Sellgino shows off GS-200 GPS Photo Tour geotagger

Geotagging devices are cropping up at a pretty steady pace these days, and it looks like you can now add one more company to the bandwagon, with Sellgino now showing off its GS-200 GPS Photo Tour device. Like other similar options out there, this one relies on your photo's EXIF data to match 'em up with the locations logged by the GPS receiver (a SiRF Star III, in this case), with some software provided to merge all that data together and plot out your travels on Google Maps. Somewhat more uniquely, this one will also double as a USB handset for VoIP calls (hence the design), and it can apparently be used as an external USB drive, though it's not clear how much storage space it packs. No word on a price or release date either, unfortunately.

[Via Slash Gear]

[phanbouy @ May 27th 2008 2:04PM]

selligrino/pellegrino: you guys should really keep your demo units from getting all bent. kthanxbai

[Greg @ May 27th 2008 2:20PM]

Its the design of the phone idiot, read the article.

[phanbouy @ May 27th 2008 2:28PM]

it's called a joke idiot, read your middle school textbooks more

[ethana2 @ May 27th 2008 2:37PM]

Geotagging... yeah, that's going to be very important when I go gargoyle.
...so I hope it doesn't cost too much by the time I get around to it.

[CaptSaltyJack @ May 27th 2008 4:01PM]

Wow, talk about multi-function! Is it ALSO a taser, bro?

[chai guy @ May 27th 2008 4:15PM]

Yeah, just the other day I was thinking how cool it would be to geotag my photos and then make a VOIP call. (but I like the google maps feature, anyone know of any other devices that have that?)

[aldo @ May 27th 2008 7:22PM]

So let me get this straight: EXIF data has no GPS data and only includes technical info like shutter speed and the like. So what this machine does is records your movements all day, everyday?

So, after your two week trip and you've uploaded your photos to your PC, the software notes that last Tuesday you took a photo at a certain time, and then matches up the coordinates the GPS recorded at that particular time the photo was taken?

If so, that sounds really useful. I'd love to be able to get all my photos geotagged, but I don't want to give up my current camera for a camera that records GPS info.

If this is 100/150 dollars, it would be a great deal.

[spam_from_engadget @ May 27th 2008 7:28PM]

Yes Aldo that's exactly what it does.

You might like to look up the Sony GPS-CS1, which has been out for a while. It has an older GPS chipset, but is smaller and has the advantage of changeable batteries.

[Greg @ May 28th 2008 3:12AM]

There are also some small i-Blue, QStarz, Holux and other receivers that do this; some also do Bluetooth and talk to your favorite gadget. Google for "GPS logger". BuyGPSnow.com was good for me.

[Greg @ May 28th 2008 3:19AM]

PS Some Holux models take (but don't charge) AA batteries, some have non-replaceable batteries. The i-Blue 747 and Qstarz BT1000 models I favor (they're twins) take a standard Nokia cellphone battery -- nice.

If the bundled software for merging the GPS data into the EXIF data is good, that's worth something. I know there's freeware out there, but I haven't explored it.

[Rifter @ May 28th 2008 12:26PM]

I have one of these: http://www.royaltek.com/products_dtl.php?cid=2&id=19&argPage=1&argI=6 - RBT2300 -. It logs my trip. Then, when I get home, using Bluetooth, it connects to my PC, and I download the log file. Then I tweak things, to get the log file and the photo time synced up. Then, it geotaggs the pictures. Since it is bluetooth, it also hooks up to my cellphone, and I have google's mapping software on there, so I can use it to find my way, real time. It is a slick little unit. I would rather have a real-time bluetooth connection over a phone, any day. :-)

Here is a flickr group on geotagging: http://www.flickr.com/groups/geotagging/. Personally, I use geosetter (http://www.geosetter.de/en/) for geotagging. And, I have used SEVERAL of them, to settle on this one.