GPS/Geotagging" (Page 3): There are more benefits to GPS other than coordinates. Altitude is also shown. The most useful feature I use is the direction indicator. Not only can I...

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

kb6kgx wrote:

It seems to be a popular thing now to have cameras with built-in GPS.

Can someone please explain to me why one would want to have this feature, of what practical use it is supposed to be?

The way my uninformed brain works, I KNOW where the photo was taken because I was there and was the one who shot the photo. Why would I need to know the precise coordinates?

I dont mean to come across as arrogant or anything like that like, but I really want to know.

There are more benefits to GPS other than coordinates. Altitude is also shown. The most useful feature I use is the direction indicator. Not only can I return to the same location I can just about replicate the original shot. With the coordinates, altitude and camera direction sun angles are easy to calculate. With known sun angles shadows can be planned. GPS is a valuable tool, much more than a fad or toy.

fran120

I GeotagPhotos with Lightroom and iphone . Works greqt

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

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Revet wrote:

There are a bunch of them I see. Does anyone have tested experience using one in conjunction with Lightroom?? If so, what is the name of the App.

I'll join in this question. I use Lightroom and forget where I took shots. I shoot lots of waterfalls and sometimes can't remember which one this is.

I use this app. It's available for Apple and Android.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geotag-photos-pro/id355503746?mt=8

As for the waterfalls, I know what you mean - water running downhill. :D

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

kb6kgx wrote:

It seems to be a popular thing now to have cameras with built-in GPS.

Can someone please explain to me why one would want to have this feature, of what practical use it is supposed to be?

It seems to me to be mostly a marketing gimmick but I can imagine it being useful for scientific applications; after taking a couple thousand pictures of the ocean from various location it might be hard to recall where a particular one was taken.

Oknoder Loc: Western North Dakota

I tend to only use the feature, since its not built into my camera, only for inhouse or personal reasons and that exif data is stripped off before release. As a for instance I love to find relics, old farm houses or even old farm equipment using lightpainting. Finding these subjects and figuring out my composition in daylight is very helpful. I do not know how accurate it is but after market models can show angle of view of the lens in use. YMMV

Thanks,
Matthew

Schwabo Loc: Florida

Good one. Ha Ha. On a serious note, It helps me to remember where I took the shots, especially when you have taken more than 30k of them. I just added a GPS to the flash shoe.

oldtigger wrote:

so that anyone glancing at the photo will know you were really in lower slobovia and not faking it in Aruba on the child support payment.

Schwabo Loc: Florida

Right on.

davidrb wrote:

There are more benefits to GPS other than coordinates. Altitude is also shown. The most useful feature I use is the direction indicator. Not only can I return to the same location I can just about replicate the original shot. With the coordinates, altitude and camera direction sun angles are easy to calculate. With known sun angles shadows can be planned. GPS is a valuable tool, much more than a fad or toy.

banjonut Loc: Southern Michigan

kb6kgx wrote:

It seems to be a popular thing now to have cameras with built-in GPS.

Can someone please explain to me why one would want to have this feature, of what practical use it is supposed to be?

The way my uninformed brain works, I KNOW where the photo was taken because I was there and was the one who shot the photo. Why would I need to know the precise coordinates?

I dont mean to come across as arrogant or anything like that like, but I really want to know.

If you only shoot a few photos, you may be able to remember precisely where each was taken. If you shoot many, over a period of time, then maybe not. It also depends on whether it is important to you or not. Personally, I like the feature and use it when traveling. I took a 7000 mile road trip this past September and I really don't think I'm going to remember exactly where each was taken. Nice to look on a map and see the trail. Also nice to look on STREET VIEW in Google Earth to get an actual refresher. For me it is a big thumbs up.

Drfache Loc: Houston, Tx

Canon wants $600 for the GPS for the 1DX. I'll pass. I have the Wi-fi unit which is helpful but Id like to think I know where I am in space-time at any given point.

Drfache Loc: Houston, Tx

Could help recovery if the camera falls overboard

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

Revet wrote:

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Saying that, I am interested in using a reasonable priced accurate method to geotag in Lightroom, any suggestions???

I just use the Nikon GPS. For a while a used another GPS that also gave me heading information, but the cable connecting the device to the camera used only a miniUSB style plug at the device end, and it was always falling out. This got be be such a hassel, I gave up on it and I would never recommend it to anyone.

It was a Solmeta Pro 2 (Hardware version 3.0)brand purchased through Nikonians store.

HTH

larryzplace Loc: Elk Grove Village Illinois

kb6kgx wrote:

It seems to be a popular thing now to have cameras with built-in GPS.

Can someone please explain to me why one would want to have this feature, of what practical use it is supposed to be?

The way my uninformed brain works, I KNOW where the photo was taken because I was there and was the one who shot the photo. Why would I need to know the precise coordinates?

I dont mean to come across as arrogant or anything like that like, but I really want to know.

Down the road as you get old and feeble and your mind turns to mush you might forget where a photo was taken...Perhaps you have not filed pictures in an organized manner and you have similar pictures taken in different places it might jog your memory to a point that you remember... just a few thoughts.... kb9l

kb6kgx Loc: Simi Valley, CA

Well, I suppose there IS a use for this. I agree, sometimes a lot of the time you really dont remember exactly where a certain photo was taken.

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

larryzplace wrote:

Down the road as you get old and feeble and your mind turns to mush you might forget where a photo was taken......

And at that point you will have a whole new world in which to rediscover those shots you've forgotten.

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

Drfache wrote:

Canon wants $600 for the GPS for the 1DX. I'll pass. I have the Wi-fi unit which is helpful but Id like to think I know where I am in space-time at any given point.

List price for the Canon GP-E1 is $390.00. It is discounted $78.00 and is selling for $312.00. Until mine arrived I was as misinformed as you. It is much more than fun.