Video and GPS data from iPhone movie?

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Video and GPS data from iPhone movie?

Hi, I have following problem/ idea for a solution: I lost the canopy of by model airplane during a flight in a wheat field. Now I am looking for a solution to find it: what about a video camera and a GPS device, flying over the field, recording video and GPS data, play back video and (hopefully) find the canopy at frame xyz. Then read out the GPS position at this frame and go back in the field to the GPS coordinates and find what I lost.

So the questions are:

1. are the Video recordings stamped (?) with a continuous GPS position

2. can this data be read out

3. is there an app that can do this

4. is this the correct forum for this question? 😕

Thanks for any ideas

BTW: I already tried to order a new canopy, no luck...

iPhone 3GS, iOS 4.3.2, Mac user since ever

Posted on Jun 17, 2011 10:42 AM

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Answer 1

KiltedTim

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Jun 17, 2011 1:01 PM in response to jensopenso

Let me get this straight... You lost the canopy for your model airplane... Now you want to strap your iPhone to another model airplane and fly it all over in the area where you lost the canopy.

Piece of advice: Make sure you set up find my iPhone on it before you send it out on its mission. you may need it, in combination with its ability to emit an alarm when triggered remotely, to find the iPhone after it falls off the search plane.

With luck, the fallen iPhone will land near the canopy you seek.

To try and answer the questions:

1. I believe the entire recording gets 1 location coded in the metadata. It is not a continuous stream of location data.

2. Not relevant based on the answer to 1.

3. I seriously doubt it, but I won't be shocked if someone has come up with something among the half million or so apps out there.

4. I don't think there is a correct forum for this, but this works as well as any.

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Answer 2

jensopenso Author

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Jun 20, 2011 1:08 AM in response to KiltedTim

Exactly, thats what I will try, but I will check with a trashy Nokia first...

Thanks for the hint.

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