Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/11

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Subject: [Leica] Landmark recognition.
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip F)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:20:07 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Back in Iraq our long lenses were used as rangefinders with GPS data
appended to the EXIF. You figure out what was done with the
information...

PF


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
>Sent: Feb 11, 2010 6:48 PM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: [Leica] Landmark recognition.
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>"Panasonic has added manual control and GPS to its popular Leica-lensed
>Lumix ZS3, " which also has this new " Landmark recognition." in it.
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>http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/panasonic-digicam-adds-gps-manual-con
>trol-and-landmark-recognition/
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>Undernight a picture of the empire state building it will automatically say
>"empire state building".
>But I say its unfair as the GPS is tipping it off.
>What else would it be?*
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>I'm waiting for face recognition where it tells you who the person is.
>I bet it hits before the year 2525.
>In just a year or two they could start with "celebrity face recognition"
>In case your sitting next to one at a starbucks and you cant place them.
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>[Rabs]
>Mark William Rabiner
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>* like the Dutch with those crazy propeller buildings  (better off ted)
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