PlanetEye, digital cameras and gps
June 7th, 2007While poking around on linkedin’s “who looked at your profile” feature today, I stumbled upon a colleague who now works at PlanetEye. Interesting name, so I tried the domain and it’s locked down. I googled it and figure out the company is working towards capitalizing on digital cameras equipped with GPS - which no doubt will become standard hardware at some point. I think there is great opportunity in this space, I posted something about the idea a little while ago on the old blog and would love to see someone take full advantage of it.
Aside from the obvious privacy concerns, imagine all digital photos geo-tagged. Pretty neat. But imagine it one step further, where digital images are not only geo-tagged, but tagged with directional information - i.e. inclination and right ascension (never thought I would use those terms again!). So you know where the photo was taken AND the angle the camera was at the time it was shot. Imagine a database of images coupled with this information and little luck… You might be able to render 3D images of almost anything, bring mapping to a whole new level, maybe apply the maps to games, who knows…
I’m glad someone is taking advantage. I can’t wait to see what they come up with.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:49 am
And completely destroy the joy of discovery…
June 11th, 2007 at 10:50 am
..as well as the idea of “my special place”.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Yikes. No one said every picture you take would be broadcast to ‘the man’ with these tags attached. Where’s your sense of adventure?
With respect to discovery, it is often encouraged through photography - people see a place and want to visit it. And don’t worry - others know about your special place already. It’s not just yours.
July 22nd, 2007 at 7:17 am
I’ve had a chance to see this project, this company develop from the ground up and take shape over the past couple of years, and to use the site, to contribute toward building a database of information and photography that’s truly fantastic. I can tell you that this is a very cool Internet app, and it’s uses are actually far more numerous than you can think just off the top of your head.
It is locked down at the moment, whilst facelifting is taking place, but shoudl be back and ready to beta test before long. I would check back on it soon, I think you’ll actually quite like this. Cheers.