Geotagging Made Easy: PhotoTrackr Mini Integrated GPS Solution

GiSTEQ has released the PhotoTrackr DPL900, a Geotagging device that syncs to any model camera simplifying the process of adding location aware EXIF data to your pictures, including Mac and RAW file formats.  PhotoTrackr also includes the ability to record routes.

Photo tagging is automatic using its included software.  The software has integrated Google Maps for the visual location interface.  Along with the ability to view the location of each picture you have taken, the device is able to export NMEA and GPX logs for your photos and bread crumb tracks.  You also have the capability of exporting and using the GPX logs in Google Earth.

The Geotagging software integrates with Flickr, locr, Picasa Web Albums, and other 3rd party Geo-Photo sharing websites.  EXIF data is automatically inserted into your trip photos and allows you to view a slide show of your photographic albums in the internal software, the mentioned integrated platforms, or your alternative photo organization software.

Here are the GPS device specifications:

• Battery Life: Operation Time: 17 hours in continuous mode
• 65 channels satellite tracking
• Cold/Warm/Hot start time: 29/10/1 seconds (on average)
• GPS Chipset: Skytraq
• DATUM: WGS84 (user definable)
• SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS) support
• Superior sensitivity: -160dBm tracking
• Update Rate: 1 Hz
• Support standard NMEA-0183 at 38400 bps baud rate
• 2MB flash memory for data logging, with 16 bytes binary data per record that stores up to 250K
• Logging data interval programmable: by time (1 second ~ 30 mins) or distance (2 ~ 65535 meters)
• Data tag (start, stop) can be set by user, maximum 250 sections
• Support G-mouse function via USB
• Dimension: 3.05 (L) x 1.10 (W) x 0.70 (H) inch
• Weight: 0.53oz including battery
• Accuracy:
  • Position: <3m 2d-RMS; DGPS: 2.5m
  • Velocity: 0.1m/sec
  • Acceleration: 0.1m/s2; DGPS: 0.05m/s2
• Frequency: L1, 1575.42MHz
• C/A Code: 1.023MHz chip rate
• Antenna (internal): Built-in low noise patch antenna
• Input Current < 26mA

Pre-orders are available for the cost of $69.00 and are set to be available sometime in November.

[GiSTEQ Corp. PhotoTrackr]

Geo Join

cross-posted from http://myspew.com/projects/geo-join

Geo Join is a collaborative project to slice location resources into similar objects based on referenced similarities and then provide object orientated location aware meta data to be used to separate, expand, differentiate, or join these objects for any location based service output purposes.

The project website is located at:

http://trac.extracted.org/trac/wiki

Our first milestone is aimed at creating this project's operational and development structure.  If this project is of any interest to yourself, contact trac@trac.extracted.org for access to our Wiki and Ticket Systems contribution areas.