(keitai-l) Re: [JapanBloggers] Playing with EXIF - Pictures with GPS data

From: Sam Joseph <gaijin_at_yha.att.ne.jp>
Date: 07/16/03
Message-ID: <3F14E5D8.6050508@yha.att.ne.jp>
Hi All,

[Cross-posting to keitai-l since we are talking about using appli to 
edit GPS data in JPEG images on camera phones]

So it seems that the docomo 504iS and 505's can access the camera 
functionality from within java.  They can then manipulate the images at 
the byte level - so it seems possible in principle.

I'm not quite sure about images taken previously and stored in a data 
folder.  From what I've seen so far I'd say the answer is that you can't 
access stored data from within the java environment, although I may find 
a way round that if I keep looking.  Either way if you were happy to 
take pictures through a "moblog appli" then you wouldn't have a problem.

The JPhone API doesn't seem to have the camera support that the latest 
docomo models have - but again I may be wrong on this and I will keep on 
looking.  

Looking at the AU-KDDI docs, I see that they have DRM flags, and that 
you should potentially be able to access stored images on your keitai 
that have the DRM flag set to false - so assuming pictures you take with 
your AU-KDDI camera phone are not set DRM protected, then you're good to 
go.  I don't have an AU camera phone to test this on at present ...

Actually as it happens I am working on some applis to support moblogging 
activity.  I'll mail to both these lists when I have something to show.

Stuart - you have an AU camera phone right?  Presumably if I wrote you a 
moblog appli you could test it on your phone right?

CHEERS> SAM

Stuart Woodward wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:27:28 +0900
>Bob McDonald <ultrabob@t4ac.com> wrote:
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>>The reason I said Java applet, was that I meant to do it directly on the
>>cell phone, but I'm not familiar at all with Java on cellular phones,
>>and it sounds like it wouldn't be very possible anyway?
>>    
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>You would think so, but the phones tend to be conservative in what they
>allow you to do so might not even give you access to the images or be
>able to rewrite them. Maybe Sam would know.
>
Received on Wed Jul 16 08:47:46 2003