Sunday, November 30, 2008

Geopic II, a GPS for my D300

This is the GeoPic II, a global positioning system (GPS) that works with my Nikon D300 and other Nikon camera bodies. You can't see the mount, but it fits in the flash shoe, and the cable that you see fits into the D300's 10-pin port.
It stores longitude and latitude data with the image's EXIF data -- cool, huh! If I store the pictures taken with this system using Google Picasa's gallery, double clicking an image will launch Google Earth and take me right to the location of the image on Google Earth's virtual globe.
I've been using Google Earth lately for trips taken, and this device will give me the exact location of each image. It's supposed to be easy on the battery -- we'll see.
Well, this is my last formal, official picture of the New Castle Camera Clubs November Challenge, but since I've been blogging before, I'll continue, but probably with less urgency.
I've enjoyed it though.

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