GPS tagging of photos taken with EOS 40D

[Stefan Stuart Fletcher]

Lightroom 2 can handle this information in the metadata and there are now SD cards (with the CF adapter for your 40D) which have the requisite information.


I agree wholeheartedly with the spending the money of a 100-400. Firstly, because *I* have one and it affords me enormous pleasure and secondly because I can't imagine why anyone would really *need* latitude and longitude info about their shots. This is my ignorance talking, so please enlighten me. What were the reasons for wanting GPS data in the first place?

[neustar_eric]

I thought it might be cool to have the location info viewable in the photos.

[ShutterbugJohan]

There are a few GPS units on the market that will add the latitude and longitude info to the file. Just keep it near the camera, and when your done shooting, you connect it to the memory card and press a button. I think Jobo and ATP make them.

[Stefan Stuart Fletcher]

So, when you shoot the Eiffel tower, say, the Acropolis or Angkor Wat, you'll need latitude and longitude coordinates printed in bright white letters underneath, just in case you forget where you were? [] Sorry, just kidding with you. I suppose if you're a quantity surveyor or architect or landscape gardener or something like that, there's a very good reason for including GPS data in a photo. There's a layer in Google Earth where people's holiday snaps can be added, which might help, but only after you've uploaded them.

[Stefan Stuart Fletcher]

Found this link to useful intro and perhaps other outlets which make it cheap and easier:


http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images


hope it helps.

[mark]

log the info on your gps aas a waypoint of interst the upload it to google earht along with the photo

[apersson850]

If you just carry around an ordinary GPS, that

[neuroanatomist]

If you have an iPhone, there are apps which will log you geotag data and later use a desktop version of the app to add it to your .cr2 file metadata (as long as your camera's clock is accurate so the photos match up with the timestamps).