http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/ Engadget Comments for Nikon's geotagging GP-1 dongle now available http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/why not let it communicate with the camera... THROUGH THE HOTSHOE!?]]>Dec 2nd 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/aside form the less than ideal way of attachment, the GP-1 is a really great and fairly accurate device.
Another great addition to an already outstanding camera range.
If your looking for a DSLR, stop by a local retailer that lets you hold the camera and test out it's options before you decide.]]>Dec 2nd 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/
Especially for professional applications. For example, wildlife photographers, you can't tell exactly where that picture of a rare animal/plant was just from a picture full of plants, the geotagging info would be a lot of help.

How about Journalists? A journalist in the field will likely be snapping thousands of pictures a day while traveling...you think he/she is going to remember where all of those pictures were taken? Normally they would have to record this information manually.

There are MANY people who could benefit from geotagging systems]]>Dec 2nd 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/
This is great that Nikon got this going. I'm having to do it the old fashioned way with my Canon and use my cell phone camera sometimes with GPS data embedded in the EXIF.

Still, one has to worry about line of sight to the sky. Trees and leaves play havoc, but again my cell phone does one better as it can use it's built-in GPS, as well as the external Bluetooth GPS I carry.]]>Dec 2nd 2008 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/
There are a bunch of GPS solutions out there...the DiGPS is really nice, and they have good customer service (they sent me 2 additional clips for free when my original broke - mainly because I screwed with it).

There's also the Red Hen unit, which mounts right on the 10-pin connector but receives signals from external Bluetooth GPS receivers.

Also, search for homebrew options - there are many (and many can be had for way less than Nikon's new solution).

Good luck!
- DugB]]>Dec 2nd 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/spend the $240 on a new/used lens!

]]>Dec 2nd 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/
And there are lots of situations where you can't remember where you took the photo. Especially if you're on holiday, if you're taking fairly ambiguous photos like in forests that all basically look the same, abstract photos, etc. Though gps in the woods is a bad example.. =P]]>Dec 2nd 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/


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Did you know that GPS can make your ears bleed if you're not careful? True story.]]>Dec 2nd 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 13th 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/
I'm sure we'll see this soon.]]>Dec 2nd 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/
The bluetooth link also gives you the option to send the picture in real-time, of course a low resolution picture.

Also, it would be nice if I could get a video camera with geo tagging. ]]>Dec 2nd 2008 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 7th 2008 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 13th 2008 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 3rd 2008 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://unidech.com/
It has compass features that most of the camera GPS unit doesn't.]]>Dec 2nd 2008 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 2nd 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 3rd 2008 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/Dec 3rd 2008 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/nikons-geotagging-gp-1-dongle-now-available/just a question :
if you shoot an object which is about 50 meters away from you, what does the dongle tag ? the object or the shooter ?! uh ? and what about objects at 1 km away ?

If ever you know some device that tags the object (based on the focus ? or alike), please tell me.

tks]]>Dec 3rd 2008 3:59AM