Fans of geotagging their photographs will doubtless be keen on Sony's newest GPS unit, especially as it works with cameras from almost any maker.
The GPS-CS3K comes out in Japan mid-March for ¥18,900 (£135), meaning we can expect it in the West for a similar price sometimes towards the summer.
Google Maps too
It replaces an earlier model and includes new (Windows-only) software for getting geotagged snaps onto Picasa or Google Maps. Like the older device, the way it does the tagging is more than a little clever.
The CS3K is essentially just a GPS receiver that logs physical position against time over the course of a day out. Anyone taking photos on that same trip can combine the location data with the time stamps on each image to geotag the photos.
All automated
Naturally, Sony's software does all the heavy lifting when a card carrying snaps is plugged into the CS3K, so – assuming the camera's clock is correctly set for matching images with where they were taken – there's little left to do.
Best of all, there are card slots for both Memory Sticks and SD cards, which means the CS3K can work with most compact cameras.
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shaili
March 2nd 2009
1. Please check out our service at www.mygeodiary.com. We support Sony's CS-1 device for easy geotagging of photos and publishing to Flickr, Blogspot etc. Users can upload their GPS tracks & their photos separately. The service will try to place the photos at the appropriate spot on the map based on timestamp matches and other calcualtions. The original photos are also automatically published to FLICKR, Google's Blogspot, GeoRSS Feeds etc. please checkout an example of a track diary: http://outdoornaturalbeauty.blogspot.com/
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Shaili
www.mygeodiary.com
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