Comments on: Geotagging photos http://lokling.com/geocaching/geotagging-photos/ Personal blog of Øyvind Løkling Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:59:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Øyvind Løkling http://lokling.com/geocaching/geotagging-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Øyvind Løkling Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:04:55 +0000 http://lokling.com/2007/04/06/geotagging-photos/#comment-84 Hi Dave - my geocaching talk must have escaped you last weekend :-) 1) There's som initial investment - You would some sort of a GPS unit, they come in different price classes - ranging from £69 for the basic Garmin eTrex at Amazon.co.uk I'd recomend you to go for a handheld trekking gps (as opposed to car nav systems) that have room for a good amount of waypoints (to store a set of geocaches when heading out). Myself I have the <a href="http://www.garmin.com/products/etrexLegendc/" rel="nofollow">Garmin eTrex Legend C </a> that is now discontinued for the Cx model that has a removable memory card. I'm very happy with that. Other options are to get a bluetooth GPS receiver to use with you mobile phone (check if software is available first), or get a PDA with GPS built in. GPS is probably going mainstream as an integrated part of handhelds within the next 5 years or so. A handheld GPS is also great when visiting cities - you can use it to navigate to the closes recomended pub/ restaurant for instance. And when hiking of course. 2) Geocaching itself isnt technical really - its quite easy to use the GPS and mark off the location of the cache you seek. More advanced things like geotagging and uploading geocache waypoints to the GPS may need some fiddling but isnt hard. Let me know if you need help ;-) Hi Dave – my geocaching talk must have escaped you last weekend :-)

1) There’s som initial investment – You would some sort of a GPS unit, they come in different price classes – ranging from £69 for the basic Garmin eTrex at Amazon.co.uk

I’d recomend you to go for a handheld trekking gps (as opposed to car nav systems) that have room for a good amount of waypoints (to store a set of geocaches when heading out).

Myself I have the Garmin eTrex Legend C that is now discontinued for the Cx model that has a removable memory card. I’m very happy with that.

Other options are to get a bluetooth GPS receiver to use with you mobile phone (check if software is available first), or get a PDA with GPS built in. GPS is probably going mainstream as an integrated part of handhelds within the next 5 years or so.

A handheld GPS is also great when visiting cities – you can use it to navigate to the closes recomended pub/ restaurant for instance. And when hiking of course.

2) Geocaching itself isnt technical really – its quite easy to use the GPS and mark off the location of the cache you seek. More advanced things like geotagging and uploading geocache waypoints to the GPS may need some fiddling but isnt hard. Let me know if you need help ;-)

]]> By: Dave http://lokling.com/geocaching/geotagging-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Dave Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:01:02 +0000 http://lokling.com/2007/04/06/geotagging-photos/#comment-83 Holy shit Oy! This is a new one for me. I have never heard of this geocaching before. Just had a quick read of its origins and it sounds really cool! Two questions though, 1: Is it an expensive hobby? Technology wise. 2: How technically minded do you need to be. I have no experience or knowledge about GPS. Holy shit Oy! This is a new one for me. I have never heard of this geocaching before. Just had a quick read of its origins and it sounds really cool! Two questions though, 1: Is it an expensive hobby? Technology wise. 2: How technically minded do you need to be. I have no experience or knowledge about GPS.

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