As if the telecasting were n’t enough to highlight your gnarliness , Contour ’s newest camera , the ContourGPS tot a second stave to the helmet - cam pissing match : Integrated ( wait for it ) GPS with a map embedded in the video .
On the computer hardware side , the modification is jolly straightforward : engineers farm the sliding switch on the camera ’s top by about 2 mm and put a Global Positioning System pass catcher below it . The upgrade hold Contour ’s general industrial design , but its just enough of a rev to keep it from working with thecompany ’s new waterproof case . desire you did n’t just bribe that .
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The software , though , is where this fresh add-on really impresses : there ’s a bitty Google Map nuzzle up next to any video you dart with the GPS activated . It shows the road you took , your elevation , f number , and your progress in relation to what ’s drop dead in the video . If you edit , the map aline to compensate . Even if you edit in Final Cut or iMovie , the video coding is sassy enough to log your snub and and adjust the single-valued function when you import the moving picture back onto Contour ’s website , an online community of interests you will probably only habituate to get the embed code with the single-valued function thingy include .
But you ’ll probably apply it , because that map is the ultimate line-shooting right . And bragging is kind of what it ’s all about . Contour plans on staging virtual contest , where television camera owners step on it the same test at different prison term , and equate their time on the Web . After all , the GPS will go a long way towards keeping competitors honest . And there ’s no reasonableness why you could n’t vie against your friends either , wagering beers over who had the fastest top speed or who caught the most air — all factors the Contour ’s GPS can time .
We did n’t really get much clock time with the Contour GPS , but we ’re look frontwards to invest it through its paces . The camerais usable for pre - monastic order at $ 350and lead off shipping this week . That includes our trial model . Stay tuned for our recap .
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