Specifically, you need to somehow add location info to your photos after the fact. And
believe it or not, you can do that without a whole lot of trouble. To do that, you can carry a GPS
receiver with you while you shoot, and then use a program on your PC to ???synchronize??? the GPS
data with your photos after you get home again.
There are several programs that do this sort of thing, including:
?– RoboGEO www.robogeo.com
?– Quakemap www.earthquakemap.com
?– Gpicsync code.google.com/p/gpicsync
FIGURE 9-10 The Blue2Can is an elegant way to connect Nikon cameras like the D200, D2X,
D2Xs, or D2Hs to a Bluetooth GPS receiver.
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FIGURE 9-11 If you upload photos that are already marked with position data, some photo
sharing sites can display them in the context of a map.
Part II
Transferring Images
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Chapter 10
Conquer File Formats
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How to . . .
?– Use image file formats
?– Distinguish among formats such as JPG, TIF, GIF, and BMP
?– Recognize file extensions on the PC
?– View file extensions in Windows
?– Understand the value of JPG compression settings on the camera
?– Select the best image compression on a camera
?– Determine when to use the TIF format to capture pictures on your camera
?– Know when to save images in various file formats
?– Batch-save a large number of images in a different format automatically
?– Choose the best JPG compression level on the PC
Like it or not, working with a digital camera means that you are going to have to learn some of
the nuances of your PC.
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