Jacob, Yes with the cameras I have used, you can view the lat/long when you preview the photo - as long as you are showing all the photo information. And 2nd, I don't think you have the option to convert between formats. Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Jacob Hadle Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 6:18 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Built in GPS unit in Point and shoot cameras Thank you all for the helpful replies. This gives me a lot to work with. It seems that acquiring GPS coordinates should not be that difficult to obtain on site, but we would prefer the accuracy to be <20m from were the picture was taken. Even course geo-references would be valuable as well. I have one more small question to ask: for those of you who have used P&S cameras with built-in GPS units, were you able to view the lat/long in the display view right after you took the picture? Also, is it possible to convert among different geo-coordinate systems (i.e. degrees minutes seconds to decimal degree, etc.) in the settings view of some cameras? Thank you, Jacob On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Jacob Hadle <jjha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question for those of you who are familiar with point and > shoot digital cameras that have built-in GPS units. A project I have > acquired this summer involves a plant inventory on a ~7,000 acres site > (open and dense canopy areas). In part, the protocol requires us to > take a picture of each plant species and document their latitude and > longitude coordinates. To optimizes my time effectively, using a > camera that geotags each picture would seem to work well. > > The main interests I have in the point and shoot camera in not so much > how the quality the picture takes, but how accurate the camera will > pick up coordinates. I have spent a considerable amount of time > online, and calling local camera stores researching which point and > shoot camera would have the best GPS quality; however, I have found > very little information about the accuracy and performance in these > built-in GPS units. I am currently looking into the Canon PowerShot > D20 or the Ricoh G700 SE-M. > > If anyone has experience using digital cameras with built-in GPS units > in the field, I would truly appreciate your thoughts. > > Most grateful, > > Jacob > >
