Hi Jacob, Just one last tip you might be interested in. The current iPhones have very good built-in GPS capability, less than 8m.
I used this to do surveys of birds, and I took photos at each sighting. The extended info for the photos will show Lat-Long for each — and also altitude! Here is a weblink that explains quite well the GPS capability of the iPhone: http://communityhealthmaps.nlm.nih.gov/2014/07/07/how-accurate-is-the-gps-on-my-smart-phone-part-2/ Good luck, Elin Pierce, Ph.D. -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jacob Hadle Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 6:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Built in GPS unit in Point and shoot cameras Thank you all for the helpful replies. This gives me a lot to work with. It seems that acquiring GPS coordinates should not be that difficult to obtain on site, but we would prefer the accuracy to be <20m from were the picture was taken. Even course geo-references would be valuable as well. I have one more small question to ask: for those of you who have used P&S cameras with built-in GPS units, were you able to view the lat/long in the display view right after you took the picture? Also, is it possible to convert among different geo-coordinate systems (i.e. degrees minutes seconds to decimal degree, etc.) in the settings view of some cameras? Thank you, Jacob
