GPS Cameras

Welcome to our GPS Cameras site. If you want to geotag your photos, you can either buy a camera with built-in GPS, or you can buy a separate GPS module that connects to your camera. The location where the photo was taken is recorded by adding GPS co-ordinates to the EXIF metadata of the image files (usually JPEGs) stored with the photo by the camera.  

Early movers in the GPS Cameras market include Nikon, Sony and Ricoh. One of the main difficulties with making a camera with inbuilt GPS is that GPS receivers consume a lot of power.

Nikon Coolpix P6000 Digital Camera with Inbuilt GPS 13.5 megapixels, wide-angle 4x optical zoom Nikkor ED glass lens, bright, 2.7 inch LCD display Built-in GPS that records the longitude and lattitude of where the photo was taken  Price: £280 - £340

New internet services are emerging that will take advantage of the location information provided by GPS cameras.  Popular photo sharing service Flickr  now has a geotagging feature that lets users add GPS location data to their photos.  A recent beta of Picasa, Google's free photo organising software, allows users to view their geotagged photos on Google Earth.  For the US, Photoshop Elements is introducing a Flash-powered "Map Your Memories" feature which will show your photos on a map of the US.

GPS receivers are also being lauched as camera accessories.  Sony has launched a product that captures the photographer's position every 15 seconds, and then uses software to match the timestamps in the images with the log from the receiver to add location information to the photos.  Other devices use Bluetooth to sync up with a camera and allow photos to be given GPS information.       

We hope to develop this site as GPS cameras become more popular.  In the the meantime, you will find links to some of the best uk digital camera shops for you to find your new camera.   

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