Canon 50D/7D have they got GPS information

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as per the title does the Canon 50D or 7D have GPS information or will I have to use my GPS and sync them

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I'm sure you can get the GPS bolt on for both, but nothing built in from the factory. Think you'll need the WFT something or other...
 
I have one of those Jobo things. It clicks in the hotshoe and records location when you click. You then match the images to the GPS locations.

Plus side - instant start up and instant recording
Down side - Build Quality leaves a lot to be desired.
 
Thanks guys for all the replies, thought canon would have introduced gps though, :thumbs: jpbo looks good but for that price, I'll carry on doing it with my gps and sync them,
 
Greenninja said:
I have one of those Jobo things. It clicks in the hotshoe and records location when you click. You then match the images to the GPS locations.

Plus side - instant start up and instant recording
Down side - Build Quality leaves a lot to be desired.
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How can it be instant start up when every other GPS device takes time to acquire satellites? It needs to be already powered up and have a position fix before it can record. Is it left powered on like other GPS units?
 
Pb1of6 said:
In laymens terms please how do you sync them using your gps "thingy"
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You set the GPS to record data while you're out shooting, making sure your camera's clock is set to the correct time (the GPS records very accurate time signals from the satellites). When you get back to your PC you copy over the GPS logfile and the images, then use a bit of software (I like GeoSetter) to 'geotag' your images.

It takes each image in turn, looks at the time it was taken, looks at the logfile to find the GPS data for that time (or the closest to it) and writes location data to the relevant exif or IPTC fields in the image file. It can also create a file for Google Earth or Google Maps. I also have GeoSetter setup to rename images with the nearest location name. In Lightroom (and, I presume, many other applications) you can click on the location data and it will open Google Maps with the shooting location shown.

What most cameras will do in the future is have the GPS receiver built-in, so that images can be tagged with zero hassle. They've been able to do it for years, but the receivers used to eat up battery power. The new ones are a lot less power-hungry. Mine runs for a few days without needing a charge.
 
hollis_f said:
You set the GPS to record data while you're out shooting, making sure your camera's clock is set to the correct time (the GPS records very accurate time signals from the satellites). When you get back to your PC you copy over the GPS logfile and the images, then use a bit of software (I like GeoSetter) to 'geotag' your images.

It takes each image in turn, looks at the time it was taken, looks at the logfile to find the GPS data for that time (or the closest to it) and writes location data to the relevant exif or IPTC fields in the image file. It can also create a file for Google Earth or Google Maps. I also have GeoSetter setup to rename images with the nearest location name. In Lightroom (and, I presume, many other applications) you can click on the location data and it will open Google Maps with the shooting location shown.

What most cameras will do in the future is have the GPS receiver built-in, so that images can be tagged with zero hassle. They've been able to do it for years, but the receivers used to eat up battery power. The new ones are a lot less power-hungry. Mine runs for a few days without needing a charge.
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so please tell me what is it you got make and model do the softwear come with it?

thank you
 
hollis_f said:
I use a Genie BGT-31. It's not cheap, but I believe you get what you pay for. Having said that, the software I use, Geosetter, is free (although I did make a donation).
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can you tell me how you use it do it connect to the camera or do you have to do it your self?
 
Ok thanks Frank for that simple explanation, and thanks Chaz for asking my next question

Genie BGT -31 £130 from amazon
 
Chaz Photos said:
can you tell me how you use it do it connect to the camera or do you have to do it your self?
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You don't connect it to the camera. I suppose that could be seen as an advantage. I just switch mine on at the start of the day and stick it in my camera bag or in a pocket. Then I forget about it until the end of the day when I take it out and copy the log file to the PC.
 
How can it be instant start up when every other GPS device takes time to acquire satellites? It needs to be already powered up and have a position fix before it can record. Is it left powered on like other GPS units?
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I don't know how it works. What I do know is that it clicks into the hotshoe and records your position. There is no on or off so I assume it has constant power - there is no (or at worst very little) acquisition time required.

What I think it does is purely record the most basic postioning detail, with the software linking back to an online database when you sync it to the images.

I have had the thing for a year or so and it tracked me all round east africa without missing a beat - during which time my garmin handheld took 15 mins every morning to acquire a solid lock.
 
hollis_f said:
You don't connect it to the camera. I suppose that could be seen as an advantage. I just switch mine on at the start of the day and stick it in my camera bag or in a pocket. Then I forget about it until the end of the day when I take it out and copy the log file to the PC.
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I am sorry for being think BUT how do this work?
Just carrying it about it will not know when you take a photo? do this record every where you go? I don't understand Please can you explain how it works Thank you....
 
All a GPS device does is record your position and the time you were there (a constant recording - every few seconds as set by device or changed by the user).

Your camera records the time a photo was taken.

Software matches the time that the photo was taken with the time on the GPS device data. The GPS time knows where you were at that time - latitude and longitude.

The GPS software writes the latitude and longitude in to the photo exif.

For it to work properly, the cameras time must be accurately set. The GPS unit gets its time from the satellites.
 
Chaz Photos said:
I am sorry for being think BUT how do this work?
Just carrying it about it will not know when you take a photo? do this record every where you go? I don't understand Please can you explain how it works Thank you....
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In the old days people would go on holiday and keep a diary of where they went and when. At home they'd be able to sort through their photos and say - "That was taken on the Saturday lunchtime, which was when we went to Stonehenge, so it must be a picture of Stonehenge".

The GPS keeps a similar diary:

10:06:2010 16:14:00 Lat 50º 53' 14.9'' Lon -0º 10' 09.6''

10:06:2010 16:14:01 Lat 50º 53' 14.6'' Lon -0º 10' 09.2''

10:06:2010 16:14:02 Lat 50º 53' 14.6'' Lon -0º 10' 09.1''

10:06:2010 16:14:03 Lat 50º 53' 14.4'' Lon -0º 10' 09.1''

10:06:2010 16:14:04 Lat 50º 53' 14.2'' Lon -0º 10' 09.0''

10:06:2010 16:14:05 Lat 50º 53' 14.0'' Lon -0º 10' 08.8''

10:06:2010 16:14:06 Lat 50º 53' 13.9'' Lon -0º 10' 08.6''

And so on until you tell it to stop (or it runs out of battery, or storage space).

The software needs access to your image files and the logfile (diary) from the GPS. It looks at the photo, sees that it was taken at 16:14:05 on 10th June 2010, finds the diary entry for that date and time, looks up the latitude and longitude and writes that info into the header information of the image file.
 
MisterE said:
All a GPS device does is record your position and the time you were there (a constant recording - every few seconds as set by device or changed by the user).

Your camera records the time a photo was taken.

Software matches the time that the photo was taken with the time on the GPS device data. The GPS time knows where you were at that time - latitude and longitude.

The GPS software writes the latitude and longitude in to the photo exif.

For it to work properly, the cameras time must be accurately set. The GPS unit gets its time from the satellites.
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:thumbs:

hollis_f said:
In the old days people would go on holiday and keep a diary of where they went and when. At home they'd be able to sort through their photos and say - "That was taken on the Saturday lunchtime, which was when we went to Stonehenge, so it must be a picture of Stonehenge"


The software needs access to your image files and the logfile (diary) from the GPS. It looks at the photo, sees that it was taken at 16:14:05 on 10th June 2010, finds the diary entry for that date and time, looks up the latitude and longitude and writes that info into the header information of the image file.
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Thanks ,urm thats what I already do, I was asking do canon 7D or 50D have the functionality, as the dark side Nikons do have it, come on Canon catch up
 
Well, as stated above already, more or less, if you add a WFT-E5 to a 7D, you can then either connect a GPS directly to the camera, via cable, or indirectly, via Bluetooth. The latter requires a Bluetooth communication device in the grip's USB port, since the grip itself does not have Bluetooth. But it supports it through an adapter.
 
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