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"Sony has today announced a very interesting little device for
recording the position where photographs are taken. The GPS-CS1 is a
small (9 cm / 3.5 in) cylindrical device which you simply attach to a
backback or belt loop and carry with you while you shoot, it records
your GPS location and this information can later be synchronized with
your digital images to provide a map of where your photos were taken."

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06...sonygpscs1.asp

Cheers!
http://newcamz.blogspot.com

On 2 Aug 2006 22:07:24 -0700, newcamz.blogspot.com wrote:

>"Sony has today announced a very interesting little device for
>recording the position where photographs are taken. The GPS-CS1 is a
>small (9 cm / 3.5 in) cylindrical device which you simply attach to a
>backback or belt loop and carry with you while you shoot, it records
>your GPS location and this information can later be synchronized with
>your digital images to provide a map of where your photos were taken."
>
>http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06...sonygpscs1.asp
>
>Cheers!
>http://newcamz.blogspot.com

My personal opinion is that I much prefer to use a multi-purpose
GPS, which should fulfill the same purpose as good or better.

I guess though, that, as well as I know Sony, their software
will be locked down to work only with their own puny hardware.

Hans-Georg

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newcamz.blogspot.com wrote:
> "Sony has today announced a very interesting little device for
> recording the position where photographs are taken. The GPS-CS1 is a
> small (9 cm / 3.5 in) cylindrical device which you simply attach to a
> backback or belt loop and carry with you while you shoot, it records
> your GPS location and this information can later be synchronized with
> your digital images to provide a map of where your photos were taken."
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06...sonygpscs1.asp
>
> Cheers!
> http://newcamz.blogspot.com
>

Just about any GPS that allows downloading of track logs could be used
for this purpose with a simple program to correlate the EXIF time data
with the GPS track log data. No magic there, but an interesting
application of it.

Hans-Georg Michna wrote:
> On 2 Aug 2006 22:07:24 -0700, newcamz.blogspot.com wrote:
>
>> "Sony has today announced a very interesting little device for
>> recording the position where photographs are taken. The GPS-CS1 is a
>> small (9 cm / 3.5 in) cylindrical device which you simply attach to a
>> backback or belt loop and carry with you while you shoot, it records
>> your GPS location and this information can later be synchronized with
>> your digital images to provide a map of where your photos were taken."
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06...sonygpscs1.asp
>>
>> Cheers!
>> http://newcamz.blogspot.com
>
> My personal opinion is that I much prefer to use a multi-purpose
> GPS, which should fulfill the same purpose as good or better.
>
> I guess though, that, as well as I know Sony, their software
> will be locked down to work only with their own puny hardware.
>
> Hans-Georg
>
Which will sell for more than most general purpose GPS receivers with
vastly greater utility, and flexibility.

newcamz.blogspot.com wrote:
> "Sony has today announced a very interesting little device for
> recording the position where photographs are taken. The GPS-CS1 is a
> small (9 cm / 3.5 in) cylindrical device which you simply attach to a
> backback or belt loop and carry with you while you shoot, it records
> your GPS location and this information can later be synchronized with
> your digital images to provide a map of where your photos were taken."
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06...sonygpscs1.asp
>
> Cheers!
> http://newcamz.blogspot.com

I use my Garmin GPSMap 60C for that to great effect, maybe new for
Sony, but otherwise nothing new under the sun. Now, if only my Pentax
DSLR could register the position directly like some of the Nikon
cameras can, that would be a great option

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:38:53 -0500, Ron Hunter <> wrote:
> newcamz.blogspot.com wrote:
>> "Sony has today announced a very interesting little device for
>> recording the position where photographs are taken. The GPS-CS1 is a
>> small (9 cm / 3.5 in) cylindrical device which you simply attach to a
>> backback or belt loop and carry with you while you shoot, it records
>> your GPS location and this information can later be synchronized with
>> your digital images to provide a map of where your photos were taken."
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06...sonygpscs1.asp
>
> Just about any GPS that allows downloading of track logs could be used
> for this purpose with a simple program to correlate the EXIF time data
> with the GPS track log data. No magic there, but an interesting
> application of it.

Has anyone written said 'simple program'? As you say, it should be
fairly easy; I'm just wondering whether it's been done yet.

The next question, of course, is when will we start to see this sort of
functionality built-in to cameras. I believe that some of the pro-level
DSLRs can take GPS add-on modules, but I'm a little surprised that
nobody has tried to stick such a beast inside a compact body (with a
nice $150 price premium, of course).

-dms

Hoshisato wrote:
> newcamz.blogspot.com wrote:
>> "Sony has today announced a very interesting little device for
>> recording the position where photographs are taken. The GPS-CS1 is a
>> small (9 cm / 3.5 in) cylindrical device which you simply attach to a
>> backback or belt loop and carry with you while you shoot, it records
>> your GPS location and this information can later be synchronized with
>> your digital images to provide a map of where your photos were taken."
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06...sonygpscs1.asp
>>
>> Cheers!
>> http://newcamz.blogspot.com
>
> I use my Garmin GPSMap 60C for that to great effect, maybe new for
> Sony, but otherwise nothing new under the sun. Now, if only my Pentax
> DSLR could register the position directly like some of the Nikon
> cameras can, that would be a great option
>
Would be most useful if it included a compass reading so you could
determine the direction it was pointing as well. Rather nice for
documenting a trip.

Daniel Silevitch wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:38:53 -0500, Ron Hunter <> wrote:
>> newcamz.blogspot.com wrote:
>>> "Sony has today announced a very interesting little device for
>>> recording the position where photographs are taken. The GPS-CS1 is a
>>> small (9 cm / 3.5 in) cylindrical device which you simply attach to a
>>> backback or belt loop and carry with you while you shoot, it records
>>> your GPS location and this information can later be synchronized with
>>> your digital images to provide a map of where your photos were taken."
>>>
>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06...sonygpscs1.asp
>> Just about any GPS that allows downloading of track logs could be used
>> for this purpose with a simple program to correlate the EXIF time data
>> with the GPS track log data. No magic there, but an interesting
>> application of it.
>
> Has anyone written said 'simple program'? As you say, it should be
> fairly easy; I'm just wondering whether it's been done yet.
>
> The next question, of course, is when will we start to see this sort of
> functionality built-in to cameras. I believe that some of the pro-level
> DSLRs can take GPS add-on modules, but I'm a little surprised that
> nobody has tried to stick such a beast inside a compact body (with a
> nice $150 price premium, of course).
>
> -dms

I am not aware of any such program, but I have seen printouts from
programs that do take track logs and plot them on a map, along with
times. That feature exists in the Mapsend DirectRoute software. It
would be a relatively simple job to match the times/positions to the
EXIF data, manually.

As for including it in a camera... They have them in some pretty small
cellphones.

Yes, it has been done. Software to read a GPS track file and write GPS
coordinates into photo EXIF headers is available as freeware or as
commercial product.

Two examples: Microsoft Research offers "Location Stamper" for free and it
works very well. http://wwmx.org/Download.aspx

I use Robogeo which has a very low cost -- it will even generate a Google
Map web page with pushpin's for each of your photos.
http://www.robogeo.com/home/



"Daniel Silevitch" <> wrote in message
news:...
>> Just about any GPS that allows downloading of track logs could be used
>> for this purpose with a simple program to correlate the EXIF time data
>> with the GPS track log data. No magic there, but an interesting
>> application of it.
>
> Has anyone written said 'simple program'? As you say, it should be
> fairly easy; I'm just wondering whether it's been done yet.

Daniel Silevitch <> writes:

> On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:38:53 -0500, Ron Hunter <> wrote:
> > newcamz.blogspot.com wrote:
> >> "Sony has today announced a very interesting little device for
> >> recording the position where photographs are taken. The GPS-CS1 is a
> >> small (9 cm / 3.5 in) cylindrical device which you simply attach to a
> >> backback or belt loop and carry with you while you shoot, it records
> >> your GPS location and this information can later be synchronized with
> >> your digital images to provide a map of where your photos were taken."
> >>
> >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06...sonygpscs1.asp
> >
> > Just about any GPS that allows downloading of track logs could be used
> > for this purpose with a simple program to correlate the EXIF time data
> > with the GPS track log data. No magic there, but an interesting
> > application of it.
>
> Has anyone written said 'simple program'? As you say, it should be
> fairly easy; I'm just wondering whether it's been done yet.

Here is one whose link I saved a few years ago (I don't own a GPS, so I have no
idea how well it works):
http://oziphototool.alistairdickie.com/

> The next question, of course, is when will we start to see this sort of
> functionality built-in to cameras. I believe that some of the pro-level
> DSLRs can take GPS add-on modules, but I'm a little surprised that
> nobody has tried to stick such a beast inside a compact body (with a
> nice $150 price premium, of course).

Kodak used to do it. High Nikons have support for adding a serial cable to
talk to most of the GPSs.

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