Red Hen Systems recently rolled out the X-gen built-in geotagging solution for Nikon’s D200 and D2X SLR cameras. The latest solution, which is known as Blue2can, lets users automatically get geospatially-referenced images in the simplest and most trustworthy set of collection technique nowadays by incorporating off-the-shelf Bluetooth GPS units and the industry leading Nikon D2X and D200 cameras.
Aside from that Red Hen’s Blue2can sets up for the first time a camera area network Bluetooth solution, which is said to automatically hook up general Bluetooth GPS devices straightforwardly to the apt Nikon camera. With the help of Red Hen Systems’ patent pending Camera Area Network, the Nikon D2X and D200 (and soon other digital cameras and handicams) GPS positional data is poured into the camera and built into the EXIF meta-data of the JPEG imag
Apart from all that Blue2can ’s spatial EXIF metadata info can also be utilized to map these geotagged images by: Red Hen Systems MediaMapper, PixPoint and GeoVideo products, Virtual Earth and other 3D Worlds, Google Earth/Maps, Yahoo’s Flickr.
Now take a look at Blue2can features:
The Bluetooth GPS unit may be mounted on top of the camera, carried in a pocket, put on the dash of your car, or placed in the scene
(1) Industry standard GPS geo-tagging offers compatibility with most GIS and mapping systems
(2) Includes IsWhere picture mapping software that operates in conjunction with Google Earth
(3) Bluetooth wireless integration eliminates all cables
(4) Instantly inspect and view data on the camera LCD
(5) Very simple to use, just plug it in and go.
(6) Price: $279.95 without Bluetooth GPS
(7) Release date 5/25/2007
