photo gps

[kriss5154]

Hi advice please have Nikon D300s looking at photo GPS torn between Nikon own one and JOBO Photo GPS can any body advise me please thanks

 

[Trig's]

I've had the Genuine Nikon GP-1 & a HK cheaper £60 version... They do exactley the same thing..

How often are you going to use it - if not very often then opt for the cheaper version.. Then again if you want the real mcCoy @ nearly 3 times the price then go for the Nikon.. Esp if you want "named" gear...

I had the cheaper version 1st the opted for the Nikon GP-1 GPS - used it about twice then sold it thru lack of use.... They both work on Nikons software & both show where you took the picture (both were within a couple of meters)

Too much of a "must have gadget" dude is me

Try this ---> E-bay Nikon GPS tis a lot cheaper than the NIkon & the JOBO..

 

[Cuchulainn]

Hi!

Have you also looked at the option of a GPS logger as described here? I find it a much easier way of tagging photos, it doesn't take too long, and thee logger is something you can use in other activities (e.g. I use it when scuba diving to log where the boat is when I enter the water)

 

[ChrisH]

If you have an android phone or an Iphone look for a program called geotagger.

It will store your GPS position against time. As long as your phone and camera say the same time your sorted.

I'm just looking into the best sofware to use with the file it outputs which I believe is a standard format.

 

[Harvey_nikon]

I haven't used either but like the idea, however, my main concern with any of the units would be weather proofing.

 

[Cuchulainn]

If you have an android phone or an Iphone look for a program called geotagger.

It will store your GPS position against time. As long as your phone and camera say the same time your sorted.

I'm just looking into the best sofware to use with the file it outputs which I believe is a standard format.

If geotagger will output gpx files then use Geosetter - it's fantastic and as it uses an open source RAW library that's regularly updated it will work with pretty much every camera out there.

 

[maninsuitcase]

I have used Google myTracks on my android phone to record a track, export that to gpx format. I then have an app on my mac that will add the GPS tags to the RAW files using exiftool, I forget what it's called but I will check this evening.

Very simple process, I just pick the raw files to update, pick the GPS track then click map. It even has a feature to correct the time if the GPS and camera times are out, which other wise would mean incorrect GPS tags.

If your concerned by weather proofing then you can get a proper hand held GPS navigation unit, many of which are fully waterproof. Or put your phone into a waterproofing bag, which is far cheaper.

 

[ChrisH]

Brian your correct the phone saves the file in GPX format. I think the clock being set is more important if your taking lots of photographs in a fairly short trip.

 

[Cuchulainn]

Brian your correct the phone saves the file in GPX format. I think the clock being set is more important if your taking lots of photographs in a fairly short trip.

Then geosetter is for you - it also lets you set time offsets (for incorrect camera time settings) and batch edit the exif (if you want to add a copyright notice for example). As it integrates with google maps, you can also use it to tag photos where you know the location but didn't have the gps with you that day.

One standard warning though - do all your geotagging before you import the photos into lightroom if you use that. Lightroom tends to have a problem with software that changes the exif of photos already in the database and you then risk losing edits to the photos.