Dragonophile

On a recent European vacation, I was shown an Iphone that labelled pictures automatically. So if you were taking pictures of the Prado, it would label the photo as Prado. My question, are there any advanced cameras that have apps to do this? Or are there windows apps that can read your GPS data and identify the subject? If so, do they only work in certain regions of the world? Are they usually accurate? I often forget what I have taken a picture of when looking at vacation pictures a week or two after returning home. It would be nice to have them labelled as I take the pictures. (By advanced camera, I mean 1" or larger sensor.)

Mundj Loc: Richmond TX

GPS is built into the Pentax K-1 & K-3 II and is available with the K-3 with a GPS unit add on. I have the K-3 with the GPS adapter. It attaches to the Flash hot shoe and provides GPS location and elevation info along with the direction the camera was facing. I just need to remember to attach it and turn it on.

blackest Loc: Ireland

http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/gps

This might do what you want.

Dragonophile

Thanks, it does sound interesting ... except I don't use Lightroom. But it sounds like it is on the right track.

blackest Loc: Ireland

I did find a java based tool but i found it awkward and clunky to use.

The lightroom tool is pretty good integrates with a whole host of mapping software sites and Google Earth it also can search in lightroom for other photographs tagged near by.

The slight negative was the locations and me didn't quite agree. e.g I selected the muskerry arms in blarney county cork and google earth said it was the parochial house. The priests may visit but I wouldn't say they lived there. but it was no bother to change the one line to Muskerry Arms instead as the rest of the location was correct. All in it's a pretty good tool. Actually having gps tracks or gps coordinates in the exif would be even quicker to add location names.

https://havecamerawilltravel.com/photographer/geotagging-software/

http://geotag.sourceforge.net/ I tried this but found it too clunky for me its written in java and uses external tools to do a lot of its functions. Java is a real pain to run these days.

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

The OP wants to label a photo IN CAMERA. I don't know how to doo it, GPS, Lightroom won't do it.

Hsch39 Loc: Northbrook, Illinois

Canon 5D Mark IV has built in GPS. After importing in to Apple Photos, it will show the GPS coordinates and name of landmarks nearby. No attachments or other apps needed. In the menu you can turn the GPS function off to save battery power.

blackest Loc: Ireland

pretty much impossible without using a cell phone camera with a data connection. For a regular camera there is one possibility and I don't know if anyone has written software to do it.

If the sd card supports wifi it is possible to read an image from the camera with the card still in the camera. Say to a smartphone the program would need to be recording the gps coordinates. The phone would have to read the photo exif find the coordinates for that time look up the place name online and write the coordinates and place to the exif and write back to the sd card.

It would be a far simpler exercise to create a gps track log and apply it later. Even if you did create the data and stored it in camera, what use would it be?

It is possible that a wifi enabled camera with gps could hook to a hotspot and do this processing but then it would be taking away from its main task taking photo's and even then if the internet connection was unreliable it would maybe work 1/2 the time.

Dragonophile

So, I guess we are a few years away from an advanced camera with cell phone connection capabilities built in. Or perhaps build a camera with a micro SD slot holding a database of GPS coordinates for common tourist sites that could be used to label pictures? Cell phone cameras are challenging and replacing small cameras. Micro 4/3 cameras are shrinking the size requirement for an advanced camera. Couldthe gap eventually disappear so one day one device will take DSLR quality pictures and dial up your dentist?

beerhunter13 Loc: Southern Ontario, Canada

The 7DmkII also has a built in GPS. It is a bit of a battery hog, so it is best not left running when the camera is shut off. I have picked up my camera the next day only to find both batteries in the grip drained.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I'm a very klutzy guy with GPS. I use an I-gotU GPS logger device to track my movements and reconcile the log with my photos using a laptop every evening. To get good results I set my camera clock each day using the Internet time on the laptop. The GPS log has latitude, longitude, and elevation data. I don't think the camera has bearing information. I had to stop using Paint Shop Pro as my photo editor because it was removing the GPS data from the EXIF and there was no way to turn that off; I started using Lightroom for that reason. I have found that even knowing where I was standing when the photo was made (within 100 feet) isn't always too helpful. I spend a lot of time on the Internet doing searches for "churches in eiadfpoief, djjf", etc. and comparing the images with mine. Or using the Street View in Google Earth. After a trip with lots of photos I may spend a month getting data for the Descriptions.

I have thought it would be nice to have a way to just speak a few words and have it encoded in the photo EXIF--just take a picture, hold a button, and say "St. Patrick's Cathedral", for example. I know it's possible to do that with a video, but don't think anyone has put that capability into a still photo.

blackest Loc: Ireland

Not yet but you could be like Agent Dale Cooper and record voice memo's on a smart phone there are apps for that, each file would be time stamped with its date and time. Not quite what you want but workable, either that or diary electronic or otherwise. Voice to text is a disaster waiting to happen still...

JEANS

Here's my old fashioned method, from before the days of GPS. It works most of the time. Before entering a museum, cathedral or special place, take a picture of the name of the place. Or take a picture of the town or city we're entering. It doesn't have to be a great picture, just something I can read. Hope this helps.

Dragonophile

I try to do that, but it frequently doesn't work (e.g. taking a church picture from a distance or anything while in a moving vehicle or following a city guide who just points out places as our group scurries to keep up). I took a bus tour through Spain and Portugal and while I always pretty much know the city, I have a lot of buildings and plazas without names attached. There was no opportunity to take names even if the buildings had them, and many did not or were too far away to tell. Is this a palace or mayor's residence or post office or ???

But your idea is very good and it's a plan I have tried to follow whenever possible. I have many pictures with plaques, signs, maps, diagrams, etc

blackest Loc: Ireland

I've been working with a few android apps

Zgeo runs a background service, that tags a photo when taken with the smart phone with it's gps coordinates you can select a photo and it shows you the location on google maps. GPX logger is another tool this creates gpx files which can be later used to tag photos. wikiloc is quite interesting it's primarily a tool for showing you walks and hikes with various trails people have uploaded. It will load your gpx files generated in gpx logger.
Zgeo also can send a photo by email with the location so that's kinda handy too. Plus if you are lost just take a photo and show it on a map and then get google to give directions to where you want to be. you could even email it to someone to come find you.

The gpx logger gpx file is probably the most useful tool, as that can be used later to add locations to your photo's taken with your regular camera, you do need your camera's clock in sync ideally although most software can handle adding an offset e.g if your camera is 5 minutes slow it will adjust to get the right coordinates. The gpx logger is easy to start and stop the free version does have an annoying ad that tells you you have an important message and then links to a website saying you have virus's on your phone. You don't but you can ignore the ads.