Servais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 3 months agoPeople older than 35: do you remember the first time you used a GPS device to get somewhere?message-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down11
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squarePeople older than 35: do you remember the first time you used a GPS device to get somewhere?Servais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareTechGuy@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI still use my Garmin Geko even now. Useful as a basic device recording a track I can geocode photos with, and runs for days on two AAA batteries. In a pinch you can reverse a track and go back the way you came too 😅
minus-squareafk_strats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s such a good idea. My camera has to pair with my phone to get GPS readout and it’s a nightmare app. Going to look into this
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoOpenstreetmap has a load of tools to help with this, as we used to use this technique for surveying. For example, JOSM can geolocate photos against a GPX file, and display them over your map.
minus-squareafk_strats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThat’s even better. Thank you
I still use my Garmin Geko even now. Useful as a basic device recording a track I can geocode photos with, and runs for days on two AAA batteries. In a pinch you can reverse a track and go back the way you came too 😅
That’s such a good idea. My camera has to pair with my phone to get GPS readout and it’s a nightmare app. Going to look into this
Openstreetmap has a load of tools to help with this, as we used to use this technique for surveying.
For example, JOSM can geolocate photos against a GPX file, and display them over your map.
That’s even better. Thank you