GPS, camera and notebook gadget help
For one of the sites I’m going to be working on I need a gadget which can perform the following tasks:
- Take photos.
- Log the GPS coordinates of the photo automatically, either as part of the meta-data associated with the photo or in a separate file.
- Make notes about the photo, e.g. ‘this is the Rosetta Stone, main entrance, British Museum’.
- Transfer this data easily to a computer.
Can anyone suggest a handy device which will do all of this? I suspect an iPhone would work but I’m not a big fan of Apple and I don’t want to pay a monthly fee to a telecoms company.
posted by Paul at 7:50pm on Thursday 28th January 2010
January 28th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Yes. I know how to do this. What you doing Saturday morning? Coffee and discuss?
January 29th, 2010 at 12:40 am
Nikon D3X (has built-in mic)
Qstarz GPS logger
software to geotag images
January 29th, 2010 at 8:51 am
The Nikon D3X seems to be nearly five grand according to Amazon – I don’t want to spend more than a few hundred.
January 29th, 2010 at 9:24 am
All you really need is a camera which can record an accurate timestamp with each image, and some way of correlating that with NMEA GPS logs. Trekbuddy for any J2ME device with a bluetooth GPS unit will record logs for you, I got a GPS radio for about GBP20 on ebay.
I did this first time I was in Japan, in fact—I don’t remember what software I used for it, but it was on the mac, for sure. I’ll try and dig it up if you want.
As for notes, well, I would often just take photos of the plaques next to a display. Pen and paper, maybe?
January 30th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Evernote?
February 11th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Get an n900 mobile phone.
Runs debian and is completely hackable.
Oh and does all you ask out of the box with no new software needed.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Do you need a phone contract in order for it to work though? If you bring yours to ChineseBeer I will have a look at it.