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On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 15:42 +0000, James wrote: |
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> > * Online searching |
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> usb and bluetooth, should interact with PC (running Gentoo?) |
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maybe. Sometimes they only tether with mobiles, but then you can make |
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your laptop look like a mobile by altering the device class |
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in /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf I think. |
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> > * Camera with geotagging |
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> I did not see this anywhere, do tell me more.... |
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Only seen it on the off-road or hiking models. The inbuilt camera |
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automatically tags your location into the exif data (as well as date, |
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time, etc). You can then upload it to the right spot on google maps |
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without you having to locate where you were at the time. The photo also |
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comes up as an icon on the map next time you go by. |
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> I was not looking for a GPS with wifi, although that would be |
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> keen, in lieu of pay for usage based services. I was looking for |
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> "points of interest" on the GPS device, with a "free wifi" GPS |
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> guide location. Surely something like this exist for mobile |
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> laptops, or do folks run some scanning package to find free wifi |
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> locations. A GPS coordinate registry for free wifi is more |
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> what I'm looking for. Very cool if it's built in or easily addable |
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> to the Garmin 1490T. |
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ah, I see. No doubt there is free wifi POI you can download. In my |
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experience, free WIFI doesn't determine where I go. If it's free when I |
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get there, then good, otherwise I'm there anyway! |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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Success is in the minds of Fools. |
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-- William Wrenshaw, 1578 |
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