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Live Media + GPS (looking for beta testers) **Stream video from your phone

** UPDATE 16-JUN-2009 **
Introducing Geocasting with Inca X (Video)
http://www.ix-m.com/
GPS Website
http://www.ix-m.com/gps
Latest CAB is always available here
www.ix-m.com/downloads/livecam.cab
The app is no longer in beta.

This program seems really cool, and I was watching shogunmark's video for a second, but wouldn't this absolutely destroy your battery? Activating a 3G connection already triple's my battery drain, and GPS throws on another 200-300 mA.

Phil Bishop said:
Hi All,
We have a new version of an application, which is now available on beta and would greatly appreciate it if any of you have time to participate in the trial and provide me with feedback on whether the software works or not on your device.
In simple terms the new version of the application allows you to broadcast both an image stream and GPS data which can be viewed either in real-time or later via the Live Media Web application
Here's a quick video introduction to the software
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fpQlqJROrw&rel=0
Device requirements:
Windows Mobile 6, camera and GPS (internal or external via BT)
Windows Mobile 5 + .NET CF v2 (or above) camera and GPS (internal or external via BT)
Download CAB from
http://www.ix-m.com/gps-beta/mobile/livemedia-1.5.1.cab
or visit www.ix-m.com/gps-beta from your mobile
Quick video to show you how to set-up the app on your phone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76lzPUwTyHM&rel=0
Website access from your PC to view your broadcasts and published broadcasts
http://www.ix-m.com/gps-beta
Support and Feedback
Please use the contacts form on the website
http://www.ix-m.com/contact.aspx?type=7
As this is my first posting here, hopefully I've got all the html tags correct and I hope some of you have time to try this out and let me know what you think about the app.
Many thanks
Phil Bishop
Inca X Mobile
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hey phill this program looks very promising but im trying to try it out but am having difficulties i make it all the way to initializing camera n then it fails on me this is the error msg that comes up maybe u can help me out with this:
A native exception has occurred in
livecam.exe.
Select Quite and then restart this program, or select Details for more information.
ExceptionCode: 0xc0000005
ExceptionAddress: 0x00f115fc
Reading: 0x00000000
Faulting module: ix-cam.dll
Offset: 0x000015fc
at WMCamera.GetCameraResolutions(IntPtr pResolutions, Int32& iResolutionsSize)
at WMCamera.GetAvailableResolutions()
at BroadcasterView.TakePictures()
ne advise ne1 lol ?!?!?

met3ora said:
This program seems really cool, and I was watching shogunmark's video for a second, but wouldn't this absolutely destroy your battery? Activating a 3G connection already triple's my battery drain, and GPS throws on another 200-300 mA.
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This is really good app and is very promising. I have been testing for phil for a while on this. Yes it can put quite a drain on the battery, however when im driving i have it plugged into the charger so as long as i stay topped off then it does alright.

james105 said:
hey phill this program looks very promising but im trying to try it out but am having difficulties i make it all the way to initializing camera n then it fails on me this is the error msg that comes up maybe u can help me out with this:
A native exception has occurred in
livecam.exe.
Select Quite and then restart this program, or select Details for more information.
ExceptionCode: 0xc0000005
ExceptionAddress: 0x00f115fc
Reading: 0x00000000
Faulting module: ix-cam.dll
Offset: 0x000015fc
at WMCamera.GetCameraResolutions(IntPtr pResolutions, Int32& iResolutionsSize)
at WMCamera.GetAvailableResolutions()
at BroadcasterView.TakePictures()
ne advise ne1 lol ?!?!?
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i had experienced this before with some of dutty's roms, if the .net isnt cooked into the rom correctly then it throws major errors like that. try re-installing netcf and see if that cures your problems!
*i will note that on some cooked roms re-installing netcf doesnt help because of the way it was cooked in.

shogunmark said:
i had experienced this before with some of dutty's roms, if the .net isnt cooked into the rom correctly then it throws major errors like that. try re-installing netcf and see if that cures your problems!
*i will note that on some cooked roms re-installing netcf doesnt help because of the way it was cooked in.
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ill give that a shot but i doubt thats the issue cause i did a hard reset n installed it n it worked fine and then i tried using it again later on and got that same error msg again :-(

Mogul on Sprint
I've had a couple of reported problems about running the app on the Sprint Mogul, if anybody has sucessfully (or otherwise) run the app on a Sprint mogul it would be helpful to know if this is generic problem or not.
Many thanks
Phil

I have a mogul and it seems to work flawlessly. I was able to broadcast two separate feeds with gps.

Does this software work with WiFi, and cache the images & GPS coordinates, for upload at a later date?
I dont have an unliminated data plan, and uploading multiple images would require me to take out a loan
Cheers, Mike.
EDIT:
I've just gave this a try with WiFi, and it seems to work well.
GPS shows me moving from my office to my lounge, very freaky, very accurate
Just the question about the cache left.
I guess since it does "broadcasting" then it probably cant (yet?) cache the video and GPS data?
Cheers, Mike.

Mike1002 said:
Does this software work with WiFi, and cache the images & GPS coordinates, for upload at a later date?
I dont have an unliminated data plan, and uploading multiple images would require me to take out a loan
Cheers, Mike.
EDIT:
I've just gave this a try with WiFi, and it seems to work well.
GPS shows me moving from my office to my lounge, very freaky, very accurate
Just the question about the cache left.
I guess since it does "broadcasting" then it probably cant (yet?) cache the video and GPS data?
Cheers, Mike.
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Since I posted lot's of people have emailed asking for a cache then upload option along with the ability to be able to disable the speed tracking
I've been working these today along with several other feature requests and hope to have a new build available sometime tomorrow with these updates in.

would there be a way to lock the screen while broadcasting?

diterex said:
would there be a way to lock the screen while broadcasting?
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Lock the screen how? You can always map a button to the phone lock.
Hey phil, any chance you can do an overlay and display speed somewhere on the screen?

I am unable to add AOL buddies. I have tried to add a few buddies, even my own. But every time it says that the name does not exist. Anyone know why???

james105 said:
hey phill this program looks very promising but im trying to try it out but am having difficulties i make it all the way to initializing camera n then it fails on me this is the error msg that comes up maybe u can help me out with this:
A native exception has occurred in
livecam.exe.
Select Quite and then restart this program, or select Details for more information.
ExceptionCode: 0xc0000005
ExceptionAddress: 0x00f115fc
Reading: 0x00000000
Faulting module: ix-cam.dll
Offset: 0x000015fc
at WMCamera.GetCameraResolutions(IntPtr pResolutions, Int32& iResolutionsSize)
at WMCamera.GetAvailableResolutions()
at BroadcasterView.TakePictures()
ne advise ne1 lol ?!?!?
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I am getting the same error when i try to do a broadcast. I am running "[Apr 16] Dutty's WM6.1 5.2.19209 Release [User Guide & ChangeLog in Post 2] UPDATED" which has 3.5 installed already. I tried re-installing netcf 3.5 and i get an error about memory and closing applications, to restart phone and try to re-install. I tried that and got the same exact error. So i re-flashed with Dutty's rom, as listed above, but tried installing netcf from the get go and got the same exact error. Anyone have any ideas???

Would it also be possible to have an option to enable the flash?
The camera flash light on my device is only half decent, but having it on would be a great option.

WildSioux said:
I am unable to add AOL buddies. I have tried to add a few buddies, even my own. But every time it says that the name does not exist. Anyone know why???
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Sorry, the software isn't linked in to other IM systems at the moment. Only other Live Media users can access your broadcasts, because they need the Live Media client to be able to see what you are broadcasting.
HTH
Phil

diterex said:
would there be a way to lock the screen while broadcasting?
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If you mean - stop the screen from going to sleep when broadcasting?
Then yes I am looking into a solution for that for handsets that don't stay alive while the camera is active.

greetings phil. very nice program. its working great on my sprint mogul.

Phil Bishop said:
Sorry, the software isn't linked in to other IM systems at the moment. Only other Live Media users can access your broadcasts, because they need the Live Media client to be able to see what you are broadcasting.
HTH
Phil
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Hi Phil,
Yeah, shortly after posting that question I messed around with it a little bit and made a test name. Everything is working great now.
Now, anyway of making the feed fullscreen on computer?

Version Update
There is now an updated version available, with some of your feature requests in.
Record Mode
Allows you record your broadcasts with GPS offline and upload them later.
On the Broadcaster's setting screen there is a new item "Live broadcast" - tap/select and the Broadcast menu option changes to Record.
If you have a storage card, then the files are saved to the livemedia folder, otherwise under \\appData\livemedia.
On the website, login and under My Broadcasts is a new link to upload your broadcasts.
Please note this is only applicable for GPS enabled broadcasts.
Disable sending speed data
On the GPS enable/disable screen there is a new menu item called "Include speed" uncheck so speed data is not recorded.
Check for updates
From the main menu this can now be used to check for and download furture version updates.
Download link
http://www.ix-m.com/gps-beta/mobile/livemedia-1.5.2.cab

2 problems with my HD --> GPS, Opera

Hi,
I have a Touch HD since a couple of weeks now but there are two problems that I can't seem to solve. Maybe there are some smart people that can help me with this. (I tried searching the forum first, but can;t find the answers)
1. I have TomTom7 and Igo8 installed and the first 2 weeks they worked like a charm. Now however I get a GPS fix for a couple of seconds, then after a couple of seconds it's completely gone again for it ony to return again after yet another couple of seconds. This repeats over and over making the apps useless for navigation. I tried a soft reset but it didn't work. Also I have this problem with both TT7 as Igo8 so I think it has something to do with the internal GPS receiver. Anyone any bright ideas??
2. I'm pleased with the performance of the Opera browser but lately I come across more and more sites that don't perform well. In most cases I can't log in or I can't use the search function. Some examples:
- hotmail.com --> SMS tab does retreive my mail but my GF can't log in at her hotmail account when she goes to hotmail.com directly
- NBA.com --> hugh NBA fan but is doesn't show well
- moviemeter.nl --> Dutch IMDB so to speak, can't use search function
- Partybets.com --> like sports betting but can't log in
- hyves.nl --> Dutch facebook, can't log in
Can you guys surf these pages correctly? What can I do to get a better performance out of sites that require login or have search functions or is it impossible to get these working on a WM device??
Thanks really much just for reading this cuz it's somewhat of a long question! Any help is appreciated!
Kind regards

Wow...over 60 reads but noone knows the answers. There goes my hope that these problems were easy to fix

i think i have the sort of same problem as you are on opera, did you install the adobeflash plugin? friend of mine , he installed the adobeflash plugin and the flash on the sit works , but mine doesnt donnt why , and i tried to post but no one answered:<

BigX84 said:
1. I have TomTom7 and Igo8 installed and the first 2 weeks they worked like a charm. Now however I get a GPS fix for a couple of seconds, then after a couple of seconds it's completely gone again for it ony to return again after yet another couple of seconds. This repeats over and over making the apps useless for navigation. I tried a soft reset but it didn't work. Also I have this problem with both TT7 as Igo8 so I think it has something to do with the internal GPS receiver. Anyone any bright ideas??
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Use Advanced Config to turn AGPS off. I used to have it off and everything worked perfectly until I decided to see what it does. Then it would loose the GPS signal every 2 seconds and when it got a fix it would put me in the sea at 1km depth

NiGhTTraX said:
Use Advanced Config to turn AGPS off. I used to have it off and everything worked perfectly until I decided to see what it does. Then it would loose the GPS signal every 2 seconds and when it got a fix it would put me in the sea at 1km depth
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Haha
I'll try turning A-GPS off and see what that does!! Hopefully this will work!
Does anyone have an answer for my problems with opera or is anyone that can check the above sites i mentioned and use search or login function to see how they'll look on your HD??

Yes, I had the same issue with the GPS a couple months back, and turning off AGPS should fix your problem. As for opera, no browser is perfect but I would reccomend trying skyfire (it will load anysite always and completely).

BigX84 said:
Haha
I'll try turning A-GPS off and see what that does!! Hopefully this will work!
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Try HD radio 1.13.25.24, tt7 works fine with AGPS using this radio (without starting any other GPS-using program). Cold fix < 5-10 sec

How about changing the settings of Opera.
Try to get to the settings when you opened a opera screen.
Turn OFF the "mobiele weergave" option ("Mobile view" in an english version of Opera).
Then you should enable "Javascript" underneath the advanced tab.
Try things like Hyves and Hotmail again.
Hope that works for ya.

GPS Photo/Footprint

After owning my Jade for 4 months I've just found the GPS Photo feature!
I tried using it and after the GPS receiver switched on, I took a couple of photos. I can't see any difference to the regular pics. I see that a new folder called My POI has been created within My Documents on the SD card and the pictures are there but they are just JPEG files, without any GPS information that I can see. If I open the photo and click Properties it just gives the usual info Size, Date etc.
Am I missing something and how different is this to the Footprint app now available elsewhere on the forum?
Thanks,
Woolly.

IrfanView 4.00 Change Log
- Improved Vista compatibility
- New display option: Center image in window (Menu: View->Display options)
- Toolbar skin option added (Properties->Toolbar)
More Toolbar skins are available on the IrfanView homepage.
=> Users can send new Toolbar skins by email, Thanks guys!
- New Properties->Video option: Use DirectShow for playing (good for MJPG AVIs)
- New advanced batch option: Auto adjust colors
- "Enhance colors" can be now used on selections
- New EXIF dialog button: Show in Google Earth (if GPS data available)

WoollyBully said:
After owning my Jade for 4 months I've just found the GPS Photo feature!
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Hi
Now I'm confused... Where is this function? I've never found it
JC

jcustodio said:
Hi
Now I'm confused... Where is this function? I've never found it
JC
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It´s a tweak that enable the camera to take geotaged photos.
There are many posts on the Forum about it but in the Jade SubForum you can find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=498238 (post 2).
Actualy in my jade only work's if I launch a GPS program before starting the camera.

i didnt realise my jade can do this....
how come its not in the manual or something?

nicholashew said:
i didnt realise my jade can do this....
how come its not in the manual or something?
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Because the phone doesn't do it as standard.

nicholashew said:
how come its not in the manual or something?
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might be due to license restrictions or something...

zabumba said:
It´s a tweak that enable the camera to take geotaged photos.
There are many posts on the Forum about it but in the Jade SubForum you can find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=498238 (post 2).
Actualy in my jade only work's if I launch a GPS program before starting the camera.
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This registry setting work ok on my Jade!
If I select this camera mode gps stars quickly (10 sec) and can take photos that is saved at My documents/My POI
This photos are like normal photos but have geotag inside file. Now at PC (I think have installed PhotoME program too) I can right-click mouse on file photo and have an option to open google maps at point where photo was taken!
Wonderfull!

Hi
But to get this, do we have to install anything or just do this registry tweak?
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\P10 -> change the value "enabled" from 0 to 1
I was looking and my Jade doesn't have the P10 folder, it stops in P9...

jcustodio said:
Hi
But to get this, do we have to install anything or just do this registry tweak?
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\P10 -> change the value "enabled" from 0 to 1
I was looking and my Jade doesn't have the P10 folder, it stops in P9...
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You have to create the string with a registry editor. Please tell me if it work's with you.

zabumba said:
You have to create the string with a registry editor. Please tell me if it work's with you.
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Hi
I found the string and changed it like the instructions, but I didn,t get any new option on my camera.
Do I need to install anything before?

jcustodio said:
Hi
But to get this, do we have to install anything or just do this registry tweak?
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\P10 -> change the value "enabled" from 0 to 1
I was looking and my Jade doesn't have the P10 folder, it stops in P9...
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The higher art of counting?
Check it again, might be like this:
P1
P10
P2
P3
P4
P5
...
P9

DaM79 said:
The higher art of counting?
Check it again, might be like this:
P1
P10
P2
P3
P4
P5
...
P9
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In deed! It's an art, but if you read my last post, you would found that your comment is outdated...

Sorry for that.
Well, try to soft reset and then go to camera, press the touchscreen, choose the camera icon in the middle of the buttom. then a 6 buttons menu comes up, the 3rd one in the 2nd row should me "more" or something like that. and then you you will reach the gps picture option.
sorry, i cant provide you screenshots, as i am waiting for my new memory card (which is in the post already, but as tomorrow its a national holiday.... argh!)
enjoy!

That's ok
Now I have the GPS Photo option.
I'm going to the outside to test it, in the house I can't get GPS signal.
Thanks

jcustodio said:
That's ok
Now I have the GPS Photo option.
I'm going to the outside to test it, in the house I can't get GPS signal.
Thanks
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Ok
It's working, but first I need to start myu GPS program. Without this step the camera stops waiting for GPS signal.
I don't know if waiting more time it will work, but with GPS program everything is more quick.
Withe PhotoMe, you can go directly to the photo spot in Google Maps.

myu GPS? Is the QuickGPS-Data up2date? This might help...

jcustodio said:
Ok
It's working, but first I need to start myu GPS program. Without this step the camera stops waiting for GPS signal.
I don't know if waiting more time it will work, but with GPS program everything is more quick.
Withe PhotoMe, you can go directly to the photo spot in Google Maps.
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Well...for my experience you could wait...and wait...and wait because nothing happens, the camera stops in the starting GPS screen. My theory is that with some ROM languages it doesn't work, but I would like to know why.

zabumba said:
Well...for my experience you could wait...and wait...and wait because nothing happens, the camera stops in the starting GPS screen. My theory is that with some ROM languages it doesn't work, but I would like to know why.
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Well, my start very quick... about 10s!
My ROM language is Portuguese.

zabumba said:
Well...for my experience you could wait...and wait...and wait because nothing happens, the camera stops in the starting GPS screen. My theory is that with some ROM languages it doesn't work, but I would like to know why.
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Maybe you have another GPS-prog installed? If so, check if the GPS-settings in this program are on "use windows config" or "manual". Would recommend "use windows config", so the settings dont get messed up...

GPS photo - buggy in Touch HD?

I have taken GPS photos from my Touch HD using a variety of ROMS. First using Dutty's 2.2, then using Miri 6.5 v17 and finally using EnergyROM 3.0.
In each case when I upload my photo to www.gpsvisualizer.com the positioning of photos is not accurate at all. Photos were taken in West London near Heathrow and when positioned on the map they appear near Gravesend outside London about 50 miles East of the actual location.
I have also noticed the same when asking TomTom 7.9 to navigate to a photo I have taken using Touch HD. It gived me directions to gravesend.
When I log to a text file using Visual GPSce, and upload that text file, the location is accurate. Also the GPS works fine when used in Google Maps or TomTom.
Anybody else with similar porblem? Can someone do a test for me by taking a JPG (it goes to the 'My POI' folder under My Documents on the Storage Card by default) and uploading to www.gpsvisualizer.com?

Working fine here. I'm using the official HTC ROM from April. Enabled GPS photo by editing the registry.
Uploaded two photos I took a week ago and they appear on the right place, within few meters of the correct possition.

"Enabled GPS photo by editing the registry."
Got a link/more info on this? I'm a GPS Noob.

Very simple but you have to edit the registry.
go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Camera\P10
and set the value of "Enable" to 1

vcespon said:
Working fine here. I'm using the official HTC ROM from April. Enabled GPS photo by editing the registry.
Uploaded two photos I took a week ago and they appear on the right place, within few meters of the correct possition.
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Strange. Can anyone with a cooked ROM do the test.

hi,
im running on miri v17 and i have THE exact position. even my tomtom is not as accurate. (dont know why but my tomtom is always 3 to 5 meters away)

h3man said:
hi,
im running on miri v17 and i have THE exact position. even my tomtom is not as accurate. (dont know why but my tomtom is always 3 to 5 meters away)
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5 meters is one thing, civilian GPS is intentionally not as accurate as it could be. 50 miles is another thing.
Any chance of trying with the official HTC ROM?. I have not tried cooked ROMs for the blackstone, after 1 year of bad experiences with cooked Kaiser ROMs.
I think the cooked ROMs are reversing East and West. After looking the coordinates on Google Maps, I get:
Heathrow airport: 51.481062, -0.426064
Gravesend, Kent: 51.43325, 0.422287
So the points are interpreted as East of Greenwich instead of West.

Thanks mate I'll give that a go.

vcespon said:
5 meters is one thing, civilian GPS is intentionally not as accurate as it could be. 50 miles is another thing.
Any chance of trying with the official HTC ROM?. I have not tried cooked ROMs for the blackstone, after 1 year of bad experiences with cooked Kaiser ROMs.
I think the cooked ROMs are reversing East and West. After looking the coordinates on Google Maps, I get:
Heathrow airport: 51.481062, -0.426064
Gravesend, Kent: 51.43325, 0.422287
So the points are interpreted as East of Greenwich instead of West.
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Good observation vcespon. Even I was thinking of East/West of Greenwich issue. But did not get think of checking the coordinates. Can more people with Cooked ROMS carry out the test of post results. I do not think that my GPS receiver is faulty as I never have a problem with door-to-door navigation. I am pretty sure that the GPS Photo mode is buggy in HTC Camera. I am using HTC Camera Version 6.16 (Build 33888).

amuneer said:
I have taken GPS photos from my Touch HD using a variety of ROMS. First using Dutty's 2.2, then using Miri 6.5 v17 and finally using EnergyROM 3.0.
In each case when I upload my photo to www.gpsvisualizer.com the positioning of photos is not accurate at all. Photos were taken in West London near Heathrow and when positioned on the map they appear near Gravesend outside London about 50 miles East of the actual location.
I have also noticed the same when asking TomTom 7.9 to navigate to a photo I have taken using Touch HD. It gived me directions to gravesend.
When I log to a text file using Visual GPSce, and upload that text file, the location is accurate. Also the GPS works fine when used in Google Maps or TomTom.
Anybody else with similar porblem? Can someone do a test for me by taking a JPG (it goes to the 'My POI' folder under My Documents on the Storage Card by default) and uploading to www.gpsvisualizer.com?
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Just uploaded a pic and it was spot on right at my front door, im using a cooked Rom in fact its better than it was before, i also use Garmin XT and that is also showing the same place so works for me

Slothie said:
"Enabled GPS photo by editing the registry."
Got a link/more info on this? I'm a GPS Noob.
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You can also install HD tweak which allows you to have GPSPhoto on incase you dont want to modify the REG

ozmoran said:
Just uploaded a pic and it was spot on right at my front door, im using a cooked Rom in fact its better than it was before, i also use Garmin XT and that is also showing the same place so works for me
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What version of HTC Camera are you using?

hi all,
would anyone be kind enough to explain to me how I can use a gps photo with tomtom please?

Yeah I have version 7.9 something as well and don't have a clue either?

1. make a gps photo
2. its saved under my documents - my poi
3. copy it to GEO-PHOTOS (if you dont have this directory create it in the root of your storage card or device, depends on where your tomtom is installed)
4. start tomtom - navigate to - picture
start tomtom - navigate to - adress - contact

amuneer said:
What version of HTC Camera are you using?
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Buggered if I know but its in Duttys latest 3.9 Rom its the second version I think just search duttys rom to see more info

h3man said:
1. make a gps photo
2. its saved under my documents - my poi
3. copy it to GEO-PHOTOS (if you dont have this directory create it in the root of your storage card or device, depends on where your tomtom is installed)
4. start tomtom - navigate to - picture
start tomtom - navigate to - adress - contact
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Thanks for your reply....
But unfortunately I'm not getting any luck. I'm using TT 7.9. I've created the GEO-PHOTOS in the root of my card as suggested. copied my geo tagged picture there. But when I go to TomTom: "start tomtom - navigate to - picture", I just don't have the "picture" option at all. No result from browsing to "contacts" either.... mmm... bizarre. Thanks anyway.

gf.greg said:
Thanks for your reply....
But unfortunately I'm not getting any luck. I'm using TT 7.9. I've created the GEO-PHOTOS in the root of my card as suggested. copied my geo tagged picture there. But when I go to TomTom: "start tomtom - navigate to - picture", I just don't have the "picture" option at all. No result from browsing to "contacts" either.... mmm... bizarre. Thanks anyway.
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You need the latest tomtom 7.9. I think it is build 9196.

amuneer said:
You need the latest tomtom 7.9. I think it is build 9196.
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Ah... that must be it. Mine is build 7.910.9195... mmm... will have to look for that...
Thanks.

GPS Photo latitude is wrong!

I'm running the HTC TUR 1.61 ROM and have installed BsB Tweaks 1.6 so that I can access the hidden camera modes to use GPS Photo. The GPS Photo mode initializes and works. But when I go to 'Show on map' it puts the latitude as a positive value rather than a negative so that it places the location exactly the same distance the other side of Greenwich that it should be. The longitude is absolutely spot on but the latitude, if it is supposed to be 50 miles west of Greenwich, ends up being 50 miles east of Greenwich!
Is anyone else experiencing this bug using this ROM and tweak combination?

yep mine is inaccurate as well... off by some 500m

GPS Photo Mode - can't see geotag info
I completed the following from the excellent "things you may not have known thread" by tboy2000
14 To enable GPS Photo mode:
Go to HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P10
set "Enable" to "1"
I have searched to see if I can find what happpens next, I tried taking a few shots normally (not footprints), then with google maps and gps running but in neither case could I see any geotag info when i copied the pictures to picasa which picks up geotagging.
Please could someone tell me what I need to do. I have obviously missed something I Have checked the regedit is still present as ajusted above, thats not the problem, its just how to benifit from the result!
Thanks Simon.

ops, reallly sorry jumping on this thread with this separate question, i meant to post it separately. I will see if any replies then if not will re post. sorry again.
Si607 said:
I completed the following from the excellent "things you may not have known thread" by tboy2000
14 To enable GPS Photo mode:
Go to HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P10
set "Enable" to "1"
I have searched to see if I can find what happpens next, I tried taking a few shots normally (not footprints), then with google maps and gps running but in neither case could I see any geotag info when i copied the pictures to picasa which picks up geotagging.
Please could someone tell me what I need to do. I have obviously missed something I Have checked the regedit is still present as ajusted above, thats not the problem, its just how to benifit from the result!
Thanks Simon.
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I have a problem with GPS photo latitude too!
Currently I'm on latitude -22degrees 48' 37.03" (south), but when I see ask the photo properties in my Windows desktop, I see for the latitude: -2147483648 degrees 0' 37.03"!
By the way, I should note that -2147483648 = 0x8000.0000.
The longitude is ok!
Anyone else? And more important: how to solve this?
@creed: I didn't understand some points in your post: what program are you using to "show on map"? And latitude is related to the equatorial plane; not Greenwich. So, there's something odd in your message.
@Si607: I wanted to to something similar to you, but using Flickr because I saw in one a reviews that Flickr is more precise in its geotags than Picasaweb. Anyway, if we don't solve this problem first, there's no use to the automatic geotagging at all.
Edit: My ROM version is 1.48 and I used BsB Tweaks too.

cakira said:
@creed: I didn't understand some points in your post: what program are you using to "show on map"? And latitude is related to the equatorial plane; not Greenwich. So, there's something odd in your message.
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Sorry you are quite right. It's my longitude that is out. I used Picasa to display the location. It was very accurate with respect to latitude within 10m.

Hi guys.
I have the same problem, im mi case its longitude value, i have registry tricky (bsb tweaks).
When try to show on map (google maps), gps values on exif data represent wrong position.
GPS Longitude 0.509792 degrees
in the mediterranean sea
Where te real position its:
GPS Longitude -0.509792 degrees
I think the problem is negative values. I have HTC HD2 (rom bsb 3).
Any tip to correct this?
Thanks

Si607 said:
I completed the following from the excellent "things you may not have known thread" by tboy2000
14 To enable GPS Photo mode:
Go to HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P10
set "Enable" to "1"
I have searched to see if I can find what happpens next, I tried taking a few shots normally (not footprints), then with google maps and gps running but in neither case could I see any geotag info when i copied the pictures to picasa which picks up geotagging.
Please could someone tell me what I need to do. I have obviously missed something I Have checked the regedit is still present as ajusted above, thats not the problem, its just how to benifit from the result!
Thanks Simon.
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I cant find a GPS Photo mode either. Did you ever find out how to get it to work?

You have to chose capture mode on the camera app, chose next screen and then chose the gps photo mode, it will then find your gps and let you take a photo.
I've not tried mine so not sure if mine is accurate or not

the negative value is sooo annoying~
I do not think many people has tried this GPS function... Or maybe there's not many who is in the southern hemisphere and use this function ...

uccoffee said:
the negative value is sooo annoying~
I do not think many people has tried this GPS function... Or maybe there's not many who is in the southern hemisphere and use this function ...
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Hi!
I'm in southern hemisphere (see the flag ) and as I said before (post #5), my longitude is ok but the latitude is completely nonsense. Its strange... everybody here seems to have longitude problems, while I have latitude problems.
So I gave up this mode and started using only footprints. It's not as practical nor has as many options as the camera mode, but it does the job.

cakira said:
Hi!
I'm in southern hemisphere (see the flag ) and as I said before (post #5), my longitude is ok but the latitude is completely nonsense. Its strange... everybody here seems to have longitude problems, while I have latitude problems.
So I gave up this mode and started using only footprints. It's not as practical nor has as many options as the camera mode, but it does the job.
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I m about the -ve value of latitude too, if you use something like EXIFreader, you ll see the lat = -XXX, and south , while in my HTC DIAMOND, there 's no -ve value at all.
I had some GPS pic when I was in northern hemisphere, and they are all good...
if I manually type in the value from the EXIF in google map , without the -ve , it ll spot the correct location....
Temp solution is to use a EXIF editor to pick the -ve value and edit it to a positive value

I find nice solution using freeware GPSToday (Open market), in mi HD2 works very well and geodata is correct now. Software GPSToday have a plugin for auto geotagg photos, you only need activate this plugin, provide in plugin settings DCIM\100MEDIA directory and RUN.
Mine is: \\Storage Card\DCIM\100MEDIA
http://www.geoterrestrial.com/ (GpsToday)
When software adquire satelites ask for create account. You can create and disable later real time localization.
http://www.geoterrestrial.com/geotagger/
When you shot photo, GPSToday launch audible sound to inform you pic was geotagged.
Works great and geotagg photo its correct now.
Using its very easy, launch GPSToday, start adquiring satellite, left bottom corner (initially in red), when satellite status adquiring green color return to windows home and launch photo in normal mode. Voila
Of course, GPSToday have a more interesting tools, totally recomended.
PD: I know, mi English sucks

I heard about that GPStoday before, but it's known to suck up a lot of batterie life
I hope someome will fix the GPS problem!

Daniel Bryan said:
I heard about that GPStoday before, but it's known to suck up a lot of batterie life
I hope someome will fix the GPS problem!
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I do not have Gpstoday started all the time.
Always close app after take photo. This app not running as service too, i don't understand where is battery drain in this case.
Saludos