I used this method and it worked well. http://tjhouston.com/2013/01/exporting-gps-data-from-a-folder-of-images-and-writing-to-a-text-file/
I compared an iPad and a P&S Olympus GPS - I made me realize we need good quality GPS. Eva On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 6:18 AM, Jacob Hadle <jjha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you all for the helpful replies. This gives me a lot to work with. > > It seems that acquiring GPS coordinates should not be that difficult to > obtain on site, but we would prefer the accuracy to be <20m from were the > picture was taken. Even course geo-references would be valuable as well. > > I have one more small question to ask: for those of you who have used P&S > cameras with built-in GPS units, were you able to view the lat/long in the > display view right after you took the picture? Also, is it possible to > convert among different geo-coordinate systems (i.e. degrees minutes > seconds to decimal degree, etc.) in the settings view of some cameras? > > Thank you, > Jacob > > > > > On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Jacob Hadle <jjha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have a question for those of you who are familiar with point and shoot > > digital cameras that have built-in GPS units. A project I have acquired > > this summer involves a plant inventory on a ~7,000 acres site (open and > > dense canopy areas). In part, the protocol requires us to take a picture > > of each plant species and document their latitude and longitude > > coordinates. To optimizes my time effectively, using a camera that > > geotags each picture would seem to work well. > > > > The main interests I have in the point and shoot camera in not so much > > how the quality the picture takes, but how accurate the camera will pick > > up coordinates. I have spent a considerable amount of time online, and > > calling local camera stores researching which point and shoot camera > > would have the best GPS quality; however, I have found very little > > information about the accuracy and performance in these built-in GPS > > units. I am currently looking into the Canon PowerShot D20 or the Ricoh > > G700 SE-M. > > > > If anyone has experience using digital cameras with built-in GPS units > > in the field, I would truly appreciate your thoughts. > > > > Most grateful, > > > > Jacob > > > > >
