Sat Nav's & Photo locations

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I'm not a sat nav user but I wonder why all you guys who use one do not have a sticky thread where you find a good photogenic location, places to park car etc for example and post the latitude etc here on TP which other sat nav users may find useful, Perhaps I'm wrong but I thought these sat navs displayed latitude/longitude.
 
Maybe we want to keep the locations secret.....

No, in all seriousness, I think that quite a few people now geotag their photographs, which means that the latitude and longitude of the camera is stored in the EXIF.
I have a small device, it was around £60, this allows me to use a GPS navigation system, and to tag all of my pictures as I transfer them to my PC. This is as accurate as how close I am standing to the camera at the time of the picture.

Alternatively, there are adapters which can be attached to the camera directly and record the position, but these are generally a bit more expensive
 
as above really, I geotag pretty much anything I shoot outside a 5 mile radius of where I live or work, don't really want to give co-ordinates of my living room out tbh. I use a garmin device that's intended as a sort of high-tech cycle-computer, and a bit of software called Geosetter to do the clever bit.
 
coldpenguin said:
Maybe we want to keep the locations secret.....

No, in all seriousness, I think that quite a few people now geotag their photographs, which means that the latitude and longitude of the camera is stored in the EXIF.
I have a small device, it was around £60, this allows me to use a GPS navigation system, and to tag all of my pictures as I transfer them to my PC. This is as accurate as how close I am standing to the camera at the time of the picture.

Alternatively, there are adapters which can be attached to the camera directly and record the position, but these are generally a bit more expensive
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what is it where you get it?
 
You may want to visit http://www.panoramio.com/

People on there have Geotagged photos that then show up in Google Earth. Panoramio uses Google Earth to allow you to view photos that people have taken in a particular area, which you can use to check out any areas you may be considering visiting.
 
I got the qstarz Q1000p. The software which comes with it, is nice, but of not much use to me in the way that I use it. It is good if all you take is JPG and use Microsoft Windows.
Instead, I use BT747, a free/open-source software running in JAVA, it has a good GUI, and can also enable the 200Hz mode on many GPS chips (better accuracy when locked). This software can be run on mobile phones as well. The advantage to me, is that I can script it, my computer will detect when I come in bluetooth range of my qstarz 1000p, and will automatically connect and download the data. It will then convert the data into a standard GPX format, and a google earth/google map format.
When I connect my camera to the computer, I modify the photos for any timezone changes which might have been encountered, and then tag all CR2 RAW files using exiftool.
 
the locations are there..where is the light
 
You don't even need a gps! If you know the location go to streetmap.co.uk Find the place and you can get all kinds of location options inc. Lat Lon - Landranger - OS and you can even copy a perma link to put into the TP forum to help people to find the location too ;)
 
I don't do it due to the fact I can remember most of the places I go and I sort of want to keep them a secret. Well I will share a few like Hanningfield reservoir and Danbury country park.
 
Hi there I have just started to use Nikon gp-1 and it works very well.:thumbs:
 
TheBigYin said:
Have a search on here for "The Photographers Ephemeris" - pretty handy for working out direction of sun, sunset, sunrise, times etc.
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does it predict cloud and rain...bbc should use it
 
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