Ready for the world’s first geotagging video camera?  It’s coming.

Posted September 30, 2008 at 10:16 AM by Jodie Andrefski

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“Every breath you take…  Every move you make…  Every bond you break…  Every step you take..  I’ll be watching you.“  Is it the end of privacy as we know it?  People knowing where we are, and when we are there, seeing whatever it is we are doing.  Or, just a cool and fun new way to geotag?  Geotagging is nothing new and most of us are familiar with the term by now.  Take a photo, and “tag” your location to tell all your friends or family where you were at when you shot it.  But now, tagged single shots are going to seem like dinosaurs.

Those “in the know” in the geotagging world may be familiar with the company, Geotate, since they are pioneers in the geotagging industry.  Geotate just announced, that along with DXG Technology Corporation (who, by the way, are only one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of both digital cameras and camcorders), it is developing the world’s first “geo-enabled production-ready video camera.“  The camera is going to be using Geotate’s Yuma tagging software and though the camera is a basic video camera based on the DXG DVH586 platform, the Yuma software itself should make it pretty dang amazing.

The person filming really won’t have to “do” much of anything other than stand there, hold the camera, and feel all smart and special.  The Geotate Capture and Process software pretty much does the rest.  It automatically geotags the film, completes the addition of latitude and longitude metadata when the content is loaded onto a computer with an Internet connection.  The images are tagged in milliseconds with minimal power usage.

Mr Yu, DXG’s president, said:

“Consumers are looking for a camera with great picture quality that’s easy and fun to use.  Tagging is a fast growing trend amongst users.  With the reference camera unveiled today, camera manufacturers can, for the first time, put simple, affordable geotagging technology in the hands of consumers.  By integrating geotagging into our robust DVH586 platform, we’re enabling people to share experiences with their friends and family, faster and easier.”

At this point, no word on pricing, although it since it is a DXG, it might be safe to say the camera will still fall in the lower end of the pricing line-up.  As for date of availability, stay tuned for more updates as they come in, we’ll be sure to let you know.

via [letsgodigital]