Geocoding pics...

[danbrew]

I recently picked up a Dawn Technologies di-GPS and am very very pleased with it. http://www.di-gps.com/di-GPS/index.htm.

It's a GPS receiver about the size of half a pack of matches that connects to the 10-pin remote port on a handful of newer digital SLRs. I'm using a Nikon D300.

What does it do? The same thing as the GPS on your bike - sorta. Every time you snap a pic it records the GPS coordinates to the exif data of the image. You can use something like Google Earth & Smugmug to map the data.

Check out this smugmug gallery: http://danbrew.smugmug.com/gallery/4731515_2B5nQ#280174248_y6R2X

And this maps.smugmug gallery: http://maps.smugmug.com/?feedType=geoAlbum&Data=4731515_2B5nQ

Pretty cool, huh?

[kdog]

Pretty cool, huh?

Extremely cool. I actually have a use for that. I do a lot of off-road exploration in AZ and picture taking. It would be great to have the GPS combined with the images. Unfortunately, to make it work with my Canon, I'd have to first buy an $800 wireless transmitter. That ain't happening any time soon. Looks like Nikon got it right there.

BTW, looks like a pretty awesome trip you had.

-joel