GPS Tagging Device for Any Camera with a Hot Shoe - Hot Damn

March 16th, 2007

Jobo Photogps
Looking very ‘radar detector’, this device, the Photo GPS by Jobo, records time, data, longitude, latitude, street name, country, zip code, and nearest point of interest every time you snap a photo. Sony released a similar product for its line of digital cameras. Mounts to any camera with a flash hot shoe (think SLR style only), and will be available this summer for $149. I am left wondering how it coordinates with the camera’s photos once downloaded, but there must be some included software to streamline the process. Does it work with analog cameras as well? Doesn’t look like they’ve added the product to their site just yet.

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  • 1. Asparagus  |  March 20th, 2007 at 4:35 pm

    http://www.jobo.com/jobo_digital/photogps/gb/index.html

  • 2. Kees  |  May 19th, 2007 at 7:55 am

    From the link: Just like SOny’s GPS-CS1->postprocessing. Next question: do you *have* to flash???? For it’s mounted on the flash seat…
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    The photoGPS includes a PC and MAC compatible DVD that contains both the software and the database needed to post-process the information captured by the unit. Post-processing is highly automated: Users simply download the captured GPS data via the built-in USB interface and enter the directory name of the folder where the corresponding pictures are stored. The user’s computer can then compare the EXIF time recorded by the camera and the GPS time recorded by the photoGPS. When a match is found the program updates the Longitude and Latitude EXIF fields

  • 3. Wesko  |  August 13th, 2007 at 12:47 am

    I hope it works as easy as the Ricoh Caplio SE500 with WLAN. Point & shoot and upload the photos FROM THE CAMERA to your website. Add some PHP and you have a google map. See http://www.poi66.com how they do this.

  • 4. bryan  |  January 19th, 2008 at 9:36 am

    Is it on sale now. GPS for camera, I just knew that solmeta technology released a product like that. a little expensive than jobo’s . If you get interests in it, please visit http://www.solmeta.com

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  • 12. Jim  |  March 16th, 2008 at 1:37 am

    For some time now, higher-end Nikon DSLR cameras have had the ability to link with select Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receivers and record very precise information on the camera’s location at the time each image was captured. Nikon cameras equipped with this feature include the D200, D300, D2Hs, D2X, D2Xs, and D3, as well as the Fujifilm S5 Pro (a D200 derivative). The typical setup involved the camera with a Nikon MC-35 GPS adapter cord attached to its ten pin remote terminal while the other end connected to a PC interface cable connector that was in turn attached to the GPS.

    Now, Shenzhen Solmeta Technology Co., LTD (Solmeta, for branding purposes) has produced a camera-specific GPS unit that is dwarfed in both size and weight by the typical hand-held GPS used for this type application in the past, and makes use of a single connection directly to the camera’s 10 pin terminal. For digital users who need or want GPS data for their images, things just got a lot simpler.

    Design and Construction

    Solmeta has three products in their line - the N1, which is the subject of this review, and the N2 and C1, both soon to appear on the market per a company spokesman. The N2 will feature a compass (heading) function for the D3 and D300, and the C1 will be for other brands of cameras and include the compass function.

    The N1 is a light and compact unit, measuring about 2 x 1.25 x .75 inches and weighing in at 50 grams. Contrast that with the dimensions of a Garmin Geko 301 GPS, one of the smaller and lighter Garmins that have been operationally confirmed by Nikon for use with the D300 and D3: 1.9 x 3.9 x .96 inches and 96 grams. Keep in mind that the weight of the Garmin doesn’t include the Nikon and PC adapter cords necessary to complete that installation, while the N1 is ready to go as is. Obviously, weight is not really a major concern here, since the difference between the two systems can be measured in ounces, but it is part of the larger picture that makes the Solmeta system quite simple and easy to use.

    For more details please visit
    http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=3375

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