Geotagging and the Orgeon 550

[+Evshro & son]

I got my Oregon 550 and really like it so far. It takes great pictures and the 3 axis compass is a nice feature. Anyway, my question is: What exactly is geotagging? I would guess that it would simply be a picture taken with the location imprinted on the picture. Is this right? If so, what programs would I use to do this? Is there freeware out there?

 

Thanks!

[+Chris CA]

I got my Oregon 550 and really like it so far. It takes great pictures and the 3 axis compass is a nice feature. Anyway, my question is: What exactly is geotagging? I would guess that it would simply be a picture taken with the location imprinted on the picture. Is this right? If so, what programs would I use to do this? Is there freeware out there?

You don't need anything since the 550 has a camera and it is a GPSr, it does the geotagging automatically.

The location is stored in the EXIF data, which is all the data (date, time, exposure, camerqa info, etc.) and is part of the picture file.

[+g-o-cashers]

http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/Camera

[+Evshro & son]

http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/Camera

 

Thanks, I knew I should have checked the Wiki first--it is always helpful. However, I am wondering how I can view the information stored in the Exif region.

[+donbadabon]

Most decent image viewers have a way to look at the embedded data.

 

I use Irfanview, with the plugins. It is free, and gives you all the information embedded in the file.

[+Cache Alchemy]

I use Microsoft Pro Photo Tools 2 another free one, allows full editing of the stuff in the exif. It has the ability to locate your photo's location on a map. There are as donbadabon pointed out, if it is fairly decent it should let you look at the info.

[+Chris CA]

Thanks, I knew I should have checked the Wiki first--it is always helpful. However, I am wondering how I can view the information stored in the Exif region.

Viewing the info is boring. Simply lat/long, cmarea/pix info.

The idea is that you can use that info to view the photos in relation to a map.

For instance, Google earth you can save the photos in My Places and it'll show the photos at the location it was taken at.

On the Mac in iPhoto, you open a map and see where all your pix were taken.

[+Evshro & son]

Thanks everyone. I got it figured out. I checked out IrfanView and have had success with that.

[+g-o-cashers]

I use Opanda IEXIF:

 

http://www.opanda.com/en/iexif/

 

There's a free version, an editor and a firefox pluggin all work very well.