GPS!

Now I really have gone super geek! And I’m possibly more excited about this than my really really nice new camera. Sorry that can’t be right! Cameras are creative and take interesting pictures and this thing I’ve got simply isn’t and doesn’t, it’s pure geek.. but I think I’m gonna love it, and it’s bargain! I’ll get to the point. I got a GPS data logger today! (after tons and tons research AGAIN!  - I really need to not spend so much time in front of the computer)

 

Basically this little box sits in your bag quietly recording your position and you can then download the info onto your computer and do mildly (or amazingly – depending on your point of view) interesting things with it. I just wanted to be able to plot my route on google maps and put it on this website but it can also, as a total Brucey bonus update the info (meta info) on your pictures from your camera with the location they were taken based on the time they were taken and the time GPS data was recorded. That’s only GPS data so not that useful generally but you can then upload pictures to google maps (somehow not quite sure yet) and they appear on the map (somehow) in the right place! Great little tool to put on a travel blog me thinks so I’ll give that a go!

I hear some fancy pants cameras are getting this capability built in but not for a while or they cost loads also I want this to track our route more than anything. Bargain at around £50-£60 for this GlobalSat DG-100. I got mine from easydevices.co.uk with no problems and delivery, although pricy was next day as promised.

 

Check out http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/GPS_Reviews for very useful info on all things GPS. One thing I did find was that there are good and bad ones out there for sure! Loads of people ranting “don’t buy this what ever you do” so the one I got in the end seems like a good one, no major rants I could find.  Time will tell! Look out for battery life, number of satellites it can track and number of points it can record if the memory can’t be upgraded.