cameras with built in GPS

[_aperture]

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

[Pioneer42]

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.

[G.Eisenmann]

"_aperture" <bala.v...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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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[Matt Ion]

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.

[sna...@mailinator.com]

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

Check out the Eye-Fi Explore card.

[George Kerby]

On 2/26/09 2:27 PM, in article rnudq418q8ti0qu9m...@4ax.com,
"sna...@mailinator.com" <sna...@mailinator.com> wrote:

Please expound on this? Thank you.

[Atheist Chaplain]

"George Kerby" <ghost_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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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/
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[anir...@gmail.com]

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.

[George Kerby]

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

> "George Kerby" <ghost_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:C5CC932B.22F32%ghost_...@hotmail.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/26/09 2:27 PM, in article rnudq418q8ti0qu9m...@4ax.com,
>> "sna...@mailinator.com" <sna...@mailinator.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:56:37 -0800 (PST), _aperture
>>> <bala.v...@gmail.com>
>>> 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.

[Petri Lopia]

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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[Pat]

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.