Photo GPS tagging using Sony GPS-CS1.

[xtemujin]

I've just tried using the Sony GPS-CS1 for my vacation recently. The Sony GPS-CS1 is about the size of a D cell battery.

The problem of trying to remember where you've taken the photos has been solved with this nifty GPS gadget from Sony.

Firstly, follow the time on the GPS receiver to your camera onboard time as you'll need the same time stamp for the GPS tagging to work successfully.



Photos of the Sony GPS-CS1.





Top view.

[xtemujin]

Bottom view.



10 hours of usage for an alkaline AA battery.



Blinking green LED shows that GPS information is being recorded.



Yellow LED for battery.

[xtemujin]

Photo.



EXIF information after GPS coordinates have been tagged with the Sony software.





Map of where the photos were taken.

[xtemujin]

Software information.

http://scilib.typepad.com/science_library_pad/2006/09/my_review_of_th.html

Using Google Picasa photo viewer and Google Earth, you're now able to see the location of where you've taken the photo after GPS tagging it.

Go to Tools -> Geotag -> Geotag with Google Earth.

Map view.



Satellite view.



I've successfully tagged the GPS coordinates to my photos and I'm using a Nikon D50 and a Sony P8 camera.

Currently, the Sony GPS-CS1 is not for sale here in Singapore according to Sony Singapore. I was fortunate enough to buy it from Clubsnap buy and sell before my Melbourne trip.

HTH.

[runes]

Originally Posted by xtemujin I've successfully tagged the GPS coordinates to my photos and I'm using a Nikon D50 and a Sony P8 camera. Currently, the Sony GPS-CS1 is not for sale here in Singapore according to Sony Singapore. I was fortunate enough to buy it from Clubsnap buy and sell before my Melbourne trip. HTH.

Do you mean the GPS-CS1 can work with other camera models other than the original Sony (T50?) that it was sold with?

[xtemujin]

Runes,

The reference point for the photos to be GPS tagged by the Sony GPS-CS1 is by time stamp and it does not matter the brand of camera that you are using.

HTH.

[rogerp]

Was wondering if you can pdf all the information into one PDF file, so easiler to keep and file....

[yanyewkay]

this system is definitely not new and not sure how much sony is selling it but the earlier version for nikon has been out quite sometime
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=211684

or a more generic one
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=171137

There's one other device that does exactly the same as the Sony one but I can't find that product now.. Sony just merely took the concept and packaged it under Sony.

[adamadam]

looks cool