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Does anyone use a GPS Photo Logger device to capture locations in conjunction with their DSLR that works seamlessly with a Mac?

It just gets to be a bit of a pain inputting Lat Longs or placing pins on a map, so I'm looking for a device that can synch all the positional information when I upload images onto my Mac.

Any advice or information will be much appreciated.
 
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Here's "the poor man's method":

When I go shooting with my DSLR, I also take an iPhone. I take one picture with the iPhone for every location I shoot at.

The iPhone of course embeds GPS info right in its pictures. I then simply copy/paste that info into the IPTC of the "good" pictures.
 
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Thank you Chas, I was hoping for a solution that was slightly cheaper than an iPhone, which I don't possess :)
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Thanks Schweb - I had already trawled the UK Amazon site, and those it advertised as being Mac compatible didn't get very good reviews.
I was just hoping someone may have some experience of a device that does what it says on the box :D
 
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You can use Houdageo or Graphic Converter to tag photos with geographic info (via Google Earth) after the fact ...
 
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Thanks very much Chas - just looked at your suggestions and they look as if they will do the job :D:D
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Picasa3 also lets you geotag "after the fact" using Google Earth and since they are both Google products, they work quite well together. I have also uploaded a few pictures to Panoramio (yet another Google product) that shows the image in one pane and the location on the map in another.
 
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Thank you very much for your response.
I actually use Aperture as an Editor which allows me to input locations 'after the fact' using either lat long or google maps to do so, either singly or as a batch.
What I want to use is a GPS device that will record my position/location whilst out on a shoot and then is capable of providing that information to be embedded in the Exif information when I upload my images onto the Mac.
 
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I am just a "casual" picture taker. I wouldn't even call myself a photgrapher! My next camera will most likely be a Nikon Coolpix P6000 primarily because it has a built in GPS unit. I currently have a Nikon D40 and it does an OK job for an entry-level DLSR. It came with an 18-55 "kit lens" and I bought a 55-200 lens. On our last vacation, I didn't even take the extra lens. So now I have $600 worth of camera stuff and it is still only 6 megapixels. For $400, I can buy something smaller and lighter and has 13.5 megapixels!

I am also curious about these "add-on" GPS units, but I probably won't buy one since then I will have about $700-800 worth of camera stuff... and still only 6 megapixels.

Live and learn!
 
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Thank you although I'm not sure that your comment is particularly helpful as it doesn't answer any of my requirements :)
 
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Well you were looking for advice for a better way to geotag your pictures and in my case, the solution is a new camera with a built-in GPS. Unfortunately I just spent the money that I could have used for that new Nikon on an iPad! That's OK, Christmas is only a little over 5 months away!
 
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True, but what I really wanted was a device that was considerably cheaper than a new camera, so a GPS Photo Logger and software would do the trick.
I already have a quite considerable array of cameras and lenses, so don't think that another one would be a viable proposition:)
 

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