkey said:
The fix to this has been posted several times on other threads, but all you have to do is add an exclusion to the "close button" enhancement for tmail.exe.
tmail.exe is closing before it's getting chance to send the whole text properly and is sending it more than once.
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NinjaDonkey, thanks for the guide on this, I just did the "Exception" on tmail.exe, with spb pocket plus 2.2. But do not know yet if problem would persist, guess wouldn't be.
Do you know whether it's using lots of memory in the today plug-ins as we customize to display many programs on the today screen? You know those with Main, Connection, System, etc... Especially in the system, it's by default been customized to display quite a few of programs/system programs, would this be a factor to slow down or cause a hang on the ppc? If your answer yes, then i guess i am going to remove those of un-needed ones.
I'm testing some Navigator Software on my Athena
all the software is running from SD card ( 4gb)
Here is my experience:
TOMTOM 7 good but it is a little slow when turning / roundabout
IGO8 graphics is very good but the arrow seems be left behind the real position.... i see that for adding POI i need to change the layout and i dont know how to find a 640x480 layout....
The ROM is the standard HTC WM6
Any experience news ??
Is it possible to increase the framerate in tomtom ???
gab74 said:
I'm testing some Navigator Software on my Athena
all the software is running from SD card ( 4gb)
Here is my experience:
TOMTOM 7 good but it is a little slow when turning / roundabout
IGO8 graphics is very good but the arrow seems be left behind the real position.... i see that for adding POI i need to change the layout and i dont know how to find a 640x480 layout....
The ROM is the standard HTC WM6
Any experience news ??
Is it possible to increase the framerate in tomtom ???
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I have used both these software and do not experience the problems that you described. However, I run them off the microdrive rather than storage card.
Just like me.
It's better to have them at the MicroDrive ( including the maps ).
If you use SKTools you can see that the read/write values are higher at the MicroDrive than the miniSD.
gab74 said:
I'm testing some Navigator Software on my Athena
all the software is running from SD card ( 4gb)
Here is my experience:
TOMTOM 7 good but it is a little slow when turning / roundabout
IGO8 graphics is very good but the arrow seems be left behind the real position.... i see that for adding POI i need to change the layout and i dont know how to find a 640x480 layout....
The ROM is the standard HTC WM6
Any experience news ??
Is it possible to increase the framerate in tomtom ???
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well i use tomtom7 but i cooked it into my rom and it definitely made it a little faster
I found Telenav to give the best directions and POIs. you have to have a data connection, but better than TomTom and iGuidance...
But CP7 is best
it's tomtom for me, installed in the microdrive complete with the maps. and coupled with eaglesteve's previous input on the best gps settings. haven't had any issues for the past 3 months.
cheers
I rank these software in this order
Best on top:
TT7
IGO 2006
IGO8
TT6
CP7
I've tested TT6-TT7, IGO8
TT7 is the best IMHO. I use navigation SW mainly to have speed traps alert and with IGO isn't easy to add speed traps ad POI.
I installed it on SD, may be I lose some speed but I save a lot of power
sergiopi said:
I've tested TT6-TT7, IGO8
TT7 is the best IMHO. I use navigation SW mainly to have speed traps alert and with IGO isn't easy to add speed traps ad POI.
I installed it on SD, may be I lose some speed but I save a lot of power
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Besides superior overspeeding warning features, it also allow user to update road and share it with others.
I installed on MD. No concern with power because in the car, I always with my device charged.
Unlike eaglesteve and sergiopi, I use navigation software mainly for navigation, speedcameras are a bonus (and free with CP)
For navigation, especially contact integration, CP makes TT look primative IMHO
Confucious said:
Unlike eaglesteve and sergiopi, I use navigation software mainly for navigation, speedcameras are a bonus (and free with CP)
For navigation, especially contact integration, CP makes TT look primative IMHO
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Disagree, sorry.
Speed camera is not speed warning. They are different.
1) In TT7, the legal speed limit of the road is kept, and if you travel above that speed, you get warning.
2) Speed camera, in another thing. In TT, there are the fixed speed camera and mobile speed camera. I think the mobile location speed camera is subscription base, and is optional. In CP7, there is only fixed location speed camera.
3) Finally, there is the red light camera, which warns you not to dash the red light at traffic junction.
4) TT7 also warns if we are near a school zone. In Australia, school zone's maximum, speed is 40 km/h at selected time only.
Integration with contact is so basic that we don't mention it. It's nothing to shout about. It's just taken for granted. iGO has it. Tom Tom has it. All contact database appears on the navigation software. If you make changes to the contact database, the navigation get the udpated address also.
In TT, if you choose "Navigate To" in the main menu, there is an item called "Contact", with exactly the icon as our Contact Application. Choosing that will bring up only your contact with addresses. The contact list is sorted in alphabetical order to faciliate locating them. Clicking on it will reveal the detail address. You can also use the FIND button to find the contact more quickly if your list is long. What else would we want that TT7 is not having in this regards?
One of the features of TT7 is to provide an onscreen button. If I see a speed camera that is not in the database, I can press that button while my car is at that coordinate. When the trip is over, I can go back and put in the details of the change I want to make. This can be used to correct the map, put in new POI, etc without affecting your driving. You do the actual update after the trip.
There are so many other features which are only seen in TT7. I was once a die hard iGO user ( and before that a die hard Copilot user), but now I'm completely won over to TT7. I'm not associated with TT in anyway, just like I was'tn associated with iGO or Copilot. I share what I think is the best to whomever want the best. Today, my top choice is TT7. Tommorrow? Who knows? May be Copilot 8. I have no blind allegiance to any software. If it is the best, it is my choice. I'm willing to be convinced that there are better software than TT7 out there now.
Speedcameras are not an issue for me, I have only ever been caught for speeding once (luckily I'd just slowed down so I was only doing 94MPH) and that was by a video camera in a police car - TomTom would not have alerted me to that.
The contacts in tomTom6 (I must admit I have not seen 7) is so clunmsy and slow I would have reached my destination before finding them - CP7 just uses outlook contacts and IMHO is just a lot better and I use it most of the time.
The interface of CP7, especially on the Athena is, again IMHO, a lot more user friendly than TT and allowing others to track me is useful so my g/f can see where I am.
I think we want different things from navigation software - i wouldn't rate TT at all and love CP - for you it's the other way round.
Guess it's lucky for the makers that we're not all the same!
sergiopi said:
I've tested TT6-TT7, IGO8
TT7 is the best IMHO. I use navigation SW mainly to have speed traps alert and with IGO isn't easy to add speed traps ad POI.
I installed it on SD, may be I lose some speed but I save a lot of power
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Does anyone know when TT7 will be officially available? It's not on their website.
sergiopi said:
I've tested TT6-TT7, IGO8
TT7 is the best IMHO. I use navigation SW mainly to have speed traps alert and with IGO isn't easy to add speed traps ad POI.
I installed it on SD, may be I lose some speed but I save a lot of power
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I agree with you on this, I also installed on SD to save power. I actually delete my microdirve and never reformatted it. It was not reliable so I had no reason to have available for anything. I am wondering after not using the for while does it get better or reliable, may be I should format on my next reboot
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Does anyone know when TT7 will be officially available? It's not on their website.
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Here is some information on TT7 http://www.theunwired.net/?item=available-tomtom-releases-tomtom-7-20-maps-for-the-o2-xda-diamond
Guys, what about Garmin Mobile XT?
Al936 said:
Guys, what about Garmin Mobile XT?
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Apparently some people like it - mainly in the US I believe.
Choice of navigation s/ware does seem to depend on your location!
Al936 said:
Guys, what about Garmin Mobile XT?
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Tell us what do you like about it please. I'm open minded.
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I'm open minded.
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hehe - I hope I am too but reviews like this http://www.coolsmartphone.com/article768.html and others I've seen put me off, although I've not tried it myself.
Just to declare what some people might think a conflict of interest:
I bought CoPilot when it first came out on the SmartPhone - well, 1 month after it did, because someone bought it then got a company car with built in Sat nav so I got it cheap (another thing CP does well is transfer between devices). That was V5, I then upgraded to V6 and I think, all things being equal I would have prefered TT6 for my purposes.
I then beta tested CP7 so disn't pay for it but if I had the choice of which to buy TT6 or CP7 it would definatly be CP7. I have not seen TT7 but don't believe it is that much different from TT6?
Lots of people in the UK like iGo8 but Garmin XT and Route 66 (again popular in the US) are not that popular.
In the US you have to buy the maps of the whole US for CP7 which does make it wuite expensive and hence not as popoular as some cheaper options and although speedcameras are improved in CP7 it is one area TT still beats it but, as I've said, that is not the most important feature for me.
Different people want different things and the availability of maps and other s/ware in your area will all affect your decision, but for me CO7 wins hands down.
So far....
The other day I was at a football game where I had to park on a golf course far from the stadium and ended up wandering around for 20 minutes trying to locate the car afterward.
I knew that the iPhone had an app called "Dude, Where's My Car?" which let someone use GPS to tag a specific location and then later use Google Maps to guide them back to the GPS mark, but when I did some searching I couldn't find a WinMo version. So I made one.
This version isn't as sexy as the iPhone app, but it's free, and you can store up to 3 different locations and even name them if you'd like. When you want to locate one, you just click the respective Find button and you will be provided an arrow or compass direction (N, NW, S, SW, E, SE, W, NE) and approximate distance to your destination which will change as you continue to move.
I did some testing and got rid of whatever bugs I could find and everything seems to work. Since I find it useful to have, I wanted to pass it on to the community in case they might be interested as well.
If you find any problems with it, let me know, otherwise enjoy.
UPDATE 3
I finally got around to adding arrow guidance to accompany compass directions for finding a destination. The arrows are a bit finicky, but its partially due to the quality of the gps fix and the amount of fluctuation in the coordinates it gets. I find that the best way to work with it is to travel in one direction for a short distance steadily until a steady arrow appears. Once that happens, turn in the direction of the arrow and keep walking in the direction it had indicated until it changes to reflect the direction you turned. I.e. if you are walking straight and right arrow appears, turn right and keep walking straight until the right arrow changes to an up arrow.
I also updated the source code package for anyone interested in modifying the code. As before, I just ask that you keep its open nature going (GNU style) and if you post a new version of the software with arrows, or a better GPS interface (that uses triangulation as an option), etc. that you link the new software back to this thread and you let me know about it so I can check it out
UPDATE 2
As requested, I have attached the source code for the project developed with Visual Studio 08. It's not super clean since I put it together kind of rapidly, but it is decently commented. Anyone is welcome to modify this code and use it for your own personal development. Enjoy and let me know if you have any questions.
UPDATE
Attached a screenshot from my visual studio emulator. It should look the same as on the phone but with longer decimal values for the GPS coords.
Also attached the .cab files for the .NET framework that people were having issues with. I don't know if those will resolve the problems or not, but I developed the phone using the 3.5 compact framework. If you have that, a GPS chip on your phone, and WinMo 6 it should work for you.
Downloading, will try it and give you some feedback.
I'll try this out later. The compass feature is nice, something that nuePark doesn't have.
Thanks for pointing me to nuePark. I wish I had located it when I first did my searching, but then I wouldn't have created this. It looks like I unintentionally covered some peoples' requests for naming and multiple locations. Good times.
theres also an app called wm mini gps, or something along those lines. it will let you set a point, then navigate back to it later.
just my 2 cents
you can also do this in google maps.
The WM Mini GPS looks pretty cool. Google maps is ok, but only if you save it as a favorite. Not very good for temp stuff, and I'm not sure you can add a mark based on your current location (vs an address, which I know you can). I guess this app fuses the functionality and adds flexibility with naming and multiple spots. Thanks for pointing out both options.
bug in progam
smrtdrmmr thanx for the program but the prob is
immediately upon install my lil scroll wheel thingy (dont laugh) stop functioning normally instead of scrolling while browsing it activated the call volume function just like I had tapped the lil speaker icon....
That's really strange. It definitely didn't do that for me and I had to install/uninstall several times during the testing process. The installer is a generic project type based on the directions I got from MSDN. You might have some conflicting settings or something. Anyone else experience this?
This nice little utility works great on my Tilt. I'm gonna move this thread to Development and Hacking so it can have greater exposure for other devices.
Thanks
Tried it yesterday and it worked great!
Any way to get an arrow / graphic that works similar to a compass would, or is it just easier to have the words: SW / S...etc.
Thanks again!
I got the following error message once I tried to run it:
GParkS.exe
Exception
at Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr()
at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase._SetInfo()
at _System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase.set_MaxLength()
at GParkS.GParkS.InitializeComponent()
at GParkS.GParkS..ctor()
at GParkS.Program.Main()
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scotcha12345 said:
Tried it yesterday and it worked great!
Any way to get an arrow / graphic that works similar to a compass would, or is it just easier to have the words: SW / S...etc.
Thanks again!
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I thought about using an arrow that rotates around, but because the phone's orientation can change relative to the compass direction I thought it might be kind of confusing (I.e. it points left so you turn left and start walking but it keeps pointing left because it wants you to travel West and you have rotated the phone).
It would be possible for me to track the direction that someone is traveling and adjust the arrow accordingly, but again, phone orientation could vary and it's just more complicated to deal with. The compass directions are fixed so it keeps things simple and generic no matter what way you are pointing your phone.
fredcatsmommy said:
I got the following error message once I tried to run it:
GParkS.exe
Exception
at Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr()
at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase._SetInfo()
at _System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase.set_MaxLength()
at GParkS.GParkS.InitializeComponent()
at GParkS.GParkS..ctor()
at GParkS.Program.Main()
I am running a custom wm6.1 rom with netcf 3.5
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I haven't seen this before either so I did a little research and dug up this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-405749.html which then links here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2430410&postcount=390 I am not sure if this corresponds with my app or not, but you could check your registry setting and see if your problem matches the one described in the thread.
smrtdrmmr said:
I haven't seen this before either so I did a little research and dug up this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-405749.html which then links here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2430410&postcount=390 I am not sure if this corresponds with my app or not, but you could check your registry setting and see if your problem matches the one described in the thread.
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will do. thanks
fredcatsmommy said:
will do. thanks
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that wasn't the problem; my registry was fine.
doesn`t work for me too. I have net fram 3.5 and i get a window with a german text, somthing like: there is a error that can`t be displayed because i have not installed "NETCFv35Messages.DE.wm.cab" ?
I press okay, the app started and i first tried to change for miles to kilometers, now the app crashes completly with a unexpected error (no luck today)
Hope this helps you finding the Bugs.
smrtdrmmr said:
The other day I was at a football game where I had to park on a golf course far from the stadium and ended up wandering around for 20 minutes trying to locate the car afterward.
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Parking at the Rose Bowl sucks, huh. You get used to it after a few trips. Now I just need a phone with gps
Any hope of getting some screen shots of this?
All the photos I take get captioned with "SAMSUNG". This is lame and I'd like to shut it off but I have no idea where the setting is. Anyone know?
I don't know the answer, but I echo the desire.
Iictinike said:
All the photos I take get captioned with "SAMSUNG". This is lame and I'd like to shut it off but I have no idea where the setting is. Anyone know?
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Not sure exactly what "caption" you're referring to. There's no "Samsung" watermark or anything appearing on my photos.
Now, having said this, if you are referring to EXIF data and the fact that by default Windows Vista, 7, and MacOS 10.5.x will display EXIF data fields when browsing a folder filled with images this is normal.
This is a feature, and it's not a new one. Every digital camera on earth made in at least the last 10 years inputs quite a bit of data into the EXIF header of images captured by it. Date, time, f-stop, focal length, even geotag data is stored in the EXIF header. All sorts of info is stored in an image EXIF header. So this is entirely normal. If this is the first time you've ever seen this, then you either have a newer PC for the first time, or this is your first decent camera.
You can disable the display of (or even add tons more) of these specialized folder data fields by right clicking on their header and adding or disabling fields as you desire.
You can also strip EXIF information from images with 3rd party software and/or batch image processing tools.
If merely seeing the word Samsung disturbs you, disable that field in the folder your browsing images in.
Here's an example image showing an example of the selectable nature of fields on my Win7 laptop...
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/t5o2i_tTk1bGzn3Lpv0U5Z1iAXCqSw7wiOmYyza8_dQ
^ I think the point is to be able to eidt this field to show something other than SAMSUNG. I would prefer it to show as "Samsung Vibrant" for instance.
Iictinike said:
All the photos I take get captioned with "SAMSUNG". This is lame and I'd like to shut it off but I have no idea where the setting is. Anyone know?
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Can you please explain what you mean by "caption". Are you referring to EXIF data as masterotaku described?
I think I stumbled on frames on my Vibrant camera app, but I don't recall how or where. I think one was just "SAMSUNG" on the bottom. I can't find it with my Captivate camera app, so that's all the help I can give.
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I think I stumbled on frames on my Vibrant camera app, but I don't recall how or where. I think one was just "SAMSUNG" on the bottom. I can't find it with my Captivate camera app, so that's all the help I can give.
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"stumbled on frames" what does that mean??
I clicked something in the mess of a TW dialer/contacts app that brought me to the camera with a frame enabled. MySpace type photo junk.. Flashy graphics around the edges of the shot, and swiping left and right changed the image. I'm pretty sure one of them was just the Samsung logo in the corner.
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I clicked something in the mess of a TW dialer/contacts app that brought me to the camera with a frame enabled. MySpace type photo junk.. Flashy graphics around the edges of the shot, and swiping left and right changed the image. I'm pretty sure one of them was just the Samsung logo in the corner.
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Are you referring to the "Audio Postcard" app?
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^ I think the point is to be able to eidt this field to show something other than SAMSUNG. I would prefer it to show as "Samsung Vibrant" for instance.
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It technically does say it but Vibrant is replaced with SGH-T959
E.G.
File Size: 998 kb - 1913 x 1435
Camera Make: SAMSUNG
Camera Model: SGH-T959
Date/Time: 2010:08:20 15:40:12
Resolution: 1913 x 1435
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 3.8mm
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/2.6
ISO Equiv.: 50
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: center weight
Exposure: program (auto)
GPS Latitude: S 0d 0m 0.00s
GPS Longitude: W 0d 0m 0.00s
Location: 0° 0′ 0.00″ S 0° 0′ 0.00″ W
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Are you referring to the "Audio Postcard" app?
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That must be it - it was before I removed bloat, and I haven't seen it since. I guess that isn't what the OP was talking about, then. Not that he's come around to tell us.
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Not sure exactly what "caption" you're referring to. There's no "Samsung" watermark or anything appearing on my photos.
Now, having said this, if you are referring to EXIF data and the fact that by default Windows Vista, 7, and MacOS 10.5.x will display EXIF data fields when browsing a folder filled with images this is normal.
This is a feature, and it's not a new one. Every digital camera on earth made in at least the last 10 years inputs quite a bit of data into the EXIF header of images captured by it. Date, time, f-stop, focal length, even geotag data is stored in the EXIF header. All sorts of info is stored in an image EXIF header. So this is entirely normal. If this is the first time you've ever seen this, then you either have a newer PC for the first time, or this is your first decent camera.
You can disable the display of (or even add tons more) of these specialized folder data fields by right clicking on their header and adding or disabling fields as you desire.
You can also strip EXIF information from images with 3rd party software and/or batch image processing tools.
If merely seeing the word Samsung disturbs you, disable that field in the folder your browsing images in.
Here's an example image showing an example of the selectable nature of fields on my Win7 laptop...
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Yes. The EXIF data caption field. I didn't think anyone would mistake what I said for anything else.
It's not a feature. That's a field for user comments attached to the image, not for some asshole programmer to stick a plug for the camera model in there when there's already a standard field for the maker and model of camera.
Yes, I know I can edit it, yes I know where it's stored. Yes I know I can batch strip it and no, this isn't my first digital camera. (You like to talk down to people eh?). I've been using "newer PC's" and digital camera's since you were wetting your bed.
My question was simple. Is there a setting buried somewhere or a file I can edit to disable this phone from tagging "SAMSUNG" in the caption field? If not, then I'll batch script stripping the thing out of there. PITA and I shouldn't have to because some puke stuck it in there.
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Yes. The EXIF data caption field. I didn't think anyone would mistake what I said for anything else.
It's not a feature. That's a field for user comments attached to the image, not for some asshole programmer to stick a plug for the camera model in there when there's already a standard field for the maker and model of camera.
Yes, I know I can edit it, yes I know where it's stored. Yes I know I can batch strip it and no, this isn't my first digital camera. (You like to talk down to people eh?). I've been using "newer PC's" and digital camera's since you were wetting your bed.
My question was simple. Is there a setting buried somewhere or a file I can edit to disable this phone from tagging "SAMSUNG" in the caption field? If not, then I'll batch script stripping the thing out of there. PITA and I shouldn't have to because some puke stuck it in there.
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Firstly you're question was extremely vague to start with, so I was feeling out what appeared to be a "newbie" post. If you felt like I was speaking down to you, I apologize, but making vague posts leads people to assume that the poster is incapable of providing specifics. You did not provide any, and now you're ranting like a 5 year old. Will this follow with "your mom" comments??
(Just to be clear I am now DELIBERATELY speaking down to you, not unintentionally as before...your insults were unnecessary.)
Secondly, I'm 43, so I doubt you were doing anything other than wetting your own bed or not even existing when I was doing the same to mine. Grow up ok? TYVM.
Thirdly, Yes EXIF *IS* a feature, and NOT a user only area for applying comments. Ever since the standard was formally created twelve years ago almost ALL digital cameras have been using this header to deposit camera setting and date/time stamp information (and even Manufacturer names). Some (very very few) cameras have allowed this feature to be disabled, but this is rare. Exceedingly rare. Most professional photographers who need to create custom user "comments" in images use the IPTC IIM metadata standard to put user comments in things like images, because that's precisely what it is designed for. EXIF on the other hand is not. That's not to say you cannot modify EXIF data, it's merely that EXIF is not conducive to your concept of a "user comment". It wasn't designed for that. In other words, you're confusing the two and their purposes.
Fourth, some "puke" didn't stick it in there. A programmer who writes digital camera firmware followed a common convention followed by every other camera manufacturer in the world. Most people consider EXIF header information a feature, though there are some who wish to not have EXIF info in their publicly available pictures for privacy reasons. Some people don't want their public photographs with date/time stamps and geolocation info. That sort of thing...
That is easily stripped in those circumstances with common free image processing software. Irfanview just to name one off the top of my head. All photo upload services (that I have used) strip this info in public galleries as well, owing to the obvious potential for liability.
Being annoyed that Samsung wants to put it's name in the EXIF header of images taken on a camera they designed....that's just friggin bizarre, but to each his own.
Finally, It's not going to be some simple little "toggle" or setting as it's a function of the camera software itself. Samsung has released most of their source code true, but not for their proprietary apps. Camera driver source exists, but not the camera software itself. You'll likely have to just put up with ....
1). Being an obnoxious twit
2). Waiting for CM6.1
3). Adjusting your tinfoil hat
p.s. If you think the word "SAMSUNG" in the "ImageDescription" field is some evil Samsung conspiracy (especially considering in most situations you have to go out of your way to see it in the first place), well I have bad news for you. They are apparently in cahoots with Olympus, Panasonic, Sony, Nikon, and Kodak from what I see in a cursory examination of my photo library. You could also try to reverse engineer Samsung's camera software of course. Good luck with that after you finish your tantrum.
ZING!!!!!! i hate to say it but homie you were just informed... lol
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ZING!!!!!! i hate to say it but homie you were just informed... lol
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Just not seeing it. It's a wordy, smell your own farts kind of thing with very little fact. Impressive to people used to 4chan or Digg, but really not a decent burn.
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Just not seeing it. It's a wordy, smell your own farts kind of thing with very little fact. Impressive to people used to 4chan or Digg, but really not a decent burn.
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At least no more juvenile bed wetting comments this time. I try to be wordy to be clear, though I admit I was a bit ticked at the pointless insults. I sincerely meant it when I apologized if I had come across in the initial reply as speaking down to you, though I still don't see what I might have said.
Still, EXIF headers being what they actually are, along with what IPTC headers are, and what practically all digital cameras made in the last decade do are considerable facts you seem capable of ignoring. Sigh...
Seriously though, it's a function of the camera software, which is closed source. It's not too terribly hard to attempt to hex and diff your way around the contents of the camera and camera-firmware apk's, and I actually did just this. The real brick wall here is not having the source, because it isn't available.
I'd say wait for CM6.1, which will likely use (or at least allow the use of) the aosp version of the camera software. From there you can likely eliminate the creation of EXIF data in the image headers.
Just seems like a colossal waste of time to care....Good luck.
I agree with masterotaku, your OP was very vague. Plus, its not called a "caption", its metadata. I took a look at the metadata/EXIF data on my images and the only reference to SAMSUNG i see is
Equipment Make: SAMSUNG
Camera Model: SGH-T959
There are many other fields you can use to add your comments or tags. You are the minority, most people, including me, would hate if they left this data out.
So why exactly do you want this data stripped?
Most folks probably aren't aware of this, but by default, location tagging is enabled in the camera. So, depending on your location settings, the exact location of where the picture was taken gets embedded in the exif data of the image. This is not a problem unless you share your pics on public forums/facebook, etc.
If you want this sort of functionality, do nothing. If you don't, disable the location tagging in the camera app under settings.
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Most folks probably aren't aware of this, but by default, location tagging is enabled in the camera. So, depending on your location settings, the exact location of where the picture was taken gets embedded in the exif data of the image. This is not a problem unless you share your pics on public forums/facebook, etc.
If you want this sort of functionality, do nothing. If you don't, disable the location tagging in the camera app under settings.
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funny thing is the screen protector our phones come with out of the box states this exactly... but oh so many dont read..
lazydazed said:
funny thing is the screen protector our phones come with out of the box states this exactly... but oh so many dont read..
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Well yes, but it's never been on by default (in the camera) and that message is generic, and not exactly intended for the camera.
Check Me Out On The Google Play Store!!!
Sent From My HTC Evo 4G LTE, On The Now Network From Sprint!
Another warning is that by default the pictures are set to only 6 megapixels. When you enable widescreen it simply crops down an 8mp picture to the resolution of a 6mp one
I've been using quickpic as my default viewer. Looking through the options, there are none to do anything with exif data when sharing. I've been in contact with the author to hopefully add a setting to preferences.
Something along the lines of
Strip gps exif data when sharing
* always
* never
* prompt
This would be the ideal solution. I'd probably leave mine on prompt since I only really share to dropbox. But still, any pic that is shared publicly should probably have gps data removed.
Obscuracam strips all of the exif data by default when you use it to take pictures. Not sure if when open already taken pictures and strip them, kinda seems like that when I opened one and then saved it, it asked me if I wanted to keep the original.
Just go into settings and turn it off if you don't want GPS tagging. Really simple solution!
SteelH said:
Just go into settings and turn it off if you don't want GPS tagging. Really simple solution!
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This!
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
While it is true you can disable this feature, the point of this thread was to inform folks that it's on by default.
Please refer to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691756
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funny thing is the screen protector our phones come with out of the box states this exactly... but oh so many dont read..
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best buy mobile removed mine for me, so I never read it...