The only way to make a complete handheld mapping system include places like Uncle Joes Fried Rats in Whackmole Alabama is to allow users to input that information and have it added to the database. Of course there's going to be erronius data, but rating trust systems and having confirmation of entries with trustworthiness stats built into every tag so that the user can decide whether they want to risk driving somewhere to find a spot only one user has entered and never had confirmed/denied. But I disgress... further now
What about user handheld devices that can upload ground zero photos and video footage and stitch together virtual environments based on them? Sound possible? I think it is!
If they did some kind of press thing on how it was going to be released and promised enhanced editions of the devices to those willing citizens who would upload a certain number of images at a certain amount of varied GPS coordinates, it would be a lot easier for them to build a database of ... well, the world. Geocachers would be pretty excited about that, methinks.
As in "can more"? Just a throw-away thought :P
The only way to make a complete handheld mapping system include places like Uncle Joes Fried Rats in Whackmole Alabama is to allow users to input that information and have it added to the database. Of course there's going to be erronius data, but rating trust systems and having confirmation of entries with trustworthiness stats built into every tag so that the user can decide whether they want to risk driving somewhere to find a spot only one user has entered and never had confirmed/denied. But I disgress... further now
What about user handheld devices that can upload ground zero photos and video footage and stitch together virtual environments based on them? Sound possible? I think it is!
If they did some kind of press thing on how it was going to be released and promised enhanced editions of the devices to those willing citizens who would upload a certain number of images at a certain amount of varied GPS coordinates, it would be a lot easier for them to build a database of ... well, the world. Geocachers would be pretty excited about that, methinks.
Does it have enough power to kick out 1080p to an external display? I can think of someone in Cupertino who might be interested in this.