DVICE: We love technology. We want to know about it, write about it, and shake it till it breaks. Part of the SCI FI Network, DVICE has a worldwide team of writers who constantly immerse themselves in the tech world, distilling the sometimes-excessive information out there to bring you only what you need to know.

Video
 

Related Sections: Digital Cameras  GPS

Photo Finder reminds you where you took that picture

photofinder.JPG

I love the idea of geotagging photos — embedding GPS data into your pictures so you know the exact location where the image was taken. ATP has introduced the Photo Finder to make the process easier without needing to attach a device to your digital camera.

The Photo Finder has a built-in GPS that keeps track of all the places you've been to, including the time you were at any particular location. When you pop a memory card from your camera into the Photo Finder, it syncs GPS data with all your photos' time stamps. While you can still print your photos or send them to your MySpace page, the real fun begins when you use the Photo Finder software to connect to Google Maps, Flickr, and Panoramio that pin the images to an online map. If you want to know where you took the picture of that awesome sunset, simply look it up on the map.

The drawback isn't the $99 price tag, which is relatively tame, but the fact the Photo Finder only supports JPEG images. While this will meet the needs of most, photogs that shoot in RAW or TIFF formats are going to be out of luck.

ATP, via Oh Gizmo!

 
Send-A-Friend
(1) Comments

rob:
You mentioned the ATP Picture Tracker GPS image tagger. I've got one and posted a review and video on my site, so i...More »


Comments

By rob at 7:28 PM ON 01/20/08

You mentioned the ATP Picture Tracker GPS image tagger.
I've got one and posted a review and video on my site, so it may be of interest to your listeners:
http://www.sciuridae.co.uk/technology/atp_photofinder_review.htm
Keep up the good work & cheers!
Rob, UK


Leave a Comment


Type the characters you see in the picture above.

(Please be patient, it may take a moment for your comment to appear.)

DVICE continues below
Get the latest tech news
on your cellphone!
Text DVICE to 72434
DVICE on your iPhone
Follow DVICE on Twitter
Editor: Peter Pachal
editor@dvice.com
©2009, SCI FI.
All rights reserved.