Comments on: GeoTagging – Is it worth it?

By: Vince Hindman

Vince Hindman — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:42:23 +0000

One other issue you didn’t address is dropouts. Most GPS receivers have difficulty tracking a location if the receiver is inside of your camera bag, coat pocket, or under heavy foliage. Newer recievers have much better performance in these conditions but with current technology this is still an issue. Other receivers with cell phone assist capabilities will do very well if cell towers are within range but how often is that the case? Another problem is the length of time it takes a receiver to generate a fix after first being powered on. Typically these times are 45 seconds or greater. GPS receivers also do not work well indoors. The other problem for camera manufacturers is how to place a decent GPS antenna on the top of a camera that is already crowded for space. I suspect that most solutions going forward will be external devices that attach to the hot shoe flash.

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By: Claudius Coenen

Claudius Coenen — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:59:05 +0000

You're perfectly right when saying that geotagging is boring for the short timescale. I started geotagging roughly a year ago with the sony gps cs1 and the extra work is driving me nuts, but now that i really traveled a little with this device it starts to pay off. . Since then i used it in sweden and the us. I also started tagging images by hand in case i didn't bring the GPS-Receiver.

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Saturday Links Fever [2007-12-01] at All Day I Dream About Photography — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:58:08 +0000

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By: Cyron

Cyron — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:03:26 +0000

I have some experience with GPS based geotagging.

Like you, I avoided doing it initially partially because of the “one extra thing to carry” issue. Eventually though I settled on a phone with integrated GPS to get around that issue. Of course the phone has issues with battery life (about 4 hours of continuous track log recording), but it can be recharged using a car kit, so if you’ve got access to a vehicle, it’s not a show stopper of a problem

There are two main benefits I get from it. One is the social photography aspect, from sites like flickr. The ability to view geotagged photos of various places around the country is fantastic, and I enjoy being able to add my own experiences to that.

Secondly though, you can do many cool things with google earth and google maps with tracklogs and photos, and the ability to “replay” a photo trip, or show it to some friends is something I really enjoy.

Sure, none of it improves my photography, but it sure does improve the enjoyment I get /from/ my photography

By: photographyVoter.com

photographyVoter.com — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:44:27 +0000

Words: Irrational Â» GeoTagging – Is it worth it?…

While the ability to insert geographical coordinates data into the photo file is very appealing, there are still many limitations. If your photography budget is tight, it’s worth thinking if a GPS receiver for photography is the thing you most need….