If you’re a keen geotagger of your imagery, then a recently announced $US150 device from ATP Electronics may be just the ticket. Dubbed the GPS Photo Finder, it works in a rather carefree way: you just have to carry it around with you while you’re shooting, and then insert your memory card into it, before you download your photos. All it does is work out where you were for each photo from its position log, and then embed that data into the JPEG files directly.
Built-in card reading works with MMC/SD and MemoryStick Duo, but the clever little box also has on-the-go USB functionality so it can interface with some digital cameras without needing a PC. Currently it works with JPEG files only, though that’s the convenient format most of us use anyway. And if you’re worried about correctly setting your camera time to synchronise with it accurately, then don’t: it’s got a small screen and can give you UTC GPS time.
RMEIKLEJ
January 22, 2008 at 8:55 AM
In THEORY this is a groovy little gadget – but if the one I just got is an example it’s got a fatal flaw – it won’t lock into the GPS – hmmm waiting to hear back from ATP and the supplier but the signs aren’t great
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June 15, 2009 at 4:52 PM
I have had two that don’t work
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