How many cameras these days log GPS in meta data?

Are they very popular? Who uses them?

I use an add-on GPS with my Nikon D800.  The camera has everything except the receiver, so once one is plugged in and turned on, the coordinates are stored in EXIF data.  I use it on road trips; makes it much easier to get my location keywords right.

I got one point&shoot camera with GPS but most time the GPS takes much longer to determine position than it takes to snap that image. BUT there is software out there that can synchronize data from a full-blown GPS device with your images by date/time stamps adding the GPS position to EXIF data of images taken. I am going to do that for my next road trip. - It would be nice if at some point Symbiostock could use GPS EXIF data to show location on a (google) map. Although I don't know if buyers really care and are just waiting for such a gimmick... 

I'm curious about the technology in general.

So given you have a separate GPS with a timestamp in sync with your Camera, theres software that will put the two together in metadata?

Quote from: Leo on August 07, 2013, 05:51
I'm curious about the technology in general.

So given you have a separate GPS with a timestamp in sync with your Camera, theres software that will put the two together in metadata?

From http://www.geosetter.de/en/ website:

QuoteDescription

GeoSetter is a freeware tool for Windows (XP or higher) for showing and changing geo data and other metadata (IPTC/XMP/Exif) of image files (e.g. images taken by digital cameras).

and

QuoteSynchronization with track files (NMEA, GPX, PLT, Sony LOG, IGC and others)

And that's just an example for such sync software. Caution, though: I haven't tried it yet and can't tell how
(good) it works...

Thats helpful thanks. I was hoping to start integrating it in future projects of mine. Was curious how well used it is and how accessible.

You're welcome. - This is on my to-do-list for a while. So, if you happen to play with it before me I'd be interested in some first hand experience report. If I am first I'll let you know how it went.

Hy!

I use the gps4cam App on my iPhone and I am very happy with it.
All you have to do is to start the App when you start your trip. At the end you take a photo of your iPhones screen (showing a code). On your PC you run gps4cam on your folder with the pictures in. All ist does is to add the GPS data. Everything else stays unchanged. Sounds perhaps complicated but is very easy to use.
Works great and is very accurate (and really cheap, compared to a GPS module for your camera).

Cheers

Quote from: Walpurgis on August 07, 2013, 09:48
Hy!

I use the gps4cam App on my iPhone and I am very happy with it.
All you have to do is to start the App when you start your trip. At the end you take a photo of your iPhones screen (showing a code). On your PC you run gps4cam on your folder with the pictures in. All ist does is to add the GPS data. Everything else stays unchanged. Sounds perhaps complicated but is very easy to use.
Works great and is very accurate (and really cheap, compared to a GPS module for your camera).

Cheers

This is also available for Droid phones as well for a one time fee of $2.99 which is way cheaper then a full blown GPS that needs to be frequently updated which the phone GPS does automatically so you always have the right info.

Not bad.

Works for all cameras.

DT offers a map of locations and contributors can geo-tag their images. I'm not sure if it automatically pulls the exif info for the map or how useful it is to a buyer. It has potential.

http://www.dreamstime.com/world-stock-photos

Quote from: cuppacoffee on August 07, 2013, 15:22
DT offers a map of locations and contributors can geo-tag their images. I'm not sure if it automatically pulls the exif info for the map...

FYI, it does.  My geotagged images get placed on the map automagically.

Lightroom uses GPS data from the image. I was shocked to get a photo from a woman I was talking to on the internet, and when LR opened the image it pointed me straight to the woman's house on google maps, built in, in LR. iPhone uses GPS and if you have the wrong person, they now know where you live. Scary stuff.

The Canon 6D has GPS.  It's fun in the desert but will drain the battery over night even while the camera is turned off. 

but what's the matter with this GPS mania ? will you make more sales because of the few GPS addicts ? i don't get it  but maybe i'm an old fart.

Then it's good for us old farts, because we can see where we were, after we forget where the photo was taken? 

I wanted to geotag images a few years back. Had a GPS around my next, data to merge, and after a few trips, I discovered, I didn't care. Nice toy PN-40 it went on eBay and is gone. One less thing to carry when I'm hiking up a 1 mile hill!

In camera GPS drains batteries, as reported above. Cell phones have it built in, which is fine. I suppose I'd have to get a cell phone with GPS, instead of one that only makes phone calls?

The data is there, why not? It enhances the location of the photo accurately. Unless someone wants the image to be generic, woods or lake or mountains Etc.? I could argue either side, but in the end, as a feature, it can be useful for some buyers.

Quote from: Xanox on August 07, 2013, 17:12
but what's the matter with this GPS mania ? will you make more sales because of the few GPS addicts ? i don't get it  but maybe i'm an old fart.

well, maybe i'm the only one archiving my photos based on a geographic gerarchic tree ?

like ... "Asia / China / Shanghai" with subfolders like "Pudong / Skyline" or "Subway / Remin Square"

that way you can't forget the location, but for keywording i create a different file system as in many cases the location is irrilevant.

I got my GPS after a Route 66 road trip.  Turns out I tagged one of my photos with the wrong state!  Thought I was still in the little stretch of Kansas but had already reentered Oklahoma.  The GPS takes care of that little problem.

Battery life can be an issue, although less of one than it used to be.  The important thing is to set the camera so the meter doesn't stay on while the GPS is enabled.  Keeping the meter on constantly will drain a battery in a few hours.  It means a few extra seconds for the GPS to confirm location, but there's no noticeable drain from modern receivers.

I have somy hx 200v and a65 and both have gps - it's automatically part of the iptc data. I haven't used it much directly, but  know DT pulls in the info

My Canon 6d has it.  Good for organizing in Lightroom via the Map.  Does use the battery up faster as its checking position every certain amount of time.

DT has a map feature so if its useful there.

I stayed with Nikon's own add-on GPS - it sticks out of the side of the camera so ultimately the port got bent while hiking (fine when around your neck, but it is usually swung over a hip when walking about) the replacement cord is like 90 bucks or something.  When it worked it worked very well, but when I'm in remote locations it could barely ever find a satellite and I just don't need a GPS for studio work.

Quote from: disorderly on August 07, 2013, 15:58

Quote from: cuppacoffee on August 07, 2013, 15:22
DT offers a map of locations and contributors can geo-tag their images. I'm not sure if it automatically pulls the exif info for the map...

FYI, it does.  My geotagged images get placed on the map automagically.

Which is handy for travel shots, but not so helpful for studio shots