GPS Cameras?

(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> This is the most idle kind of curiosity... but I can't help wondering.
>
> Has anybody come out with a camera or a camera add-on that records
> latitude/longitude coordinates when the pic was taken - either
> visually in the frame or in the EXIF data/

There are quite a few programs for this. Google for photos - GPS.
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"(PeteCresswell)" <x.RemoveThis@y.Invalid> wrote in message
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> This is the most idle kind of curiosity... but I can't help wondering.
>
> Has anybody come out with a camera or a camera add-on that records
> latitude/longitude coordinates when the pic was taken - either visually in
> the
> frame or in the EXIF data/

This is the only one I've heard of. It records locations as you move about
and then the coordinates are added to the photos later based on time stamps.

Bruce.
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:34:13 -0500, (PeteCresswell) <x.DeleteThis@y.Invalid> wrote:
> This is the most idle kind of curiosity... but I can't help wondering.
>
> Has anybody come out with a camera or a camera add-on that records
> latitude/longitude coordinates when the pic was taken - either visually in the
> frame or in the EXIF data/

Sony sells, or at least has announced plans to sell, an add-on GPS
widget that would do that. I _think_ it worked by synching clocks with
the camera, and then recording its course track, and then loading the
position information into the images once both the track and the images
were downloaded to a computer. That sort of thing could probably be
bodged together by someone with an ordinary GPS hand-held and some
straightforward programming.

Some of Nikon's higher-end DSLRs can talk via serial cable to GPS units
and record position info directly into the EXIF fields.

-dms
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Daniel Silevitch wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:34:13 -0500, (PeteCresswell) <x DeleteThis @y.Invalid> wrote:
>> This is the most idle kind of curiosity... but I can't help wondering.
>>
>> Has anybody come out with a camera or a camera add-on that records
>> latitude/longitude coordinates when the pic was taken - either visually in the
>> frame or in the EXIF data/
>
> Sony sells, or at least has announced plans to sell, an add-on GPS
> widget that would do that. I _think_ it worked by synching clocks with
> the camera, and then recording its course track, and then loading the
> position information into the images once both the track and the images
> were downloaded to a computer. That sort of thing could probably be
> bodged together by someone with an ordinary GPS hand-held and some
> straightforward programming.
>
> Some of Nikon's higher-end DSLRs can talk via serial cable to GPS units
> and record position info directly into the EXIF fields.
>
> -dms
It can even be used to sync to GoogleEarth, from what I have read.
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"Ron Hunter" <rphunter.RemoveThis@charter.net> wrote in message
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> (PeteCresswell) wrote:
>> This is the most idle kind of curiosity... but I can't help wondering.
>>
>> Has anybody come out with a camera or a camera add-on that records
>> latitude/longitude coordinates when the pic was taken - either visually
>> in the
>> frame or in the EXIF data/
>
> Yes, such things are available, as add-ons. They would have some useful
> applications, if combined with a good compass. That way you would know
> where the shot was taken, and which direction the camera was pointed.
> Not something everyone would want, but I see a niche market for it.

for some nikons, http://pc-mobile.net/nikongps.htm
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Here are a couple of links for software that will take your
timestamps and GPS track data and put the interpolated
position back in the EXIF

http://www.robogeo.com/home/
http://www.vipros.com/photo/gps2Photo/

And this one http://www.topofusion.com/ that has a utility
called photofusion that will place digital photo's on a
GPS track.

mikey

"(PeteCresswell)" <x RemoveThis @y.Invalid> wrote in message
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> This is the most idle kind of curiosity... but I can't help wondering.
>
> Has anybody come out with a camera or a camera add-on that records
> latitude/longitude coordinates when the pic was taken - either
> visually in the
> frame or in the EXIF data/
> --
> PeteCresswell
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"Jimmy" <jchancey1.TakeThisOut@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "Ron Hunter" <rphunter.TakeThisOut@charter.net> wrote in message
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>> (PeteCresswell) wrote:
>>> This is the most idle kind of curiosity... but I can't help
>>> wondering.
>>>
>>> Has anybody come out with a camera or a camera add-on that records
>>> latitude/longitude coordinates when the pic was taken - either
>>> visually in the
>>> frame or in the EXIF data/
>>
>> Yes, such things are available, as add-ons. They would have some
>> useful applications, if combined with a good compass. That way you
>> would know where the shot was taken, and which direction the camera
>> was pointed.
>> Not something everyone would want, but I see a niche market for it.
>
> for some nikons, http://pc-mobile.net/nikongps.htm


Interesting link off of that one that has some good comments on
position and photos ..
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/gps.mspx

mikey
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Per Jimmy:
>for some nikons, http://pc-mobile.net/nikongps.htm

Is the implication of that page that some Nikon DSLRs have the smarts to
interrogate the GPS device - or passively read it's output - and then
incorporate Lat/Long info into the pics they take?
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PeteCresswell
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In article <e6cdp21hshidgma94o9run0heq305eba34.DeleteThis@4ax.com> "(PeteCresswell)" <x.DeleteThis@y.Invalid> writes:
$Has anybody come out with a camera or a camera add-on that records
$latitude/longitude coordinates when the pic was taken - either visually in the
$frame or in the EXIF data/

There's at least one Nikon DSLR that can be hooked up to a GPS device
and will record coordinates in the file.
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:02:08 -0600, Ron Hunter <rphunter.RemoveThis@charter.net> wrote:
> Daniel Silevitch wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:34:13 -0500, (PeteCresswell) <x.RemoveThis@y.Invalid> wrote:
>>> This is the most idle kind of curiosity... but I can't help wondering.
>>>
>>> Has anybody come out with a camera or a camera add-on that records
>>> latitude/longitude coordinates when the pic was taken - either visually in the
>>> frame or in the EXIF data/
>>
>> Sony sells, or at least has announced plans to sell, an add-on GPS
>> widget that would do that. I _think_ it worked by synching clocks with
>> the camera, and then recording its course track, and then loading the
>> position information into the images once both the track and the images
>> were downloaded to a computer. That sort of thing could probably be
>> bodged together by someone with an ordinary GPS hand-held and some
>> straightforward programming.
>>
>> Some of Nikon's higher-end DSLRs can talk via serial cable to GPS units
>> and record position info directly into the EXIF fields.
>>
>> -dms
> It can even be used to sync to GoogleEarth, from what I have read.

I was curious, so I did a quick Google. The device is the GPS-CS1,
listing for $150. Here's one blurb:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06080202sonygpscs1.asp
A demo of what the GoogleMaps-based interface looks like:
http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/Peripheral/GPS/GPS-CS1K/TryMapView/try.html

If you just want the EXIF fields populated with the GPS data, and don't
care about the snazzy interface, I have a feeling that a short PERL or
whatever program would work just as well as Sony's software.

-dms
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"(PeteCresswell)" <x.TakeThisOut@y.Invalid> wrote in message
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> Per Jimmy:
>>for some nikons, http://pc-mobile.net/nikongps.htm
>
> Is the implication of that page that some Nikon DSLRs have the smarts to
> interrogate the GPS device - or passively read it's output - and then
> incorporate Lat/Long info into the pics they take?
> --

I don't know what the implication is suppose to be, but many cameras can
sense if a connection is made, be it serial connector, remote cable, pc
connections, USB cable, etc. In the case of the D-200, a GPS icon comes ON
when the connection is made and data is read from the GPS serial data port.
The camera is programmed to read only the NMEA-0083 protocol data
transmitted at 4800 baud. If connection to the GPS isn't established within
2 seconds, the GPS icon goes off and recording stops. If the icon is
flashing while the shot is being made, no GPS data will be recorded.
According to my D200 manual the data recorded in the EXIF header is Lat,
Long, Alt, and UTC. I rather doubt the camera is programmed for
plug-n-play.

The Nikon solution for cabling is expensive, so many have looked into a
reasonably priced solution. The Red Hen solution is expensive; the
PC-Mobile solution seems to be more affordable for connecting to the GPS
device. Here is a links for some early attempts in connecting Nikons to GPS
(please notice one of the articles is for the D100 camera which is no longer
in production). http://www.amedesign.ro/F100.htm or
http://www.core5.net/projects/d200GPS/index.html
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Here is a links for some early attempts in connecting Nikons to GPS
> (please notice one of the articles is for the D100 camera which is no
> longer in production). http://www.amedesign.ro/F100.htm
I need to correct myself here, as this site is for early attempts at DIY for
direct camera to PC data cabling.
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(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Per Jimmy:
>> for some nikons, http://pc-mobile.net/nikongps.htm
>
> Is the implication of that page that some Nikon DSLRs have the smarts to
> interrogate the GPS device - or passively read it's output - and then
> incorporate Lat/Long info into the pics they take?

I heard that someone on this NG made his own devices for a Nikon D200.
OH WAIT THAT WAS ME.
http://cynicor.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-make-gps-device-for-nikon-d..._28.htm
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