By: Why Your Digital Camera’s GPS Might Not Work in China
[...] to think that cartography laws could somehow affect the functionality of your camera overseas, but a recent article on Ogle Earth points out that just such a thing has been going on with...
View ArticleBy: Why do Panasonic, Leica, FujiFilm, Samsung and Nikon censor their GPS...
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View ArticleBy: C
This entire blog post is overly-dramatic. These devices work everywhere except where they’re not permitted. Some people probably got arrested and the manufacturers were blamed. You call it...
View ArticleBy: Stefan Geens
We could apply this logic elsewhere and use technology to make sure that: Cars never go over the speed limit; cameras cannot take photos at specific locations; cameras cannot take photos of specific...
View ArticleBy: jidanni
Yes C, even more prudent would not be letting any cameras on any market anywhere.
View ArticleBy: Kevin R
There are a number of government imposed limits on GPS. GPS was originally a military system and still has military application. As an example, Commercial GPS tracking devices disable tracking when the...
View ArticleBy: Ryan
Bravo @Stefan Greens. Censorship is never a good thing. If a consumer buys a product, he/she should have the right to use all its functions anywhere. And if they get in trouble for illegal use, well,...
View ArticleBy: Brian Hirschy
After living in China for many years now, I can tell you the law is highly subjective – as you have suggested. For example I use GPS every single day on my iPhone (with map fixes) with much success. In...
View ArticleBy: Brian Hirschy
China, as a sovereign nation with it’s own set of laws and own idea of what rights, censorship, and good/bad are has the right to stop you from using it… beyond that has the right to boycott items they...
View ArticleBy: Geotagging with Nikon cameras
[...] coordinates are all off. An article earlier in the year confirms that GPS data in China is off. Why do Panasonic, Leica, FujiFilm, Samsung and Nikon censor their GPS cameras? | Ogle Earth So the...
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