http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/ Engadget Comments for 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/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/and it uploads to the web right away...]]>Dec 10th 2009 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Only problem is that your iPhone 3GS actually takes crappy pictures. The geotagging and uploading features don't help there.

If you want to use your phone as a geotagging camera, buy something like the Sony Ericsson Satio, which takes at least useable pictures.

But other phones, such as the HTC HD2, Samsung i8000, Somsung i8910 also take much better pictures than an iPhone and have the geotagging and uploading features.

However, I would not recommend a phone as your primary camera.]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
Crappy pictures and crappy GPS accuracy.

Crappy advice.

If Image quality is the main thing, get a Nikon DSLR with a GPS add on. If accuracy is the main issue, get a dedicated GPS receiver and use whatever camera you want, then sync the pictures up with the times on the GPS logger.]]>Dec 11th 2009 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 14th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
Camera phones are the easiest solution because many of us already have GPS and camera capabilities in our phones. I can automatically geotag photos with my samsung memoir which takes 8mp photos. Many of the high end Nokias and new blackberries have this as well. However, I have found the reliability to be poor. There is an explanation for this related to whether the phone uses GPS or A-GPS and if it is A-GPS if it has the option of falling back to standalone or autonomous GPS. But good luck finding anyone at iphone, blackberry, samsung or Nokia who actually knows these types of details about how specific phones work. I can just tell you that the percentage of photos that actually get geotagged with the Memoir is about 25%. ]]>Jan 6th 2010 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
Even worse, the company is completely unreachable.]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
sorry, can you elaborate more? i was interested in this too and have been looking around for reviews. I also have Win 7

I was under the impression that it has a program that will do everything you need it to without having to deal with anything other than telling it where you pictures are after you take them off your camera, and plugging it in your usb drive

Thanks!]]>Dec 11th 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
MyTracks for Android allows you to record your path and then export the .kml file to be synced with your photos.]]>Dec 11th 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
So I just got the Samsung CL65 and it's pretty sweet. Going on a vacation next week and will see how it does. The camera has WiFi, GPS/Geotagging, Bluetooth... Very geek...

http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/photography/digital-cameras/compact/EC-CL65ZZBPBUS/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
Just wondering what your review of camera after your trip?? Researching this for my boss.]]>Dec 21st 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
I just got the Samsung CL65 and it's pretty sweet. Going on a vacation next week and will see how it does. The camera has WiFi, GPS/Geotagging, Bluetooth... Very geek!]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
Just wondering your opinion on it now after your trip... I'm researching this for my boss... so any feed back would be greatly appreciated! ]]>Dec 21st 2009 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
Right, so its great for city use, just not anywhere else? I read somewhere that it just locates wifi networks and doesn't need to connect to geotag. Does that sound right?]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
Eye-Fi uses a technology called WPS (WiFi Positioning System) and works only in areas where WiFi access points are available.]]>Dec 11th 2009 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
I had a problem when I visited my brother - the EyeFi used the IP address of his wireless network to get his location, but didn't update the SkyNet database and kept listing his former address.

Then there is the write speed. My first generation EyeFi explorer (2Gb) card was a dog when writing to the card after photographing. I thought it was the wireless function, but when I turned off internet transfers there was no change.]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
Ok, thanks!]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Agree , actually all modern N Series Devices have fantastic cameras with geo-tagging built in and it works brilliantly.

]]>Dec 11th 2009 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
Nikon also makes a gps for their cameras (nikon gps-1). Of the two, the di-gps connects night and day faster. Even though the company is located in Hong Kong, They are great to work with. I have ordered 2 items from them, and both times the price included overnight international shipping. A welcome surprise.

I also used to have a Nikon Coolpix P6000. It took nice photos although it took a fair amount of time to get a satellite lock. Once it did, it worked fine. After using the dSLR with the the di-gps, I would never go back to the P6000. ]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
http://dptnt.com/2009/12/easytagger-geotagging-gps-unit-for-nikon-dslr-cameras/

The company website:

http://www.e-geotag.com/products.aspx

Max]]>Dec 11th 2009 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/* Built In Battery - so it won't run down your camera's battery until the GPS unit's battery runs out
* Better GPS Chipset
* Built In SD Card - To log your GPS tracks, even when you're not taking photos
* Magnetic Sensor - Records which direction your camera is pointing when it takes a photo

Sounds really great, has anyone bought this? ]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
And did you also get their separate software package?]]>Dec 11th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
Wow, that looks awesome. Hopefully they make one for Canon next!]]>Dec 11th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
http://dptnt.com/2009/12/easytagger-geotagging-gps-unit-for-nikon-dslr-cameras/

Max]]>Dec 11th 2009 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Compatible with all Point & Shoot and DSLR cameras.

App Store: http://www.itunes.com/apps/geologtag
Website: http://www.galarina.eu/GeoLogTag/Home.html]]>Dec 11th 2009 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/with GPS constantly on, the battery doesnt long many hours on smartphones]]>Dec 11th 2009 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
When you are finished logging, for up to 30 days after records began, it will email a GPX file with all the logging. Next you merge the photos EXIF data with the GPX data using a freeware program like flikr or googlemaps.
The software looks at the photo's created timestamp and compares it to the nearest GPS timestamp.
With Geotag logging set to record every 10 minutes, you can use the logger all day and get your GPS data to the nearest few metres. It's about £2.]]>Dec 11th 2009 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
Thank you for mentioning my GeoLogTag app.
Your description is pretty accurate except that GeoLogTag keeps locations for 90 days instead of 30 days.]]>Dec 11th 2009 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
While I have you here, could you explain if the GeoTagLog continues to log if you press the iPhone screen lock button?

It wasn't that clear to me on the iTunes store details.]]>Dec 11th 2009 4:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
I assume with "screen lock button" you mean the button at the top right. The iPhone will automatically turn off it's GPS receiver when you use that button which is not a good idea when you are tracking locations. GeoLogTag uses the iPhone's proximity sensor to blank out the screen when you put it in your pocket or bag.

I also have a FAQ page explaining all this:
http://www.galarina.eu/GeoLogTag/FAQ_sleep_wake_button.html]]>Dec 11th 2009 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/
www.picasaweb.com/cekonrad/tibetnepal09

and I'm totally happy with how it worked out. Check out the pics on Picasa and click the "View on Map" link on the right side to see them spread out on a map. Cool! c

]]>Dec 11th 2009 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Dec 11th 2009 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/Its big claim to fame is accuracy, plus, it will mark the DIRECTION you were pointing the camera. To my knowledge its the only device that can do that.
Its a little more expensive than other setups but the results are flawless if you need to do a lot of professional geo tagging, this is the way to go. (if your needs are more casual, then there are about 100 products out there)
But seriously kids, this setup combined with robogeo.com software can't be beat.
geotagger.co.uk is the place to get the geotaggger.]]>Dec 11th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/ask-engadget-best-geotagging-camera-or-solution/http://www.eye.fi/products/geo
The downside is it's only 2GB, but it doesn't hang outside of your camera either. So you can get any camera that takes an SD card(most do, except Sony... And a few others) and this eyefi card. That's my idea. Hope you find what you need.]]>Dec 11th 2009 10:58AM