GPS Usage for Backpacking in Europe
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From: Tim C. on 17 Nov 2009 03:14 On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:54:27 -0800, poldy wrote in post : <news:poldy-7F5D25.21542716112009(a)news.eternal-september.org> : > In article <1a0sozyy0x3g8.c6ziv1j81ve5.dlg(a)40tude.net>, > "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote: > >> I take a mobile phone on the bike for emergencies, and to phone home in the >> evening so the family knows I'm safe. And a Nikon SLR and recently a Holux >> logger (1xAA battery) and that's it. If I want to be contacted I even turn >> the phone on, normally it's off. If I want to get any news(which I normally >> don't, maybe the weather forecast), I buy a local paper and try and work it >> out. > > Geotagging? > > Some Nikon DSLRs have a port for hooking up a GPS module to directly > write GPS data to the EXIF of the photos. My Nikon doesn't have that - or at least I don't think it does. But that would involve having the logger near the camera when I take photos. ATM I can leave the logger in the bike's tankbag and wander off taking photos. (obviously I don't go off for miles like that) and so I prefer to use the Holux gps logger and tag the photos at home on the PC. -- Tim C.
From: Alfred Molon on 17 Nov 2009 04:50 In article <poldy-7F5D25.21542716112009(a)news.eternal-september.org>, poldy says... > Some Nikon DSLRs have a port for hooking up a GPS module to directly > write GPS data to the EXIF of the photos. But only Nikon - no other manufacturer does this. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
From: poldy on 18 Nov 2009 01:29 In article <17akat9py0doc$.52aua6yvrnxn.dlg(a)40tude.net>, "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote: > On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:54:27 -0800, poldy wrote in post : > <news:poldy-7F5D25.21542716112009(a)news.eternal-september.org> : > > > In article <1a0sozyy0x3g8.c6ziv1j81ve5.dlg(a)40tude.net>, > > "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote: > > > >> I take a mobile phone on the bike for emergencies, and to phone home in the > >> evening so the family knows I'm safe. And a Nikon SLR and recently a Holux > >> logger (1xAA battery) and that's it. If I want to be contacted I even turn > >> the phone on, normally it's off. If I want to get any news(which I normally > >> don't, maybe the weather forecast), I buy a local paper and try and work it > >> out. > > > > Geotagging? > > > > Some Nikon DSLRs have a port for hooking up a GPS module to directly > > write GPS data to the EXIF of the photos. > > My Nikon doesn't have that - or at least I don't think it does. But that > would involve having the logger near the camera when I take photos. ATM I > can leave the logger in the bike's tankbag and wander off taking photos. > (obviously I don't go off for miles like that) and so I prefer to use the > Holux gps logger and tag the photos at home on the PC. You mount the devices on the flash shoe. Since you already have one, no big deal and the dedicated logger may have better GPS performance than the modules for the Nikons. Plus they don't draw battery from the camera. Only advantage is that they write the data directly as you take the picture, instead of syncing them later by time stamps, which takes some time.
From: poldy on 18 Nov 2009 01:31
In article <8ynriazblemk.1cxg3bqfomtbl.dlg(a)40tude.net>, "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote: > On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:44:59 +0000, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_ > chancellor wrote in post : <news:1j9av94.1rwmuvyqo19uiN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> > : > > > That might be your middle way. I loathe SMS, > > I quite like them, as long as they're within limits, not to chat with, but > to keep in touch. Or co-ordinate things. SMS is a ripoff because it's cheaper to send SMS than voice calls to the phone companies, which charge more because of the popularity of SMS. That said, it is convenient for times when you don't want to have a phone conversation. Or you're in a noisy environment and you can't have a conversation. |