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How to to activate the gps photo

How to to activate the gps photo on the TytnII (like the Artemis)
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\
in the folder called P9 change the value "enabled" from 0 to 1.
Now if you launch the camera you must find a new menu called "gps photo".
When you shot a photo in this way the tytn write the position (lat and long) in the exif data of the photo.

Cool. Note that GPS photo doesn't show up in the menu -- it's another camera mode, like photo/video/contacts/etc.

3waygeek said:
Cool. Note that GPS photo doesn't show up in the menu -- it's another camera mode, like photo/video/contacts/etc.
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Sure, excuse me for my bad english and poor explanation.
For a free exif reader
http://www.takenet.or.jp/~ryuuji/minisoft/exifread/english/
You can use the lat and long in google maps, in TomTom etc.

How does this work?
Do you need to connect the GPS first? ... with what? The Camera software?
Please if you can be more detail ....

When you select GPS Photo, the camera software turns GPS on itself if you're not connected already...

Thanks for the info. This is like adding GPS function to the Trinity
Now I have photos with GPS coordinates. How can I add them into Google Map? Thanks

isomaniac said:
Thanks for the info. This is like adding GPS function to the Trinity
Now I have photos with GPS coordinates. How can I add them into Google Map? Thanks
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If you want to simply view the point in google maps:
with exif reader read the coordinates of the photo i.e
GPSLatitudeRef : N
GPSLatitude : 41 0706 [DMS]
GPSLongitudeRef : E
GPSLongitude : 14 5225 [DMS]
Now open google maps and write in "find" the coordinates in this way
41 07' 06'' 14 52' 25''
Google maps show you the point were you have take the photo!

isomaniac said:
Now I have photos with GPS coordinates. How can I add them into Google Map? Thanks
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It's called geo tagging in google.
Use the picassa image software from google. if you load the photo's in there, the tool will recognize the coordinates and by following a menu it will bring you to the location in google earth (which you already have of coarse). It shows the photo (and all other photo's geotagged) indexed by picassa in Google earth.

angelus1753 said:
It's called geo tagging in google.
Use the picassa image software from google. if you load the photo's in there, the tool will recognize the coordinates and by following a menu it will bring you to the location in google earth (which you already have of coarse). It shows the photo (and all other photo's geotagged) indexed by picassa in Google earth.
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Thanks, but I want to see them in Google Map, is this possible? Any different procedures?

angelus1753 said:
It's called geo tagging in google.
Use the picassa image software from google. if you load the photo's in there, the tool will recognize the coordinates and by following a menu it will bring you to the location in google earth (which you already have of coarse). It shows the photo (and all other photo's geotagged) indexed by picassa in Google earth.
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I have Picassa and Google Earth installed. But I do now know the steps, would you mind list the steps?
Thanks.

KOOL
KOOL stuff guys lets get playing with the kaiser

I saw some register string 2 days ago but i didn't dare to mes with it. But now i will give it a try and hope it will not messup my phone!
Thanks!

I have confirmed this wors great it starts the GPS as soon as you select this option in camera mode! Nice find thank you!

travegliaesogno said:
How to to activate the gps photo on the TytnII (like the Artemis)
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\
in the folder called P9 change the value "enabled" from 0 to 1.
Now if you launch the camera you must find a new menu called "gps photo".
When you shot a photo in this way the tytn write the position (lat and long) in the exif data of the photo.
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why dont settings/features like this ship on? makes me think im missing a ton of things???

Lavachild said:
why dont settings/features like this ship on? makes me think im missing a ton of things???
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Well, that's because you are missing a lot of things, that's why this forum is here, to show us what we're missing

Made a pic but no change
Hello - I changed the registry and I do have no the GPS item under camera but the pics are normal and there is no added information ?
What I`m doing wrong ?

peter7 said:
Hello - I changed the registry and I do have no the GPS item under camera but the pics are normal and there is no added information ?
What I`m doing wrong ?
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Read post #1 and #3 again..... The position information is stored in the EXIF information of each photo.

Hi, I've just activated this and I am getting the GPS photo on screen with the GPS on. But when I take a photo there is no location data on it. Anyone have any ideas?

travegliaesogno said:
How to to activate the gps photo on the TytnII (like the Artemis)
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\
in the folder called P9 change the value "enabled" from 0 to 1.
Now if you launch the camera you must find a new menu called "gps photo".
When you shot a photo in this way the tytn write the position (lat and long) in the exif data of the photo.
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Forgive my ignorance. I'm assuming the regedit for the TyTN II? How do I get there?
If for the PC, I don't have it and can someone explain how that would adjust the setting on the phone?

Use PHM RegEdit
Here is the link http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/

Has anyone actually taken a GPS photo that worked?

I'm not sure if the GPS camera option is actually taking photos and storing GPS data. The LAT/LONG data is not in the exif of any photos I've taken using the GPS camera. I've taken pictures with and without GPS test running in the background. And yes I had a GPS fix when I've tried taking these pictures.
Can anyone confirm or deny please? Please tell me what I'm doing incorrectly.
TYIA

sure, it works great
http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gpsexiffromkaisernq3.png

Yeah works great! Took a couple of pictures out of an airline plane and compared with google earth at home

Brevi said:
Yeah works great! Took a couple of pictures out of an airline plane and compared with google earth at home
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Please turn of all electronic devices on board aircraft.

we3zy said:
Please turn of all electronic devices on board aircraft.
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Dude... It is receiver not transmitter and also airplane has GPS, so who would care
Anyway: POLL:
What do you think will happen if you will cross the 1000 km/h speed?
a) Phone explodes!
b) nothing, it counts from 0 again as it has only 3 digits for speed in TomTom

Thanks guys. What are you using the view the location data? Maybe I'm just not using the right program.

arexben said:
Thanks guys. What are you using the view the location data? Maybe I'm just not using the right program.
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google earth?

I use ExifRead to see the Lat/Lon coordinates, then just find it in Google Earth. I believe you can get it here: http://www.tawbaware.com/exifread.zip

whats a GPS photo? will I ever have use for it?
tvos

tvos said:
whats a GPS photo? will I ever have use for it?
tvos
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Maybe you will go somewhere, take a photo of something interesting, after some time find the photo in your archive and ask "Where the hell did I take this one?"
BUM! GPS info and you're back from pre-Alzheimer stage

can i ask you which program have you used to see the Exif information?
i'd like to put my GPS photo in google earth but i don't know what i've to do

Picasa will read the pictures but you (well I) need to modify the Exif data before I import them otherwise the GPS co-ords are not read. Once Picasa can see the GPS data then it will upload to your web albums.
I use: exiftool <foldername> -r -GPSVersionID=2.2.0.0

lelebianconero said:
can i ask you which program have you used to see the Exif information?
i'd like to put my GPS photo in google earth but i don't know what i've to do
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It's irfanview

gabriel31337 said:
Dude... It is receiver not transmitter and also airplane has GPS, so who would care
Anyway: POLL:
What do you think will happen if you will cross the 1000 km/h speed?
a) Phone explodes!
b) nothing, it counts from 0 again as it has only 3 digits for speed in TomTom
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I can at least tell u what will happen if you keep up high speed for a couple of time (in other words: move some hundreds of kilometres):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=352747

lelebianconero said:
can i ask you which program have you used to see the Exif information?
i'd like to put my GPS photo in google earth but i don't know what i've to do
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I used Irfanview with the "EXIF Plugin" installed. When you view the EXIF Data there is a button in the corner, that sends you right to the location in Google Earth.

arexben said:
Thanks guys. What are you using the view the location data? Maybe I'm just not using the right program.
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I had trouble with this too at first anyway. I presume you already had the GPS option or you have enabled the GPS option for your camera (my UK T-Mobile MDA Vario III had it disabled by default!)?
If so, take the picture, then go here www.gpsvisualizer.com
It's very simple - you upload the picture, choose the output format and click GO!

ladytoast said:
Picasa will read the pictures but you (well I) need to modify the Exif data before I import them otherwise the GPS co-ords are not read. Once Picasa can see the GPS data then it will upload to your web albums.
I use: exiftool <foldername> -r -GPSVersionID=2.2.0.0
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Hello, I need some help. I have lots of GPS _xxx.jpg photos taken by TyTN GPS Photo. All of them shown GPS coordinates in their EXIF info when I view them in ACDSee. None of them can shown their locations in Google Maps when I upload them to Picasaweb.
I downloaded exiftool but when I type your stated command line commands, it said the file not found GPSVersionID=2.2.0.0
Would you further advise me how can I "fix" these photos so that Picasaweb can correctly show their locations in Google Maps?
Thanks.

flickr reads the location correctly. for me i just email the photos to my flickr account and then you can map out all you pictures on their site. you do need to turn on the gps option in your flickr settings.

gabriel31337 said:
Maybe you will go somewhere, take a photo of something interesting, after some time find the photo in your archive and ask "Where the hell did I take this one?"
BUM! GPS info and you're back from pre-Alzheimer stage
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Haa Haa good one..Yup Google is about only Exif capable app at the mo.
As for using any receiver on a plane....GODDAM you are at 30,000 feet on average most of the time, do you not think that ANY delicate TX/RX lines are not sheilded from external radio sources at that height?? Internal sheilding is just the same...pretext was, they wern't sure of radio interference...THAT was 8 years ago...Now they are sure...that they can charge money for you using your phone or WiFi on a plane safely...Money, Money MONEY...

Farsquidge said:
As for using any receiver on a plane....GODDAM you are at 30,000 feet on average most of the time, do you not think that ANY delicate TX/RX lines are not sheilded from external radio sources at that height?? Internal sheilding is just the same...pretext was, they wern't sure of radio interference...THAT was 8 years ago...Now they are sure...that they can charge money for you using your phone or WiFi on a plane safely...Money, Money MONEY...
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Yeah, plus I had phone/wifi/bt turned of. Only GPS turned on, which is just a receiver.
A portable DVD-player or an electric razor sends out much more radiation than that.

Camera searching for GPS?

Was playing around with the camera and noticed that pressing left at the photo option changes to a mode where it tries to initialize the GPS.. Just wondering what mode and what this does? (pressing the left key at the photo mode)

GPS Photo, takes pictures and records GPS coordinates

mine shows initializing GPS.. and doesnt do anything.. is there something i have to configure?

You must be in open air and get a fix for your GPS, in this way the coordinates of where the picture was taken will be inserted in the picture properties

Disable GPS Photo
You should IMMEDIATELY disable GPS Photo. The Tilt is notoriously awful when it comes to getting a GPS lock under any circumstances, and you don't want to go through the abort procedure every time you try to take a picture.

how would i disable GPS Photo? What do you mean closing GPS everytime I wanna take a pic?
I'm loading tomtom right now.. and its been copying the files for nearly an hour and a half..

jdmba said:
You should IMMEDIATELY disable GPS Photo. The Tilt is notoriously awful when it comes to getting a GPS lock under any circumstances, and you don't want to go through the abort procedure every time you try to take a picture.
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I don't think it is that urgent to do, if at all needed. The camera program will start in the last mode it was used the last time, if you use it in the photo mode, then next time it will start in the photo mode and the GPS Photo mode will not be activated.

seemon said:
how would i disable GPS Photo? What do you mean closing GPS everytime I wanna take a pic?
I'm loading tomtom right now.. and its been copying the files for nearly an hour and a half..
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if you don't think you will need the GPS photo mode in the future, disable the GPS Photo mode is available in the KaiserTweak program (from the stickies)

jdmba said:
You should IMMEDIATELY disable GPS Photo. The Tilt is notoriously awful when it comes to getting a GPS lock under any circumstances, and you don't want to go through the abort procedure every time you try to take a picture.
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I've never had a problem getting a GPS lock with my Tilt. I do navigation for a living and it's pretty damn close if not usually right on.

I took some pictures with GPS camera... Now what? Where is the fun in this? Which program will show where my photo is taking?

Guys,
If you are not satisfied with the inbuilt photo tagging feature in the tilt, please try out GeoTerrestrial Geotagger, which works as an add-on to the GPSToday today-screen plugin. (Both totally free).
1) The GeoTagger add-on can be set to automatically geo-tag (aka geocode) your device pictures as soon as they are taken.
2) The geo-location is added to your pictures' JPEG Exif data so you don't need to perform any extra steps or maintain additional pieces of data.
3) Flickr will automatically recognize the geo-location of pictures geo-tagged with GPSToday GeoTagger.
4) Flexible: You are not restricted to automatic geo-tagging with GPS location only. You can also geotag specific pictures with whatever location you want, by selecting the location on the GPSToday map.
5) Coming Soon: View your geo-tagged pictures on the map itself within GPSToday. Find pictures "near" a location, from within GPSToday.
6) To install the GeoTagger add-on, install or update to the latest version of GPSToday, and simply select "GeoTag Pictures" from the Map>More menu in GPSToday.
From your Desktop: http://www.geoterrestrial.com
From your Device : http://m.geoterrestrial.com
You can follow an earlier thread about GPSToday at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=370384&page=18
Thanks!

pandaboyy said:
I took some pictures with GPS camera... Now what? Where is the fun in this? Which program will show where my photo is taking?
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Try this one http://www.gpsvisualizer.com

pandaboyy said:
I took some pictures with GPS camera... Now what? Where is the fun in this? Which program will show where my photo is taking?
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Picasa
http://picasa.google.com/

You sure it works with Picasa, cause I get nothing ...

Since I changed to my new radio, I never have problems getting locks and I used to have hella problems with my tilt.

Question about KaiserTweak function

Hey, I was having some trouble with my TyTN's camera where taking a picture is really really delayed, it was taking a picture literally two or three seconds after I pressed the button.
Now, I inquired about this and someone told me KaiserTweak has an option under Camera to set the camera delay, but in the newest version of the KaiserTweak this option has been removed.
It seems like it would really help and I think I just need the old .cab version but I can't find any older versions of the tool.
Does anyone know why it was removed and/or where I can find an older version?
Cheers.

deXtrous said:
Hey, I was having some trouble with my TyTN's camera where taking a picture is really really delayed, it was taking a picture literally two or three seconds after I pressed the button.
Now, I inquired about this and someone told me KaiserTweak has an option under Camera to set the camera delay, but in the newest version of the KaiserTweak this option has been removed.
It seems like it would really help and I think I just need the old .cab version but I can't find any older versions of the tool.
Does anyone know why it was removed and/or where I can find an older version?
Cheers.
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It was the version from june which had this option, i'm not aware of a newer version than that.
Also, is there a reason you didn't post this in the kaisertweaks thread?

sounds like you got the camera set to full press. you'll need change to half press and maybe turn the shutter sound off. you do this in the settings that are available while the camera is use uses

cogcaviz24 said:
sounds like you got the camera set to full press. you'll need change to half press and maybe turn the shutter sound off. you do this in the settings that are available while the camera is use uses
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Thanks, I did this but still it gives a 2 or 3 second delay where if I move my phone the slightest it will capture a blurry image..
The shutter speed is soo damn slow, this has to be the worst camera tool I've ever used on a phone..
Is there no way to reduce the massive delay?
thanks again.

scotchua said:
Also, is there a reason you didn't post this in the kaisertweaks thread?
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Seconded.
deXtrous said:
Thanks, I did this but still it gives a 2 or 3 second delay where if I move my phone the slightest it will capture a blurry image..
The shutter speed is soo damn slow, this has to be the worst camera tool I've ever used on a phone..
Is there no way to reduce the massive delay?
thanks again.
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KaiserTweak's Capture Delay setting works for me on every ROM that I run. If you set the camera app to Half Press, and the delay to 0 seconds, but it's still not working, then it sounds like you've got some registry corruption going on there.

NotATreoFan said:
Seconded.
KaiserTweak's Capture Delay setting works for me on every ROM that I run. If you set the camera app to Half Press, and the delay to 0 seconds, but it's still not working, then it sounds like you've got some registry corruption going on there.
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The thing is I have no option to set the delay to 0, which is what I need.. The current version of KaiserTweak does not have this feature so I need an older version if anyone has a copy??

deXtrous said:
The thing is I have no option to set the delay to 0, which is what I need.. The current version of KaiserTweak does not have this feature so I need an older version if anyone has a copy??
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KaiserTweak was originally written by Chainfire, but updated XML files are put out by Nikagl. Check out his thread here.

HTC Touch Diamond Camera Lag

As you all probably know, when taking a picture with this phone the camera takes about five seconds to actually take the picture after pressing the button. I did a search and read that I could go into the registry and change a couple things, which I did. However, that did not change the capture time. Does anyone know a fix?

its not neccessary to edit the registry, just search around the options
menue->advanced settings
should be the first entry
greets

Thanks but the first entry is the review time after the picture is taken, used to see what the picture looks like. Not what I was looking to change.

Same problem here, 5 seconds of lag, it makes the sound and the people move thinkink that the picture had been taken but oohh surprise .... so I always get a ghost picture LOL

Same here .... Is totally imposible to take a photo ghost-free

can we use another app to take picture? I know that coolcamera works beautifully with my HTC prophet. Does coolcamera work with touch diamond? Anyone tried? Or any better apps for the camera? HTC camera never respond quickly no matter in what devices. I guess we need to replace the HTC camera with something else.

If you have a delay in taking a photo just change the settings using the Advanced Configuration Tool. Under the camera options, capture delay should be disabled, key delay disabled and capture key delay set to zero.
also, try this:
HKLM/Software/HTC/Camera/Captparam/
and set
CaptureTimer = 0 (old=5000)
Two more things to do - go into the camera advanced settings (in the camera itself) and turn off the click sounds and set the review time to no limit. With those changes I think I have a working camera here...

bugsykoosh said:
If you have a delay in taking a photo just change the settings using the Advanced Configuration Tool. Under the camera options, capture delay should be disabled, key delay disabled and capture key delay set to zero.
also, try this:
HKLM/Software/HTC/Camera/Captparam/
and set
CaptureTimer = 0 (old=5000)
Two more things to do - go into the camera advanced settings (in the camera itself) and turn off the click sounds and set the review time to no limit. With those changes I think I have a working camera here...
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I know where click sounds and review time are. But How do i get to capture delay, key delay, ect. I know you said use advanced configuration tool. Does that come on the phone? If so how do i get to it? Or is it only on the diamond. Im new to xda and I dont see a thread for the HTC Touch Pro. Which is the phone im using. So I assume anything in the HTC Diamond threads would work with my phone.

Oh I think i just came across it by mistake while reading through threads
is this what you were talking about that i need to have.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418151

I have advanced config, but under the camera catagory, there is only 'save location' and 'gps photo'.

momoegy6x said:
I have advanced config, but under the camera catagory, there is only 'save location' and 'gps photo'.
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really? Because last night i read through that thread from the link i posted. And i went to the website of advanced config and it shows everything it does. HAlf of it I dont understand. BUt in the list under camera options it showed capture delay should be disabled, key delay disabled and capture key delay set.
But I saw alot of people saying they messed up there phone playing with settings so i havent installed it yet.
DO you have the new version of advanced config?
Cause i would love to speed up my camera

tek79 said:
I know where click sounds and review time are. But How do i get to capture delay, key delay, ect. I know you said use advanced configuration tool. Does that come on the phone? If so how do i get to it? Or is it only on the diamond. Im new to xda and I dont see a thread for the HTC Touch Pro. Which is the phone im using. So I assume anything in the HTC Diamond threads would work with my phone.
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The Touch pro is the Raphael. Here's an article on Advanced Configuration: http://www.fuzemobility.com/?p=203
You should check out the tips/tricks at fuzemobility.com as well. The Fuze is a variant of the Touch pro and they're identical except for a few things like a push to talk button...

tek79 said:
I know where click sounds and review time are. But How do i get to capture delay, key delay, ect. I know you said use advanced configuration tool. Does that come on the phone? If so how do i get to it? Or is it only on the diamond. Im new to xda and I dont see a thread for the HTC Touch Pro. Which is the phone im using. So I assume anything in the HTC Diamond threads would work with my phone.
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Download Regedit for HTC or whatever register editor and go to HKLM/Software/HTC/Camera/Captparam/ there you can edit and modify the timer, with all these tricks the camera is working a little bit better, but Im still getting ghost pictures... I give up with this phone ........

to tek: i had the wrong advanced config. the latest one does have all the camera things. and it works. the lag is only probably about a second and a half know.

Camera Advanced Settings
Msd deleted; problem disappeared for no reason; just as it appeared