Map Utility: Geotagging images using GPS log file
Tag: Map Utility, GPS, GP-E2, GPS Log, geotag, EOS Software, EOS Accessories

When you are travelling or shooting outdoor, you can create GPS log files of the route with the GPS logger function of GPS Receiver GP-E2. After shooting, you can use these GPS log files to geotag images taken with your second camera or friends’ cameras at the same time, which do not have location information, in the Map Utility.

Geotagging images using GPS Log file from GP-E2
In Map Utility, longitude and latitude will be added to an image in which the shooting time matches a time in the GPS log file from GP-E2 automatically.



Geotagging images manually
Even there is no GPS log file, you can still geotag an image manually by picking the shooting location from the map. (Only longitude and latitude will be added)


Tips

1. Map Utility add geographic information by matching the shooting time of an image with the time in GPS log file, thus it is important to set the camera time correctly. Before shooting, you may first use GP-E2 to set the time automatically with GPS on EOS digital camera to set its time automatically first. Then you can match the time of other cameras to the camera time set by GPS. This can improve the accuracy of the geotag information added to images using GPS log file.


2. The GPS location information added is from the positioning location closest in time to the shooting time. Depends on the [position update timing], the location information added may be different from the actual shooting location. To improve accuracy, shorten the [Position update timing] of the GPS log.