Location: Will47 asked a question about GPS. I have another one. I have/use both an EOS and a T2I, Canon. I use a mini Sandisc card and transfer photos to a Samsung tablet. The tablet...

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

Will47 asked a question about GPS.

I have another one.
I have/use both an EOS and a T2I, Canon.
I use a mini Sandisc card and transfer photos to a Samsung tablet.
The tablet does not travel with me. I install the mini Sandisc from the camera into the tablet every few days and the photos will transfer to the tablet, and to the cell phone I do carry.
In the process somehow the tablet gets the location of the shot, along with the usual list of Camera, f ,iso, etc.
No complaints here, just curiosity. Neither of those cameras have GPS. How, then, is this info made avalible?
To complicate things, sometimes this does not happen. Then the tablet records where I am at the time of transfer.
I hope I have been clear in describing this, because It may be useful to others. Free GPS tag on your photos.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Are you afraid to post directly onto the GPS thread started by Will47?

manofhg Loc: Knoxville, TN

newtoyou wrote:

Will47 asked a question about GPS. br br I have a... (show quote)

I would think that your tablet has the GPS capability especially if it connects with the web. I used a T2i for many years and no, it doesn't have a GPS. Don't know what EOS camera you have, but a T2i is an EOS camera as well. EOS is Canon's term for both film and digital cameras and they have a full series of cameras that are listed as EOS (electro-optical system).

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

CHG_CANON wrote:

Are you afraid to post directly onto the GPS thread started by Will47?

Did not wish to hijack his thread.

traderjohn Loc: New York City

newtoyou wrote:

Did not wish to hijack his thread.

Seems that way. Nothing positive.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

manofhg wrote:

I would think that your tablet has the GPS capability especially if it connects with the web. I used a T2i for many years and no, it doesn't have a GPS. Don't know what EOS camera you have, but a T2i is an EOS camera as well. EOS is Canon's term for both film and digital cameras and they have a full series of cameras that are listed as EOS (electro-optical system).

The EOS is 10.1 digital. Fairly old, predates T2I.
The tablet does have GPS. But it is not with me. It stays home, or in the car.
Information as to where the shot is taken is somehow stored somewhere at the time of shot.
If not in the camera, where.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

CHG_CANON wrote:

Are you afraid to post directly onto the GPS thread started by Will47?

Sir.
You seem to be quite knowledgeable in the tech end of photography.
Have you any idea of how this is happening?
I believe a lot of people here would like free GEO tags for their photos.
Bill

bleirer

On mine there is the camera connect app from Canon that connects the device gps to the the camera so the coordinates are written into the picture file. Install the app on any gps capable phone or tablet and go through the connect camera settings. I don't use it much so I can't tell you much more.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

traderjohn wrote:

Seems that way. Nothing positive.

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manofhg Loc: Knoxville, TN

newtoyou wrote:

The EOS is 10.1 digital. Fairly old, predates T2I.
The tablet does have GPS. But it is not with me. It stays home, or in the car.
Information as to where the shot is taken is somehow stored somewhere at the time of shot.
If not in the camera, where.

I have no idea. I now use a 5DIII and it doesn't have GPS either (if it does, someone needs to tell me so). In putting all my pictures into Lightroom which has a place for location to be added, I've never had that area filled automatically for any photos loaded from any camera.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

newtoyou wrote:

Sir.
You seem to be quite knowledgeable in the tech end of photography.
Have you any idea of how this is happening?
I believe a lot of people here would like free GEO tags for their photos.
Bill

What "this" are you asking about? From your original post, I think you said GPS is being dynamically added to your images, but honestly, I'm not sure what you said. What is "an EOS" in that first post? Are you saying two cameras are involved, a T2i and some other camera? Is that 2nd camera (?) GPS enabled?

If you have observed GPS data being dynamically added to images from a camera that is not GPS enabled, it can only be done by a GPS-enabled tool in your workflow. But, that data won't / can't be accurate as only the camera was at the exact GPS location when the image was captured. I'd look at the software parameters involved when the GPS data is being added.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

CHG_CANON wrote:

What "this" are you asking about? From y... (show quote)

Simply, with no intervention on my part, my camera attaches location to my shots. This info shows up on my Samsung tablet when I transfer the info via Sandisc.
I have not added a program for this service.
The EOS camera is the 1000D. The other camera, T2I.
I do not use a computer in photography, out of camera to tablet.
No PP of the images.
Bill

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

newtoyou wrote:

Simply, with no intervention on my part, my camera attaches location to my shots. This info shows up on my Samsung tablet when I transfer the info via Sandisc.
I have not added a program for this service.
The EOS camera is the 1000D. The other camera, T2I.
I do not use a computer in photography, out of camera to tablet.
No PP of the images.
Bill

You're correct, both your EOS 1000D (Rebel XS) and your EOS T2i are not GPS enabled. Unless you suspect some magic capabilities of your SanDisk, the tools with internet connectivity are the likely suspects. And those tools can only apply GPS where they are currently or where they've been at the corresponding timestamps as the image files. Have you investigated the software and GPS settings on the tools you're using? Are you asking for a more detailed analysis of your equipment there in your hands?

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

CHG_CANON wrote:

You're correct, both your EOS 1000D (Rebel XS) and... (show quote)

Again, I use no computer. Somehow, when I take a shot, it is GEO tagged. I put the Sandisc from the camera into a Samsung tablet and it will then show information as to Camera, exposure, time, ISO, and, location pin on a google map. This when tablet and, or, cell phone are miles away.
Bill

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

newtoyou wrote:

Again, I use no computer. Somehow, when I take a shot, it is GEO tagged. I put the Sandisc from the camera into a Samsung tablet and it will then show information as to Camera, exposure, time, ISO, and, location pin on a google map. This when tablet and, or, cell phone are miles away.
Bill

I don't know what you're arguing about. You seem to have decided the GPS source to be magic fairies, beyond normal understanding or Samsung's processing via a GPS app someone else installed onto your tablet ...

Say you have images from NYC clearly showing the Empire State Building, but when you google the GPS value, it says the image was taken Portland, ME (GPS: Latitude: 43° 40' 41.70" N / Longitude: -70° 19' 3.18" W). Well, you might infer the GPS data was added later from a location outside NYC and not added / captured by the camera. Have you done any detailed analysis of the GPS data?

Will47 probably does thank you for not making the hijack.