GPS for what?
Mar 16, 2012 22:17:44 #
Was reading a topic, the asker wanted to know how he could enter the GPS info into the metedata file. I understand only the camera can.
My questions is why would you want the GPS location on the file? Didn't you shoot the photo? I could see this used for establishing a direction and distance to a view or target. Example would be a well site and location to well of equipment.
My questions is why would you want the GPS location on the file? Didn't you shoot the photo? I could see this used for establishing a direction and distance to a view or target. Example would be a well site and location to well of equipment.
Mar 16, 2012 22:37:47 #
The corporate photographer for where I work does GPS so when the pictures come up in court cases, we can say exactly where and when the picture was taken. This great for documenting safety concerns. Also we document the before, during and after as we tear a 150 foot swath through pristine forest for the electrical transmission line. Lawyers on both sides love the excessive information.
Mar 17, 2012 00:05:03 #
I have a Garmin hand held GPS that I sometimes use when I am on a photo trip that covers several locations over a large area. I download the trip information to my computer and import the GPS data into the metadata of the photos I took.
If I want to go back to a specific site to experiment with different lighting situations or a different season, the information is there. I also don't have to take notes of where I was for each shot.
I could do all of this with a pen and a 99ยข notebook, but I love techie gadgets!
If I want to go back to a specific site to experiment with different lighting situations or a different season, the information is there. I also don't have to take notes of where I was for each shot.
I could do all of this with a pen and a 99ยข notebook, but I love techie gadgets!
Mar 17, 2012 00:26:02 #
My camera collects the gps information. It puts the location in the metadata.
Mar 17, 2012 00:30:48 #
Some times you (I) just forget where a picture was taken, haveing a GPS coordinate would help as well as being able to tell someone else where a picture was taken. I'm in the process of digitizing all of my old slides some of which are 30 plus years old. Although I can remember where most were shot there are some wildlife and back country senics I cannot place. Having GPS coordinates associated with pictures would have been nice to have.
Mar 17, 2012 01:26:33 #
GPS info really isn't useful if you're shooting portraits or team sports, but wildlife, scenic and travel photos are a whole different story.
Mar 17, 2012 01:43:34 #
BigDaveMT wrote:
GPS info really isn't useful if you're shooting portraits or team sports, but wildlife, scenic and travel photos are a whole different story.
Absolutely right. In LR 4 you can sort all of your images by gps cords. It's fast as well. I have been dragging all of the images from each location into batch files according to location. The convenience of location filing is that I can often remember where I shot the image, but what the exact keywords for a search may provide me with many more images than I care to sort through. This is just another tool to speed up the process.
Mar 17, 2012 06:10:40 #
Roger Hicks
Loc: Aquitaine
Well, my memory isn't (usually) that bad (yet), so I've never felt the need for GPS tagging my pictures, though it sounds like an excellent idea if your pictures are to be used in court cases.
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
Mar 17, 2012 07:38:16 #
When I am shooting .... I don't care where I am .... it's the picture stupid ...... I tend to see the world through a viewfinder ..... so that aggrevates my wife .... where did you take the picture ???? .... with the on camera GPS ..... I know where I was ...... If you shoot in the Caribbean .... and parts of Europe .... every place looks alike ...
Mar 17, 2012 11:21:27 #
Mar 17, 2012 12:24:55 #
twowindsbear wrote:
'Shoot' the scene - then shoot the GPS unit's display.
Problem solved - IMHO
Problem solved - IMHO
Funny, but it doesn't log the location for each individual image, and you can't search for them via gps location when it is just an image of the gps screen. :thumbup:
I think this issue seguays away from the original question, which was getting gps info into the metadata from PS. As far as gps is concerned, if you don't require gps info, don't use it. If you don't require a long lens, don't buy one. If you don't have ideas or helpful advice for this post, don't post it.
:lol:
Mar 17, 2012 14:46:03 #
Actually it does identify each photograph ... the co-ordinates are part of the Medadata ..... and .... when you download the image using certain software .... it brings up a Google World Map and indicates the exact location that the photo was taken .... if the photo was taken in a city ... the program will identify the intersection or your location on the street ....
Mar 17, 2012 14:59:09 #
DEBJENROB wrote:
Actually it does identify each photograph ... the co-ordinates are part of the Medadata ..... and .... when you download the image using certain software .... it brings up a Google World Map and indicates the exact location that the photo was taken .... if the photo was taken in a city ... the program will identify the intersection or your location on the street ....
Then you are right back to my point. You have to have the software to do it. The image of the gps isn't in the meta until you have the additional software program "like lightroom 4" to attach it to the mettadata.
Mar 17, 2012 15:36:27 #
Bozsik ..... at some point you must download your images to a computer .... software required .... if you edit ...software required .... even Windows Live Gallery(free) will process Metada with GPS tags ........and co-ordinate with Google Earth maps
Mar 17, 2012 16:37:24 #
Whedbee
Loc: Alaska
In Iphoto and some other slide show programs the program uses the GPS to zoom around the map as it shows the pictures with little airplanes making little dotted lines as you go from location to location in the slideshow.
iPhoto will also generate a similar map to go in the front of a photo album (or wherever you want it) works feat for a trip.
Is also easier than typing it yourself into the meta data yourself if you want to pull up all the photos from a particar area. And while I use to put all my data into note books I am bot so organized, so I usually lost it by the time I got home so the best I ever managed to to was get the name of the town "if" i knew it onto the folder.
I also LOVE taking photos of headstones, and once you put one in a "best of" folder, I can tell you - you might narrow it down to what country they are in.
So it boils down to - if you don't need it - don't worry about it - but I would not turn the setting off if you have it ! Some day you might not have such good memory! I wish I had a camera that had GPS!
iPhoto will also generate a similar map to go in the front of a photo album (or wherever you want it) works feat for a trip.
Is also easier than typing it yourself into the meta data yourself if you want to pull up all the photos from a particar area. And while I use to put all my data into note books I am bot so organized, so I usually lost it by the time I got home so the best I ever managed to to was get the name of the town "if" i knew it onto the folder.
I also LOVE taking photos of headstones, and once you put one in a "best of" folder, I can tell you - you might narrow it down to what country they are in.
So it boils down to - if you don't need it - don't worry about it - but I would not turn the setting off if you have it ! Some day you might not have such good memory! I wish I had a camera that had GPS!
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