[Digikam-users] New GPS tracker for photographers

[Pedro Lourenco Venda]

Arnd Baecker wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Gerhard Kulzer wrote:
> 
>> I just found a new "digiKam plugin" :-)
>>
>> It's a GPS tracker for about €90 that loads the track data directly into the
>> SD-cards: http://photofinder.atpinc.com/

Seems cool but maybe a bit intrusive.
I am using the similarly priced GlobalSat DG-100.

what's good about it:
- about 30h or continuous running time;
- good signal sensitivity;
- very simple interface;
- hardware independent;
- runs on two standard AA (or AAA) batteries;
- the batteries can be recharged by the unit's USB port;

what's not so good about it:
- the synchronisation process is manual and more tedious (not that there 
was an alternative when I bought it);
- the software that comes with it is utterly useless (but fortunately 
we're all savvy guys and gpsbabel sorts things out perfectly well);
- the camera's clock needs to be accurately set and maintained;

I wrote about it in my blog: 
http://pjvenda.blogspot.com/2007/09/my-new-toy-globalsat-dg-100-gps-data.html

Cheers,
Pedro Venda.

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