On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> wrote:
> The whole thing seems like it's addressing a very limited market; how > many people here at PDML have any interest in a GPS on their camera? I do, for $50. Not $250. Given that I can buy a GPS navigation device with maps of the entire United States, with perpetual updates, and a touchscreen, and so forth for $100, I'm not enthusiastic about paying the Photographic Equipment Premium for a dedicated device. > Also, I'd be suspicious how well it works. Good GPS functionality on > something that's normally switched off is a hard problem. It's a > little easier for phones because they can get an initial rough fix via > the cell network and other clues. But zeroing in starting from zero > using only GPS signal is not, unless things have changed recently, a > particularly well-solved problem. Things are a lot better than they used to be. The SIRF Star III chip, which is widely used and has been out for a good while, has these specs: Time To First Fix Hot start - Autonomous <1 s Warm start - Autonomous <35 s Cold start - Autonomous <35 s -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.