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So does the D200, but the adapter cable is expecting to see an
old-fashioned
serial port at the other end. The last GPS I bought that had a serial
port
was my Garmin V. I replaced that some time ago with an eTrex Vista Hcx,
which uses a USB port as do all the newer units. Anyway, I use a system
that doesn't require the camera to be tethered to a receiver.
www.robogeo.com. It works flawlessly, and there's a bunch of stuff you
can
do with the data.

Now that is WAY cool.

When I start using my E-3, I'll have to get one of those.

Unless I misunderstood what you're saying, it's not really a "one of those"
situations. It's a software solution, not a hardware solution. It works
under the assumption that you're already carrying a hand-held GPS on your
person while out in the field, which I do. It works like this:

1. At the beginning of the day, synchronize the camera clock to the clock
in your GPS receiver. Easy to do.

2. Carry the GPS unit with you as you shoot throughout the day.

3. Download the photos to your hard drive.

4. Download the track log from the GPS to your hard drive.

5. Tell the software which folder you want it perform it's magic on. It
will compare the tracklog points in the tracklog file with the actuation
times in the EXIF data in the photo files. In the blink of an eye, it
matches the two time stamps, and thereby knows your precise location at the
time of shutter release.

6. Optionally, it will then write the lat/lon/elev data into the EXIT
header of the photo file where it is now indelibly stamped.

Many other things can be done with the data, such as having it stamped
directly onto the image itself, or exported as waypoints to be imported into
your mapping software. The beauty is that it will work with any camera or
any GPS unit, and the camera does not have to be tethered to a GPS receiver.
And it will even write the data to a raw file. It's slick.

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On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:02:31 -0700, "RG" wrote:


So does the D200, but the adapter cable is expecting to see an
old-fashioned
serial port at the other end. The last GPS I bought that had a serial
port
was my Garmin V. I replaced that some time ago with an eTrex Vista Hcx,
which uses a USB port as do all the newer units. Anyway, I use a system
that doesn't require the camera to be tethered to a receiver.
www.robogeo.com. It works flawlessly, and there's a bunch of stuff you
can
do with the data.

Now that is WAY cool.

When I start using my E-3, I'll have to get one of those.

Unless I misunderstood what you're saying, it's not really a "one of those"
situations.

No - you didn't - I did. I thought it was something a little
different.

It's been one of those days.

It's a software solution, not a hardware solution. It works
under the assumption that you're already carrying a hand-held GPS on your
person while out in the field, which I do. It works like this:

1. At the beginning of the day, synchronize the camera clock to the clock
in your GPS receiver. Easy to do.

Ok - I get it now.

Still pretty cool.

Not quite as cool as I thought it was, but high on the list. :)

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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:02:31 -0700, "RG" wrote:


So does the D200, but the adapter cable is expecting to see an
old-fashioned
serial port at the other end. The last GPS I bought that had a serial
port
was my Garmin V. I replaced that some time ago with an eTrex Vista Hcx,
which uses a USB port as do all the newer units. Anyway, I use a system
that doesn't require the camera to be tethered to a receiver.
www.robogeo.com. It works flawlessly, and there's a bunch of stuff you
can
do with the data.

Now that is WAY cool.

When I start using my E-3, I'll have to get one of those.

Unless I misunderstood what you're saying, it's not really a "one of
those"
situations.

No - you didn't - I did. I thought it was something a little
different.

It's been one of those days.

It's a software solution, not a hardware solution. It works
under the assumption that you're already carrying a hand-held GPS on your
person while out in the field, which I do. It works like this:

1. At the beginning of the day, synchronize the camera clock to the clock
in your GPS receiver. Easy to do.

Ok - I get it now.

Still pretty cool.

Not quite as cool as I thought it was, but high on the list. :)

And only $40.

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On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:34:42 -0700, "RG" wrote:


"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:02:31 -0700, "RG" wrote:


So does the D200, but the adapter cable is expecting to see an
old-fashioned
serial port at the other end. The last GPS I bought that had a serial
port
was my Garmin V. I replaced that some time ago with an eTrex Vista Hcx,
which uses a USB port as do all the newer units. Anyway, I use a system
that doesn't require the camera to be tethered to a receiver.
www.robogeo.com. It works flawlessly, and there's a bunch of stuff you
can
do with the data.

Now that is WAY cool.

When I start using my E-3, I'll have to get one of those.

Unless I misunderstood what you're saying, it's not really a "one of
those"
situations.

No - you didn't - I did. I thought it was something a little
different.

It's been one of those days.

It's a software solution, not a hardware solution. It works
under the assumption that you're already carrying a hand-held GPS on your
person while out in the field, which I do. It works like this:

1. At the beginning of the day, synchronize the camera clock to the clock
in your GPS receiver. Easy to do.

Ok - I get it now.

Still pretty cool.

Not quite as cool as I thought it was, but high on the list. :)

And only $40.

Cheap at twice the price.

I've been messing around with Photoshop CS4 extended - that is one
complicated program.

Jeesum pete...

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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:12:50 -0700, "RG" wrote:


"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:28:27 -0700, "RG" wrote:



Mrs.E. asked me what camera(s) you used to make the ebook. I told her
I
was fairly certain it was a Nikon, but I didn't know what model.
Also,
did you use the same camera for all the photographs?


Nikon D200, all shots with the exception of the last page. My wife took
that one with a Coolpix P5000. I just listed the D200 on Craigslist
yesterday. Time to move to the D300.

Get a real camera - an E-3. :)

4/3 = Square, Daddy-O, square.

ROTFL!!!!

Waltz inverted.

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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:09:44 -0700, "RG" wrote:



When you publish the book, please include maps showing the locations of
each shot. That's not too much to ask.
--

Would you like me to make a reservation for you at the hotels I stayed
in?
Actually I've addressed the situation you mentioned for my own purposes.
Starting this year, I've geo-tagged every photo I've taken. That means
that
encoded in the EXIF data is the precise lat/lon coordinates I was
standing
in when I took the shot. The software I use to do this will export the
geo-tag data as waypoints that can be used in Garmin's MapSource
software.
This way, when I look at a photo 10 years from now, when I'm even more
old
and feeble than I am now, I won't have to remember where I took the shot.
All I have to do is look at the EXIF data and it's permanently written
right
there. Cool stuff.

The E-3 has a NEMA input that will do that automatically.

Pretty cool.

So does the D200, but the adapter cable is expecting to see an
old-fashioned serial port at the other end. The last GPS I bought that
had a serial port was my Garmin V. I replaced that some time ago with an
eTrex Vista Hcx, which uses a USB port as do all the newer units. Anyway,
I use a system that doesn't require the camera to be tethered to a
receiver. www.robogeo.com. It works flawlessly, and there's a bunch of
stuff you can do with the data.




I got a USB to serial port converter at Fry's for maybe $10 a couple years
ago. Needed it to connect to my Garmin 162.