GPS Logger for geotagging

boblister · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:14 pm Post subject: GPS Logger for geotagging

I am looking for recommendations for a small pocket gps logger for geotagging in photography. I use Aperture on a Mac to handle the photography side and another application called HoudahGeo which takes a GPS track and geocodes the metadata within the images inside Aperture. I have used various Garmin GPS's which record in GPX file format and work very well with the setup. The Garmins are a bit big to carry around solely for geotagging. A few year ago I bought a Columbus V-900 GPS tracker which is very good, well made and fairly fast. The problem with it though is that it records the track in a CSV format. I have got around this by converting the CSV file to GPX format using GPSBabel. It a messy extra step I would like to eliminate. So the question is, what are the latest in trackers for geotagging use which also save as a GPX file. I hoped the update to the V-900, the V-990 would record in GPX but it still only creates CSV files. Another possibility is the i-gotU GT-800 Pro which has the bonus of a display and good battery life. So if anyone has one would be interested in any comments on the GT-800 Pro.

theripper · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:19 pm Post subject:

I use an i-gotu on my dogs collar so I know how much further than me he's walked(usually double) it works ok and its water resistant for when he goes into the ponds or the river. AFAIK it does not record in gpx format. The supplied software will export to gpx file. It has a one button add POI system which works reasonably well. I got it from a UK supplier and it cost £49 if I remember correctly. If you PM me your email address I will send the manual to you so you can read up on it.

washman · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 30, 2006 Posts: 75

Hi

There are a lot of cameras with GPS built in .

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emjaiuk · Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:38 pm Post subject:

Do you have an iPhone by any chancr? There are several apps to add GPS dT fron an iPhone to your photos. I use GPS4Cam

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boblister · Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:13 pm Post subject:

takara · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 01, 2011 Posts: 8

Unfortunately I don't have knowledge of Mac. If you had been using Windows I would have recommended the Ventus G730 an excellent little unit and the bundled Photo Tagger software automatically links the date/time from photo data with the GPS track date/time and will even display the position taken on Google maps.

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