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Walking-papers vs Geotagged Photos

Posted by drlizau on 4 октябрь 2009 in English.

I thought I would try these two methods on the one area and compare the results for a street lined with shops on each side.
GPS traces have poorer accuracy in these areas as the shops have awnings over the footpath. Doing it on paper might solve some of these difficulties.

Attempt One. walking-papers. Area selected and downloaded. Wouldn't print out at home due to "technical issues". Printed it out at work and carefully brought the paper home. Took it to Corrimal and lost the piece of paper.

Attempt Two. geotagged photos. Took a late evening walk with the camera / GPS combo. Took the photos and recorded the way. Back at home some days later and all of those photos are non-existent, as the memory card failed earlier that day. Several attempts on forensic recovery of the data but it wasn't there to be removed.

Conclusion. Score is nil all and the shops still need marking on the map.

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Comment from Igor Shubovych on 4 октябрь 2009 сәгать 08:51

Good luck with new attempts.

Comment from DrMark on 4 октябрь 2009 сәгать 11:29

This sort of thing is alwaysw disappointing - I spent a 1/2 day doing photo's, put them on the PC, spent the afternoon taking more, put them on the PC, found my new camera restarts the file names when you clear the card & had therefore overwritten the morning photos :(
Put it down to experience, and don't forget to take a photo of your GPS screen at the start of the session!

I have found that standing well back & taking a photo of the shopfronts is best, or just going in with a blank sheet & writing the names in sequance...

Comment from Claudomiro on 4 октябрь 2009 сәгать 12:22

At least you have good humor... :-)

keep trying!

Comment from marscot on 4 октябрь 2009 сәгать 19:38

you could try an audio back up, but you might not make it to the end of the street if you walk down there talking to yourself, I do audio recording in the car its been very good sofar, only thing is you cant play the radio as the same time :)

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