cameras with built in GPS

Pioneer42 wrote:
> _aperture wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> What are the cameras out there with a built in GPS so that the photos
>> get geo-tagged? I am looking for a compact camera - not an SLR.
>>
>> What are the other ways (software, perhaps) of getting the longitude/
>> latitude information into the image EXIF?
>>
>> tia,
>> bala
>
>
> You can use Microsoft's Pro Photo Tools to geotag photos using a .gpx
> track file from any GPS receiver. It coordinates the time stamps of the
> photos with the time data of the GPS track.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/downloads/tools.aspx
>
> You can also use Picasa/Google Earth for manual geotagging, but it will
> not coordinate the timestamps automatically.

There's a (new? I just discovered it) web service called GPSed.com that
can import your GPS tracks in a number of formats, overlay them on maps
(using Google Maps/Google Earth), share them for you on your
social-networking site of choice, and geotag your photos in PicasaWeb or
Flikr and add them to your map. It even makes the time-offset easy, as
it pops up a little dialog asking you to enter the current date and time
on your camera, and calculates it from there.

They also have apps for GPS-enabled Windows Mobile phones and iPhones
that will log your tracks and optionally update your maps and
social-networking links as you go along.
 >> Stay informed about: cameras with built in GPS 

"_aperture" wrote in message

> Hi,
>
> What are the cameras out there with a built in GPS so that the photos
> get geo-tagged? I am looking for a compact camera - not an SLR.


- Nikon Coolpix P6000 -

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 >> Stay informed about: cameras with built in GPS 

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:56:37 -0800 (PST), _aperture wrote:

> Hi,
>
> What are the cameras out there with a built in GPS so that the photos
> get geo-tagged? I am looking for a compact camera - not an SLR.
>
> What are the other ways (software, perhaps) of getting the longitude/
> latitude information into the image EXIF?

Any camera that uses SD cards will do the job for you.

Check out the Eye-Fi Explore card.
 >> Stay informed about: cameras with built in GPS 

On 2/26/09 2:27 PM, in article rnudq418q8ti0qu9mk201ffs1aunci2odf.RemoveThis@4ax.com,
"snapper@mailinator.com" wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:56:37 -0800 (PST), _aperture
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> What are the cameras out there with a built in GPS so that the photos
>> get geo-tagged? I am looking for a compact camera - not an SLR.
>>
>> What are the other ways (software, perhaps) of getting the longitude/
>> latitude information into the image EXIF?
>
> Any camera that uses SD cards will do the job for you.
>
> Check out the Eye-Fi Explore card.
>
>
Please expound on this? Thank you.
 >> Stay informed about: cameras with built in GPS 

On Feb 26, 12:56 am, _aperture wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What are the cameras out there with a built in GPS so that the photos
> get geo-tagged?  I am looking for a compact camera - not an SLR.
>
> What are the other ways (software, perhaps) of getting the longitude/
> latitude information into the image EXIF?
>
> tia,
> bala

I believe Ricoh Caplio compact camera is GPS ready (latest model 500
SE). I know someone who used it during one of wilderness trips. Our
local surveyor equipment suppliers also have this camera to rent,
complete with the GPS.
I hope that this help.
 >> Stay informed about: cameras with built in GPS 

On 2/26/09 7:25 PM, in article 49a740fc$1@news.x-privat.org, "Atheist
Chaplain" wrote:

> "George Kerby" wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/26/09 2:27 PM, in article rnudq418q8ti0qu9mk201ffs1aunci2odf DeleteThis @4ax.com,
>> "snapper@mailinator.com" wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:56:37 -0800 (PST), _aperture
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> What are the cameras out there with a built in GPS so that the photos
>>>> get geo-tagged? I am looking for a compact camera - not an SLR.
>>>>
>>>> What are the other ways (software, perhaps) of getting the longitude/
>>>> latitude information into the image EXIF?
>>>
>>> Any camera that uses SD cards will do the job for you.
>>>
>>> Check out the Eye-Fi Explore card.
>>>
>>>
>> Please expound on this? Thank you.
>>
>
> but you have to be within range of several wi-fi networks for the eye-fi to
> geotag, not much good in the other 98% of the planet without wi-fi hot
> spots.
> http://www.eye.fi/services/geotagging/

OK. Now I get it.

My 1st gen iPhone in downtown Houston is around 250 yards off using this
method. I would think where there are few or no wi-fi networks the Eye-Fi
card would be totally useless as geotagging device.

Thanks.
 >> Stay informed about: cameras with built in GPS 

Pioneer42 wrote:
> _aperture wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> What are the cameras out there with a built in GPS so that the photos
>> get geo-tagged? I am looking for a compact camera - not an SLR.
>>
>> What are the other ways (software, perhaps) of getting the longitude/
>> latitude information into the image EXIF?
>>
>> tia,
>> bala
>
>
> You can use Microsoft's Pro Photo Tools to geotag photos using a .gpx
> track file from any GPS receiver. It coordinates the time stamps of the
> photos with the time data of the GPS track.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/downloads/tools.aspx
>
> You can also use Picasa/Google Earth for manual geotagging, but it will
> not coordinate the timestamps automatically.

And it's actually pretty easy to make that kind of "software" your self.
I have make one what takes time from photos Exif tags and then lat/lon
from Nokia SportTracker CSV track and then make google maps map with
thumbnails on the right places and so on...

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 >> Stay informed about: cameras with built in GPS 

On Feb 26, 2:56 am, _aperture wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What are the cameras out there with a built in GPS so that the photos
> get geo-tagged?  I am looking for a compact camera - not an SLR.
>
> What are the other ways (software, perhaps) of getting the longitude/
> latitude information into the image EXIF?
>
> tia,
> bala

I didn't see this thread the first time it went by. Ricoh makes one.
Google for it. I think Casio used to make one, too. They are used in
appraising, real estate, claims adjusting, etc.
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