--Doesn't the software included with the Qstarz tag the photos? Do you have much problem with the gps drifting when you are still for very long?I use a Qstarz BT-1000, the provided Qstarz data downloader and the
free Geosetter software, in order to eventually tag my photos. Works
very nicely, and the GPS is good, small and cheap.
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Sony Alpha 700, Sony Alpha 100, Minolta 9xi, Metz 54 MZ-4, Minolta
2.8/100 macro, Sony 1.4/50, Sony 2.8/70-200 SSM, Sony 1.4x TC, Tokina
2.6-2.8/28-70 ProII, Tamron 4.5-5.6/11-18 Di II LD Asph, Tamron
2.8/17-50 Di II LD Asph, Minolta 4.5/400 HS, Canon S70
see some of my images at
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&userID=953875 .
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Anyone use that before?
well, there comes some software with it, but GeoTagger is so much better. And its free.
no. The only time you get drifting or signal loss is, when you go inside a bigger building or tunnel.
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Agreed. This is the same device, software and process that I use as well. Meets my needs very nicely and I would recommend to anyone.
The clock on the GPS is set from the satellites it's reading. It's the GPS system time that controls it. It's also the correct official time. So set your camera to it.
My Garmin 60CSx Can run for two complete all day bike touring rides, including recording tracklogs into the 2 gig micro SD chip I have in it. Three hours is way too short for track logging. You want at least a full day. Battery changing will generally mess up your track logging. Or at least require starting a new track.
From the very first GPS I had, a very long time ago, marking waypoints in this manner is a standard function. It's basic to GPS.
These are a standard function in most GPS, called a track log. The trick is how long a log it will store and how easy/hard it is to get it out of the GPS in a usable form for elsewhere.
I have the entire SE US in the 2 gig micro SD in my 60CSx, including both street with navigation and a full POI database and topo maps. With well over half left over which would record tracklogs over a very long trip (think months).
The key to GPS is in the chipset it uses. Older chipsets can be blanked out by just about everything. The one in mine will find itself in deep forest, canyons, even inside buildings at least some of the time and it's pretty much state of the art. So make sure which chipset you are getting. Price is some indicator, but not completely.
Note that not all brands allow storing a description, though all allow a name change for waypoints.
In Garmin's with memory chip capability tracklogs have an advantage as you are pretty much unlimited in how many or how long they can be. And they store on the chip which gets away from the internal memory limits. Waypoints, on the other hand, store only in internal memory so you are limited in how many you can store without some playing around making them into custom POI.
I have several GPS here, larger ones for auto travel, handheld for on foot or bike. I've been using them since the earliest ones were available. They gave no maps, basically just gave you your location and the ability to store waypoints. My first big auto one I programmed a route (in sections) that went from here in Georgia to the Pacific NW and back. Drove most of the way across on small roads which made it a fantastic adventure. Now I use my 60CSx as a bike computer and every ride I record a tracklog I can go back and check later. That even includes things like elevation profiles, speeds and so on. And of course displays on the maps.
Not here either, I stick with the full function mapping GPS now.
