> Thibouille wrote: > > IMO the most useful possibility (but pricier) is tho buy a GPS unit > > like Garmin units. > > It will allow you to sync your photos with geodata but will > serve as a > > GPS unit as well (car, bike, feet... whatever map you throw at it). >
I haven't been following, so forgive me if this has been dealt with already. Do you mean you can attach the device directly to your camera? Or do you mean you synch the tracks and the pictures later in the computer? > I'm with you, Thibouille. I went with the Garmin eTrex Vista > HCx for the mapping capabilities, but the basic idea is the > same. I even stuck it in the pocket of my fire suit one time > when racing to see if it would record any useful track layout > and velocity data. Unfortunately, I was in a car with a > metal roof, so it had a hard time staying locked onto the > satellites. I'm going to try it again with the thing mounted > somewhere it can see through the windows, if I can figure a > secure way to mount it. You can buy windscreen mounts for them quite cheaply. I have an etrex Vista H and was very impressed when I first used it in a train to see how quickly it locked onto the sattelites and stayed locked on. I was also quite impressed by the speed of the commuter train I was on. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
