GPS?

Hi guys. wanted to know if anyone uses a gps to record where they took a photo. i saw this european guy with a nikon SLR and some flash device attached to it with the words GPS on it. looked really cool...just wondering if anyone knows what that was?

thanks

I use a Garmin eTrex receiver to mark the location then integrate google's satellite map into my gallery. There's no automation between the camera and the GPS though ... I have to mark the location manually or read the co-ords into the audio annotation on the 1DMK2.

I have an eTrex too - the one with the B/W screen. That and a compass - handy for scouting and working out where the sun will appear and when.

Nikon supports embedding of GPS position info directly from the receiver into the EXIF data; something I wish Canon did. There are programs that will merge your GPS track with the photos in post-processing, but that's just something else to mess with. I mean, my old Kodak DC260 had this capability!

Jon wrote in post #2613620
Nikon supports embedding of GPS position info directly from the receiver into the EXIF data; something I wish Canon did.

I couldn't agree more. Canon please support this function!

I use a Garmin eTrex and just save the track file with my photos. Some day someone will come out with good software to embed the GPS info into my CR2 files without messing up the other EXIF data. I have been looking for a solution for many years.

I've got an eTrex as well, but I use it because I have an extremely bad sense of direction.. and that and hiking in the woods don't mix too well

Hehe, I can get lost on my way to my bathroom. A GPS is essential for someone who is directionally challenged like myself. I use a Garmin GPSMAP 60 CSx, great unit, although the Garmin maps are pricey. If you do decide to get a Garmin for nature photography in National Parks/Forests in the U.S.A., you might want to hold off on buying their 24k topological maps for National Parks. They sell them as 3 separate disks (East, Central, West regions) right now, or a 100K topo map of the entire U.S. Rumors are abounding that there will be an upgrade to make all their topo maps 24k in accuracy and come as a single product.

thanks guys for the replies...but has anyone tried out the sony gps thingy?
i think you press the button after you take the photo and it will sync the time with the camera or something like that.

I'm tottlay missing something here. . .
What are these? Attached to the camera?
:o

penyuijo wrote in post #2624019
I'm tottlay missing something here. . .
What are these? Attached to the camera?
:o

If you have a Nikon, they can be; if you use Canon you need to record the track on the GPS and match up the timing on the track with the photo times to get the location for your photos. Nikons with GPS support will embed the location at the time of shooting.

Interesting. I have a Garmin 60Cs that I use for hiking and Geocaching. I hadn't thought of using it to mark photo locations. I'll have to look look into it.

Has anybody had any experience connecting canons to PDA's? I have one that you can hook up a bluetooth GPS to and i thought it might be able to communicate between the two?

There is a GPS mapping program in Australia called Oziexplorer, that has 3rd party add-ons that can link photos to coordinates. Check out this link for some more info on it:
http://www.oziphototoo​l.com//

This is my first post so if i did anything wrong let me know. I have been lurking around for a few weeks, and have used the info on this forum to help me decide on my first DSLR (hopefully will get it in a week or so), cheers!

Thanks for the link geosultan. I use a Garmin 60CS for geocaching and when offroad in the Jeep. I have OziExplorer so I'll have to give this program a try and see if/how it incorporates the coords into the EXIF. Just need a little spare time now

supatt wrote in post #2623781
thanks guys for the replies...but has anyone tried out the sony gps thingy?
i think you press the button after you take the photo and it will sync the time with the camera or something like that.

IIRC the Sony thingy involves a dongle-type device that you take with you when you shoot - it keeps track of where you are throughout the session. Then when you load your images onto your computer, it matches up the location using the time in the EXIF and your location at that time. Nice idea, but you must use Sony's download software - no good for Canon shooters.

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