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Custom Idea’s new GeoPic II will geotag images taken with Nikon digital SLR cameras including the Nikon D200/D300/D2HS/D2X/D2XS/D3 and also the Fuji S5 Pro. The GeoPic II clips to the camera hotshoe and connects through the accessory socket. The unit is based upon a high performance SiRF III GPS chipset which has fast acquisition times and high sensitivity for operation in weak GPS signal areas such as built up city centers. Custom Idea have a patent pending on the low-power technology driving the GeoPic II which they claim allows you to take around three times as many photos than similar products before the battery is exhausted.

As part of its low power management capabilities the GeoPic II has three intelligent modes of operation:

• Continuous - GPS data is continually sent to the camera;
• Low Power - GPS data is only sent to the camera when you are about to take a picture;
• Freeze - the GPS location is frozen in a buffer so the GeoPic II has almost no impact on the camera’s battery life.

Technorati Tags: GeoPic II, Nikon digital SLR cameras, Fuji S5 Pro, Custom Idea

The Navman S90i is the premier model of the Navman S series of car GPS navigators. It has recently been nominated for the 4th Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2007.

The Navman S90i has an attractive, smart look with a silver casing finish with generously curved edges, slim form factor (20mm) and a widescreen LCD touchscreen set in a black border. Navman claim that the S90i is 25% lighter (198g) than any other sat nav in its class.
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Technorati Tags: Navman S90i, car GPS

Location is a factor is business operations management and logistics decisions however, many customer records are in human readable addresses rather than in latitude and longitude coordinates which can be utilized by new GPS enabled business software. Geocoding is the process of converting human readable addresses to latitude and longitude coordinates.

Proxix Solutions has just launched PxPoint Online, a Web-based service that can accurately geocode files containing up to one hundred thousand customer records in a single batch process. The online solution eliminates the costs associated with purchasing and maintaining the hardware, software and data Quality data sources, such as NAVTEQ street data, are used.

PxPoint Online appends exact latitude and longitude coordinates to each record and corrects addresses to United States Postal Service (USPS) standards. PxPoint Online uses multiple data sets to improve geocoding accuracy.
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Yahoo! Zurfer is a research prototype application from Yahoo! Research Berkeley which brings the location based photo browsing functionalities of Flicker to mobile devices.

Zurfer is ideal travel companion as it can show you photos that have been taken around your location providing an opportunity search Flickr and discover what local highlights there are to see. Its possible to access the latest photos posted by Flickr friends and check on comments on your own Flickr photos.

To use Yahoo! Zurfer you need a free Flickr account and a free Zonetag account. ZoneTag is another Yahoo! Research Berkeley application which simplifies geotagging of photos taken with cell phones and other mobile devices.

Zurfer has been tested on the N73, N95, N80, 6682 and N70 Nokia Series 60 v2 and v3 cell phones and the Motorola RAZR V3x. Yahoo! Research Berkeley believes it should work on most Nokia Series 60 v2 and v3 phones.

Yahoo! Zurfer is yet another example of the spread of GPS location based social networking services. Other GPS social networking services recently reviewed are:

• Loopt
• Ask Mobile GPS
• Geo Stories

Yahoo! Zurfer is a not a certified Yahoo! Application (yet) and its installation and use are at the risk of the user.