The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.
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Where, oh where, are the GPS Point-and-shoot cameras?
"Geotagging" has been around for a number of years now. Why haven't the major camera producers (Canon, Nikon, etc.) gotten around to installing internal GPS systems in their point-and-shoot cameras to ...
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Is there any software which displays geotagging plus compass data visualizations?
I was eyeing Pentax's new GPS hotshoe accessory for geotagging photos and noticed it also includes a digital compass and will record the camera direction as well as latitude & longitude.
That got ...
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What GPS would you recommend for geo-tagging?
I do quite a lot of photowalks and I'd like to geo-tag my RAW (CR2) files from my Canon 500D. I'm currently considering the following options:
Use my iPhone 3GS with an application like Geotag that ...
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What do you do with your camera clock time in relation to time zones?
I live in the UK and spend most of my time here, apart from a short trip abroad once or sometimes twice a year.
This Sunday just gone we switched from GMT to BST, so our clocks went forward one ...
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What can you do with embedded GPS locally?
The Sony Alpha SLT-A55 made its way to me and it has a built-in GPS. Each photo is marked with its GPS coordinates, elevation and orientation. I am aware that if I upload such a photo to Picasa or ...
