On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Guillaume Paumier
<guillom.pom(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I am considering the purchase of a GPS data logger to
automagically
geotag my photos on Commons (I am currently geotagging hundreds of
them manually and it's a *real* pain). I've been doing some research
already, but if anyone had some feedback to share about the hardware
available and the software to do the mapping (linux-compatible, I'm
using Ubuntu), that would be great.
Conceptually, what you want to do is keep your GPS running & logging
while you shoot and then later tag a photo shot at time X with the GPX
point you logged at time X, or the closest approximation.
This is a script I use for this purpose with my Garmin 60CSx and Canon
450D, it geotags both the RAW .cr2 files and .jpeg files:
http://git.nix.is/?p=avar/gps;a=blob;f=script/geotag-images-with-gpx;h=4d79…
You can use almost any GPS device, check out the gpsbabel project's
list of compatible devices. You'll also want something that has lots
of memory so you won't run out of space to log your track. My device
can log to an SD card and thus has practically unlimited space.