t0tor0 Posted June 4, 2007 Share #1 Posted June 4, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi all: Wonder if any of you carry a GPS around when shooting. I have a garmin GPS and it does track where I am in what location at what time. It is saved as a *.gpx file. Do anyone here know of any program that can tag information from gpx file into the EXIF file of JPEGs or DNGs base on the time and date synchronization? This would be so cool!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 4, 2007 Posted June 4, 2007 Hi t0tor0, Take a look here GPS Coordinates embedded in EXIF. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted June 4, 2007 Share #2 Posted June 4, 2007 You mean JoboGPS. It fits into the flash shoe of your camera, keeping track of its movements and the time. Later it will match the time to the time in EXIF and write the place or coordinates into the EXIF file. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0tor0 Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted June 4, 2007 You mean JoboGPS. It fits into the flash shoe of your camera, keeping track of its movements and the time. Later it will match the time to the time in EXIF and write the place or coordinates into the EXIF file. Wow!. Really? The software is part of the package or seperate? I have to check this out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted June 4, 2007 Share #4 Posted June 4, 2007 JOBO AG - photoGPS I want one, and I want in now <grin> Reading the blurb on the Jobo website it sits in the hotshoe and firing the shutter causes the device to store the location and 'GPS' time. The provided software (Mac and PC) can then insert the location information - grid reference, street, town etc. - into the Exif data of the images. Price appears to be around $150, available this summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scho Posted June 4, 2007 Share #5 Posted June 4, 2007 Hi all: Wonder if any of you carry a GPS around when shooting. I have a garmin GPS and it does track where I am in what location at what time. It is saved as a *.gpx file. Do anyone here know of any program that can tag information from gpx file into the EXIF file of JPEGs or DNGs base on the time and date synchronization? This would be so cool!! If you use a Mac, this little shareware program will do the job nicely, using your existing GPS unit. http://oregonstate.edu/~earlyj/gpsphotolinker/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwfreund Posted June 4, 2007 Share #6 Posted June 4, 2007 I use RoboGeo which has a number of options including google earth. My Garmin gps tracklog works fine as well as saved gpx files. works on vista with no problems. -bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0tor0 Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted June 4, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Looking at the JoboGPS more, i think it is too big for the hotshoe. I think I prefer a garmin which i can keep in my pocket or in my camera bag with antenna sticking out. Moreover, I can use it as a map if I get lost also:p Thanks scho for the link. I sure will try it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted June 4, 2007 Share #8 Posted June 4, 2007 Looking at the JoboGPS more, i think it is too big for the hotshoe. I have been trying to get details on size but don't see them on the Jobo website. Where did you find sizing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted June 4, 2007 Share #9 Posted June 4, 2007 Does it help you take better photographs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0tor0 Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share #10 Posted June 4, 2007 I have been trying to get details on size but don't see them on the Jobo website. Where did you find sizing? There is a picture of the GPS mounted on a Canon DSLR here. That's all I have. http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/jobogps/1554279 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0tor0 Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share #11 Posted June 4, 2007 Does it help you take better photographs? Nope. Not at all. It does help for documentary photography. Take pictures and drawout maps later back home on their computers. Useful in countries where maps are not very accurate. There are GPS enthusiast who go round taking photos and updating maps and point of interests. Moreover, if you see a goldmine, it sures helps u in getting back there. And well, it is just nice to see places where you have been plotted on google earth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scho Posted June 4, 2007 Share #12 Posted June 4, 2007 Actually, if you can find the location of your photo on Google Earth you don't even need a GPS unit. Geotagger will insert lat and long automatically into the exif metadata. http://craig.stanton.net.nz/software/Geotagger.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted June 4, 2007 Share #13 Posted June 4, 2007 Does it help you take better photographs? No, but it might help you to go back if you wanted to take a better photograph :-) I've got shots of small places in France and Germany but I can't remember exactly where I took them. This would let me identify exactly where I was when I took the original. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0tor0 Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share #14 Posted June 4, 2007 Actually, if you can find the location of your photo on Google Earth you don't even need a GPS unit. Geotagger will insert lat and long automatically into the exif metadata.http://craig.stanton.net.nz/software/Geotagger.html True. But I don't think I am going to do that manually for all 500 - 1000 photos for a trip though. I tried geotagging on zoto.com. Was free at one time. It is not as easy as it sounds. View from the top, it is hard to find that exact spot especially if it is taken in a foreign country. geotagging 5 photos took me like an hour or so? and i get a headache looking so closely into the monitor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tummydoc Posted June 4, 2007 Share #15 Posted June 4, 2007 The provided software (Mac and PC) can then insert the location information - grid reference, street, town etc. - into the Exif data of the images. How does it get the data into the EXIF file? Could such technology be modified to insert user-input lens data into the EXIF as well...i.e. a workaround for the menu that Leica continues to "protect" us from Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted June 5, 2007 Share #16 Posted June 5, 2007 While I can understand how a GPS unit could know the photographer's location, I'm at a bit of a loss to know how it could know what lens he/she had used :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted June 5, 2007 Share #17 Posted June 5, 2007 There is a picture of the GPS mounted on a Canon DSLR here. That's all I have. Jobo photoGPS - Gizmodo Acts as a radar speed trap detector too, by the looks of it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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