Geotagging and camera questions - Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've read everywhere in reviews and such that the Nexus One has geotagging and a macro mode in its camera.
Can anyone tell me where geotagging is in the camera app? I can't see any reference or mention to geotagging throughout the phone.
I also can't see any options for macro mode in the camera.

hackm0d said:
I've read everywhere in reviews and such that the Nexus One has geotagging and a macro mode in its camera.
Can anyone tell me where geotagging is in the camera app? I can't see any reference or mention to geotagging throughout the phone.
I also can't see any options for macro mode in the camera.
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Look in the settings in the camera app, but I believe geotagging is a default option. In Froyo it looks like the GPS satellite icon.

Nope, can't find anything. I'm still on Eclair.

There is a geotagging option for sure, and it's in the camera. I remember turning it on. It's not called "geotagging", though. Might be "Tag photos" or something like that.

by default in eclair, if you leave gps active and take a photo, it should geotag.

Jack_R1 said:
There is a geotagging option for sure, and it's in the camera. I remember turning it on. It's not called "geotagging", though. Might be "Tag photos" or something like that.
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Nope, this is what I see:
Flash Mode
White Balance
Anti Banding
Color effect
Store location
Picture size
Picture quality
Focus mode
Focus sound
No geotagging or macro mode.
behelit said:
by default in eclair, if you leave gps active and take a photo, it should geotag.
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It doesn't though, even after the Compass and Maps app gets a lock.

When you take a pic the beast puts some data with the pic, (date, time, focal length, pixels,....) and if the GPS is on 'n running (and thus knows where U R..) it will add GPS location info...(latitude, longtitude... etc..)
So,, when you then later look at Pic (on 'phone with, presumably, suitable APP [I ain't seen how to see these data with gallery] - or on PC with any number of bits of SW [I use gThumb on Linux]) you can see & do things with the GPS data...) you can see where you woz...
Some cameras (expensive usually) also GPS-tag pics... almost all digital snaps in my experience come with all the other tag data...
See also..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotagged_photo.
Further I assume you RTMF'd first...
The excellent Android Users Guide for 2.2 p 259 has this wee entry...
To view the location of a picture in Google Maps
If you have configured Camera to save location data with your pictures (see “Changing
Camera settings” on page 245), you can view the location where you took the picture
in Google Maps.
1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu.
2 Touch More.
3 Touch Show on map.
Google Maps opens, centered on the location stored in the picture.
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- it works, I just tried it..
- read 'n enjoy!!
http://www.google.com/support/phone/bin/answer.py?en&answer=182077
I'm pretty sure it worked like this in 2.1 also...
Also Googles must use the GPS tag info when linking from photo to other stuff....
Cheers 'n hope-that-helps...
Lodger

hackm0d said:
I've read everywhere in reviews and such that the Nexus One has geotagging and a macro mode in its camera.
Can anyone tell me where geotagging is in the camera app? I can't see any reference or mention to geotagging throughout the phone.
I also can't see any options for macro mode in the camera.
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on 2.1, there is an option in 'settings' for security and location, which says store location in pictures, or something similar. give it a looksee.
once you've found that option, install GPSstatus from the market, and make sure you have a 'location lock' before you start shooting. it will affirm that your gps is working (1) and that your camera has access to the gps (2) for tagging.
after taking a picture, the 'info' bit should reveal 'show on maps' or soemthing similar. you can also see the GPS coordinates in decent image viewers like: picasa, mac preview, etc

"Store location" = geotagging.
Wait until you see GPS symbol, that'll say that GPS is locked and the location is accurate.

hackm0d said:
Nope, this is what I see:
Flash Mode
White Balance
Anti Banding
Color effect
Store location
Picture size
Picture quality
Focus mode
Focus sound
No geotagging or macro mode.
It doesn't though, even after the Compass and Maps app gets a lock.
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umm yeah, store location is the geotagging option. turn it on.

Related

Diamond GPS Photo question

I've enable the ....\Camera\P10 in the registry, the GPS Photo option shows up, I've choose it and then the GPS initialize and there's an icon shows (I guess) GPS signal is ready in the camera mode.
However, I use it to shoot photos (it stores in MYPOI rather than MyPictures)....but when I upload it in picasa, there's NO position information i..e longtitute and latitute.....
Anyone experience the same?
Put GPSToday from GeoTerrestrial on your phone and it will work much better than the inbuilt rubbish, you can grab a copy from here http://www.geoterrestrial.com/ not only is this a cracking application it is free!
Just a small word of warning though it does have use the phones GPRS data connection for the mapping side of the application - not a problem if you have inclussive Data in your phone contract - Mike
yuisony said:
I've enable the ....\Camera\P10 in the registry, the GPS Photo option shows up, I've choose it and then the GPS initialize and there's an icon shows (I guess) GPS signal is ready in the camera mode.
However, I use it to shoot photos (it stores in MYPOI rather than MyPictures)....but when I upload it in picasa, there's NO position information i..e longtitute and latitute.....
Anyone experience the same?
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works for me, dont know whats up with your pics.
Bth methods works as long as it leads to GPS-info in the EXIF...but it doesn't work with FLickr (yes, I have set it right on mu account on flickr)...any one an alternative to get my data read and have it put in a map automaticly...
SorcererJP said:
Bth methods works as long as it leads to GPS-info in the EXIF...but it doesn't work with FLickr (yes, I have set it right on mu account on flickr)...any one an alternative to get my data read and have it put in a map automaticly...
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flickr works for me, but it reads the data sometimes wrong (only the degrees of latitude and longitude, thought the minutes and seconds are also in the header, but this is a known bug.)
e.g.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/2642258812/meta/
thanks all
I get an exif reader and it shows the long and lat...
maybe just the problem with picasa

Geo-tagging photos

Hi guys,
Im new to this and have never geotagged any photos before but i like the idea of it.
Do you have any reccomendations as to the best software for doing this?
Also does anyone know step by step how i would go about it so that i could see the photos on google maps etc?
Thanks in advance Grin
I also have no idea of how this is done and am interested..
I believe the iPhone geotags and works with google maps?
Its indeed possible:
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Its indeed possible:
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Doesnt explain whether this works with Google Maps (al'a iPhone), plus another question - why on Earth didnt HTC add this feature by default?
1. Download and install: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=69442&d=1202399126
2. Download and install: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=99781&d=1216258426
3. Open programs
4. Open Advanced Config
5. Change GPS Photo from disabled to enabled (optionally enable the rest of the camera settings while youre at it)
6. Soft reset
7. Open your camera, touch the screen and choose the middle symbol (The camera one)
8. Choose the last set of options, and choose GPS. (It might help if you opened a GPS app first like Google Maps or TomTom to enable the GPS, or it might take a while to get connected.
Your geo-tagged photos is in the Internal Storage\My Documents\My POI folder.
The geo-tagging doesnt work if you e-mail your photos to Flickr - you have to use their Uploadr program.
To use with Google Earth - first use iTag (http://www.itagsoftware.com/).

Get Date Printed on Pictures taken using N1 camera

Dear all,
Does anybody knows an application or trick to enable the camera application print the date and time on the picture taken from the mobile camera??
i have Eclair 2.1 non rooted device.
Thanks
Don't really know why you'd need this; the date/time is in the EXIF data like all modern cameras.
That and it has to be the most obnoxious thing ever on pictures. I can't tell you how many times people asked me to remove it because they were too dumb to turn it off in their settings.
If you really want this you could add it later with software, or a command line tool like imagemagick.
I vaguely remember that the desire cam had an option for this.
ConstantineXVI said:
Don't really know why you'd need this; the date/time is in the EXIF data like all modern cameras.
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I too would like this. I have to sometimes take pictures for work to show things were completed and installed in the way they requested and the date and time stamp proves that I was there on the date I was supposed to be. And not a lot of people even know how to view the EXIF data.
Once I too wanted the date on my photo and I used a tiny freeware called Photo Dater.
If you're rooted...try the Desire Cam mod. It has option to turn this on.

manual focus?

Are there any apps, hacks or mods that would enable manual focusing for our Note 3?
This morning I wanted to take some video from inside my office building of the inclement weather outside, unfortunately the phone kept focusing on the raindrops on the windoe instead of the target subject matter through the window.
Touch focus did the same things. A manual focus option would've taken care of that situation.
Namuna said:
Are there any apps, hacks or mods that would enable manual focusing for our Note 3?
This morning I wanted to take some video from inside my office building of the inclement weather outside, unfortunately the phone kept focusing on the raindrops on the windoe instead of the target subject matter through the window.
Touch focus did the same things. A manual focus option would've taken care of that situation.
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Did you or anyone else find an app for this? A manual focus option could definitely be useful at times
I am also looking for a focus override. The viewer shows that it can focus a clear photo but then goes out of focus. I've tried about 6 camera apps (Google, Lenovo SnapIt etc), and none of them solve the problem.
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Namuna said:
Are there any apps, hacks or mods that would enable manual focusing for our Note 3?
This morning I wanted to take some video from inside my office building of the inclement weather outside, unfortunately the phone kept focusing on the raindrops on the windoe instead of the target subject matter through the window.
Touch focus did the same things. A manual focus option would've taken care of that situation.
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wudien said:
I am also looking for a focus override. The viewer shows that it can focus a clear photo but then goes out of focus. I've tried about 6 camera apps (Google, Lenovo SnapIt etc), and none of them solve the problem.
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"Yours could be a hardware issue" they say, however, this issue was created by an inflexible system, autofocus stops us from playing with different planes...
There's no need to be a professional photographer to be aware of the restrictions that imposes an autofocus. I'd love to shift manually the focus however I like.
What's missing is someone who would have the knowledge and the interest of doing it.
For video, you just touch a few seconds the subject you want to keep in focus (while recording) and it will remain in focus, regardless of your camera's x/y movement, until you touch another area.
(a small "AF" symbol should appear on screen, which you should touch if you want to go auto focus again)

Camera GPS location

I require gps location on my camera for work requirements, but all i can get to see the gallery when i check a photo details is the name of the area I'm in. It doesn't show the google map with coordinates like other phones. I've granted all permissions, but the issue persists. Can someone please advise if this is a standard with this phone or am I'm missing something obvious. Thanks
For map just swipe up on the full screen shown photo in the Gallery.
I back up my photos to the cloud so I can use the Google Photo app to view them. It shows you what you need: map with location coordinates.
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For map just swipe up on the full screen shown photo in the Gallery.
I back up my photos to the cloud so I can use the Google Photo app to view them. It shows you what you need: map with location coordinates.
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Thanks! Yes i backup to cloud too, so easy to find there but I'm coming from a different brand phone where this kind of info was easier to view. Is there any way to get the map in aerial imagery mode? Thanks

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