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Can I track my mobile GPS on a PC?

Help me keep track of where I take my photos!

  • What is the best, cheapest option to add GeoTagging to my Nikon D50 pictures? Basically, I just want the simplest, most basic GPS track-recorder you can give me. My googling has yielded less than optimal results. I know that the Nikon D50 doesn't have any way to do it in-camera, so my goal is to record my GPS track, then sync up the GPS track to the photos based on time taken, after the fact, using software (incidentally, recommendations on software also gladly accepted). The recorder doesn't even have to have a screen, it just has to be accurate and easy to download tracks to my PC. Thanks!

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    The Delorme Blue Logger works fine, but the battery life isn't too hot. I'm sure there are others, but I don't know any off the top of my head.

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DrtyBlvd

Hardware: + http://www.buygpsnow.com/Department/GPS-Data-Logger.aspx + http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8301 Software: + http://oregonstate.edu/%7Eearlyj/gpsphotolinker/ for Mac, free + http://www.robogeo.com for Windows, commercial I use GPSPhotoLinker, so I don't really know about Windows software. I hear RoboGeo's good. I also use a Garmin GPSMap 60 instead of a tiny data logger, because that's what I have. But any small data logging gps should work.

hades

http://www.locr.com/clients/downloads.php and http://software.copiks.se/photomapper/index.php?lang=EN are free software options for Windows, too. And while I can't give you any first-hand recommendations on hardware, if I were going to buy a small data logging gps, I'd probably get http://www.buygpsnow.com/qstarz-bt-q1000-32ch-32hr-bluetooth-gps-data-logger-travel-recorder-q1000-32ch-waas-auto-on-off-free-vent-mount-865.aspx. If you have a smartphone with bluetooth, you could probably get a cheaper BT-only (non-logging) GPS like http://www.buygpsnow.com/holux-m1000-bluetooth-gps-receiver-m-1000-32ch-waas-auto-on-off-free-vent-mount-826.aspx and use the phone as your logger.

hades

I've never used this http://www.buygpsnow.com/Product/Royaltek-RGM-3800-USB-GPS-Data-Logger-(SiRF-III-GSC3fLP--WAAS--650-000-Waypoints)-(Sale--Now-thru-Dec-25th)__894.aspx, but it looks like a good tool for the job. I've had good experiences with the SiRF III chipset it has, and buygpsnow.com is well-regarded.

exogenous

Many thanks all! I'll check out those options... the Trackstick looks awesome, though it's expensive! That Royaltek one looks like it might be right up my alley! Cheers!

antifuse

I use a http://www.gisteq.com logger from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NM1LCG/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/. The unit is small, about the size of a pager, and has a rechargeable battery. The battery and memory are good (it will last for 7-10 days in my experience), but the software is buggy and seems to crash quite regularly.

MrC

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