A Raspberry Pi Camera Cap for Your Next Trip

Hackster Staff
Jul 28, 2017 · 2 min read

You can take a photo with your phone or other device, and even tag it with the location, time, or camera settings. But what if you want to know what direction the photographer is facing, as well as the pitch and roll of the camera? With OzzMaker’s baseball cap-mounted Raspberry Pi Zero W/Pi Camera setup, this directional data can now be recorded using a BerryGPS-IMU.

The hat can geotag and capture the “attitude” of photos taken with a Raspberry Pi Camera and record these values within the photo itself using EXIF metadata. (📷: OzzMaker)

Though this info might seem superfluous, there are a few interesting applications. The hat snaps pictures every two minutes. Once captured, the photos and its corresponding data can be loaded into a program like GeoSetter. It can then overlay your position and field of view on a map, while displaying an actual photo. Additionally, non-level photographs can be corrected by data rather than attempting to do so visually!

Programs like GeoSetter can plot the photo on a map and even show the direction of the camera at the time the image was taken. (📷: OzzMaker)

Want to create a Pi-enabled hat for your next trip? Be sure to check out OzzMaker’s entire write-up here, and get a glimpse of his system in action below as he walks around Sydney.

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