Logging Landscape Locations

Mark Pearce

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How do people keep track of all the locations that come up for landscape shots? I'm fortunate to travel around the country (and the world) for work. This often allows me time for a few hrs or days escape. I read some of the mags, see suggestions online, or other images and think 'wow, want to go there', or from books etc. anyway there are loads of formats for getting the info, but how do photographers keep track of where is good and where to go? I've thought about using digital maps and making a note when somewhere interesting pops up or a database type system in excel with a link to the info if its digital or picture of the info if its in print, any other suggestions?
 
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I use google maps and have a map,that I add interesting or "must visit" places for photography. This also includes places I have been to as sometimes you may wish to revisit.
 
Evernote is a useful app for note taking on-the-go.
 
Another vote for Evernote, I've got notebooks for locations, themes etc. Its quite handy.
 
Thanks Paul, I was more thinking places I haven't been to yet, but could in future
 
Alistair and Steveo, that's kind of where I had got to (although OneNote, but same principle)
 
Buck said:
Mark

I use google maps and have a map,that I add interesting or "must visit" places for photography. This also includes places I have been to as sometimes you may wish to revisit.
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I do this too.
 
Mark Pearce said:
Alistair and Steveo, that's kind of where I had got to (although OneNote, but same principle)
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Mick, Evernote is the dog's danglies foot mobile note taking apps. Even if you've tried Onenote give Evernote a try as an alternative.
 
Google Maps with layers for me ... both in terms of specific trips as well as more general locations and photo genres .... I even have a map which is called 'short on time' when you want to get out and about with the camera but perhaps only have a few hours, including travel ... I touch a little on this in my latest podcast ....

+1 as well for things like Evernote .... especially when actually out in the field as this (on the mobile platform) is where Google Maps could be improved .... Also don't rule out taking an audio recording as well .. something regarding composition or the moon may be in your mind but difficult to articular in written word (or forgotten about) so a quick ramble into a dictaphone or iPhone helps me ...
 
I'm old school, when deciding on the locations for my book I used an excel spreadsheet including data on location, best time of day/year to visit and what sort of shots I might expect to get, I mapped all the spots with google maps.. when heading out I just printed them out.. worked pretty well

Simon
 
These are great ideas. If it is a picture that I have seen online I pin it to a pinterest board of places to go. When I have visited a place I add it to my Tom Tom favourites, especially if it is spots on Dartmoor etc. This means I can quickly navigate to different spots to respond to changing weather and the likes :)
 
I'm another advocate of google maps, it is especially handy if your on the go! Also when you drop a peg on it there is plenty of space to write some notes about the location link to photos and I normally use OS grid ref too so that goes on there. Also have the old black note book, tatty and dog eared now.
I have an OS mapping system on my tablet that is brilliant for off line use if you have the OS maps electronically, but another App is called Pocket earth, that's really excellent to, as you can download mapping off the likes of google and many other sources and save them, (and can be used offline) it has the facility to pull in the Wiki data for points of interest too ..... And it works worldwide (so you can pull in maps from overseas locations with the respective wiki data). You can also add your own notes to this too. Connect it up with GPS if you wish as well!
If I'm off abroad I'll download the maps for the local area, brilliant for getting you around and finding those tucked away gems.
 
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