Implementation of Embedded Geo-coding System for Image's Geo-Location

영상의 위치 정보를 위한 임베디드 지오코딩 시스템 구현

  • Lee, Yong-Hwan (School of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Seop (Department of Electronics Engineering, Dankook University)
  • 이용환 (성균관대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 김영섭 (단국대학교 전자공학과)
  • Published : 2008.09.30

Abstract

Geo-coding refers to the process of associating data with location information, and the system deals with geographic identifiers expressed as latitude and longitude or street addresses. Although many services have been launched, there still remains a problem for users to create geo-coded photo with manually labeling GPS(Global Positioning System) coordinate or synchronizing with separate devices. In this paper, we design and implement a geo-coding system which utilizes the time and location information embedded in digital photographs in order to automatically categorize a personal photo collection. An included GPS receiver labels a photograph with its corresponding GPS coordinates, and the position of the camera is automatically recorded into the photo image header at the moment of capture. The place and time where the photo was taken allows us to provide context metadata on the management and retrieval of information.

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