gps4cam - Geotag Your Photos App Reviews

I bought a Panasonic LS7 for its gps capabilities and then found this app. I tried out the app and it worked perfect, I repeat, perfect. I took the LS7 back, it was a great camera BTW. I can only say that it does drain the battery but thats an iPhone problem with running the gps locator continuously. Battery problem resolved. Perfect

Up until version 6.1, this app was rock solid. I have not been able to tag any files since updating to version 6.1. Either the problem lies with the new version of the iOS app, or with the new version (4.0) of the desktop app. In any event, its too bad because this used to work flawlessly. ***UPDATE*** As mentioned above, version 6.1 had some sort of bug in it. I reported this to the author and he got back in touch with me almost immediately. Using the error message I received and my log of recent trips, he immediately found the problem, created a new test version of the app, sent me the new app and a custom profile so I could install it on the phone and not have to wait for Apples review process. Everything now works as it should again and Apple accepted the new 6.1.1 update very quickly as well so gps4cam is rock solid again. Extremely fast responses from this developer!

The issues with the previous version have been squashed. gps4cam is once again a great working app. Even though there was an issue with the last version no data was lost, the developer was very responsive to support his application with good communication via email. Good support is a mark of a good developer. This application is very easy to use and doesnt require the user to go through complicated offset time/place syncing steps like some freeware apps out there. Ive tried them and although they work it is a big hassle compared to this app. Im working on a photo project involving geotagging thousands of images Ive been shooting. I geotagged over 10K images using gps4cam. The geotagged images can be easily brought into Apples Aperture application to view the Google map where the photos have been shot. Geotagged data will later be incorporated into a GIS system. The application does eat up your battery, especially if you have it set to one minute intervals and shake the iPhone to add more trackpoints. My older iPhone 3G ran down the battery shooting all day, my iPhone 4 worked more like a champ and still had power to spare. Battery usage is due to the plain fact that using the GPS constantly will draw more battery power with any app. One feature I wish the app had was to just point to a folder and select all the photos in it, or perhaps have a Select All button. Since I would shoot up to a thousand images it would make it easier/faster to select the images. Overall Id say this is the closest experience to having a GPS built into the camera itself.

I do a lot of freelance photography for the tourism industry where I live and they are now requesting geotagged photos. Unfortunately the only tool canon makes for their professional cameras that accomplishes this is $680. For $3 I can now do my job and put more money toward advertising and business expenses of other natures.

The very best approach that Ive seen for geo-tagging my photos. All you need to do is start the program before taking photots and then take a picture of the iPhone screen when you are done. Easy to use, works with RAW files, handle long trips, and fixes bad camera dates. Highly recommended!

The most economical and efficient alternative to tag the closest location where the photo took place. It works flawlessly and the author keeps improving its capabilities. I live it!

I hesitated to start using a photo- linked GPS program because Id read how complicated they are to set up. This one does all the work for you. Only slight weakness is it sometimes takes a while for it to sync the GPS data with the images. But better that (with the ability to leave it & go catch a quick meal) than to have to sit there doing complicated steps yourself. Also, sometimes it misses my exact location by a couple hundred meters. Ill use this consistently. Its very good, user friendly, straightforward.

I have been using this to geo-tag all my digital photos. Makes it so easy.

Although I own a GPS device for my camera, gps4cam has proved to be An invaluable substitute for those occasions where either the device is not available or when it cannot get a signal. If I had a feature wish list it would be to improve the UI to the software needed to write the GPS data to your photo file when doing ones workflow.

EDIT: That one star review is simply wrong - clearly the guy dont get the concept, the QR code contains close to 300 waypoints, and photographing the phone screen with the camera is the trick to this, as that is how the software compensates for the time error in your cameras.. Original review below.... I have been geo-tagging images since forever, using all kinds of solutions... so naturally I had to download and try this, turned it on for a drive along the beach without expecting too much - but it worked exactly as advertised. This is the simplest easy to use geo-tagging solution I have ever seen, only thing simpler would be taking all your pictures with the iPhone. So, for those wanting to know how this works here is the dime tour. Install and start the app. click START NEW TRIP, this is all you need to know to get going. at this point you can start to photographing, leave the app running for as long as you want, I left it on 5 hours with no problems. When finished photographing or when you get back to the hotel, click on the app and select EXPORT, this will create a raster-code image with ALL the information gathered during the time you kept the GPS recording, TAKE ONE PICTURE of the raster code. DONE. Next launch the very small app on your laptop, it will ask for the folder with the pictures to be coded and ask you where you want them saved with the new code. (if you cant figure this out please dont buy the app, as its probably too advanced for your computer skills in that case) That is really it, nothing more to it, next step import to Lightroom and click on the coordinates to see the image location on google maps, or whatever your image management software of choice might be. :-) Back to the raster-pattern-code - this is the stroke of brilliance here. simply genius to say the least. Anyone who have done geo-tagging know that we have to synchronize the camera time with the GPS time, this can be done by carefully setting the camera time or by selecting a offset time on the computer to match the time-track of the camera with the time-track of the GPS... OK..? this is where the raster-code comes in, the image also contains the current GPS time, pure genius, when the software find the picture with the raster-code, the software simply compare the camera time stamp with the actual GPS time code. I used the software with a M9 rangefinder, and photographed the code with a 75mm, the software had no problems finding the code, if this work with a rangefinder it should work with about any digital camera in the world. The one thing I dont quite understand is the how-long, dont know how many data points can be captured in the code, for touristing every 5 minutes ought to be perfect though, you can select higher precision by capturing more data points which will use more battery etc etc. Nuf said... This is simple and works surprisingly well, Highly recommended.! Bo

The app and the desktop companion are super easy to use. I start the timer on the app when I start shooting, tap export and snap a pic of the QC when Im done, stick my card in my computer and hit one button. The trick is to enable the writing of the metafile in the same folder that the pics are in (my ad card.) The desktop app remembers the last location and I only have to click ok. When its done I import to Lightroom and I have fully geotagged raw files. Perfect.

I do a lot of long distance riding on my 08 Harley Road King Classic. I shoot stills and HQ video with an old Casio Exilim EXV8 mounted to my bars. I maintain a blog of my trips with photos and video. I often try to reconstruct my route and post a Google Map. I bought this app today and gave it a try on about a half hour ride in the car. (too cold yet for the bike) It worked perfect! All I can say is I have a lot of rides planned for this year and I cant wait for the weather to break so I can start riding and tagging. This app makes documenting my trips so much easier. Since I also shoot video it would be nice to have video tags as well. Although its not too hard to reconstruct the video locations as long as Im shooting stills before and after each clip.

Ive tried different solutions, such as battery consuming GPS add-ons for my Nikon D200. This beats it all. Simplicity and it just works. I dont go on a trip anymore without it.

Could use some UI improvements with regards to what is on or off in terms of switches.

This app work very well!

Great app, exactly what I needed

Used this for the first time without any pre-trip trial and it worked great. I created the codes at the end of each day and took pics of these since this is how I organize my pics into day based folders. Tagged and timed the photos perfectly. Only disappointing part was it did not tag or adjust the times on videos captured from my slr. Ill have to update this metadata on my own. As long as you can recharge the battery each night you can keep the capture pretty accurate (every minute) but this does burn through your power fairly quickly.

Klunky Junky windows-like interface Poor to no support Pity

App does what it says with simplicity and style.

Only tested it out but so far its awesome. An easy and cheap solution.