Add GPS data to your Nikon DSLR
Well apparently some Nikon digital SLR camera have a data transfer cable that will allow data to be input into the camera, and maybe even recorded in the EXIF data of the images. It also appears that this data cable operates on the standard RS-232 serial algorithm. A cable of this nature can be made using a Max-232 chip (or a RS-232 receiver chip), and connected to a PC. Instructions on how to do this for the Nikon F-100 can be found here.
Now all of this is just a little background work to make this DIY project make a little more sense. I was a little confused after reading the article because a lot of the necessary information was not there. This little hack takes a standard Garmin etrex gps, which outputs the GPS coordinates, and stores it in the data file of the picture. Now, you will know the exact location of where each picture was taken. I am sure you could then incorporate this into Google Earth, or do whatever you want with it.
Above you see the schematic used in this device. Click on the pic to go to the original.
This page describes the steps I went through in my project to connect a Garmin eTrex Summit GPS device to a Nikon D200 camera body in order to record location information in the EXIF data of images captured using the setup. While this procedure worked fine for me, I do not take any responsibility for you or your equipment should you try this yourself.
You can read more about this cool project here.
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I work for a company that needs wireless data collection tool that will enable me to make custom forms on my Blackberry or Motorola phone. It would be great if form can support drop down menus, GPS, check boxes, bar coding and photo capture. Can someone help me with this please?
I have been working in mortgage industry for about 5 years and we found a solution that does this. We use it for wireless bar code reading and GPS tracking. The best part is we can customize the forms on-the-fly which saves us a lot of time over a customized solution. The company that makes the product is Westlake out of LA I think. There website is http://www.westlakesoftware.com. Their product is call AirMobility.net. They made a custom Extranet for us for our company to use but their main product site is http://www.airmobility.net. We found this service set up to make it pretty easy for us to migrate the information to our back office system. We use the technology and route it to 40 different servers nationally; has worked flawlessly for about three years. Customer service is really nice, just contact them, im sure they can help you out.
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