Aperture + GPS

Hi all,
I am using two different camera to shoot RAW files (Nikon D60 and Cannon G9). Neither has an officially supported GPS unit. Even if they did, I do not really want to buy two different GPS units anyways.
Does anyone know of a "universal GPS" unit that works well with Aperture? I have seen several (including a Sony model) that is just a GPS that tags your location every few seconds. Then, when you get back home, you merge that data with your camera RAW files (using PC-only software) to get a "pretty good" GPS for each picture. Before investing though, I wanted to be sure I had the nest solution for a Mac.
Anyone have a GPS unit that will work this way?
Cheers!

You can use a dedicated GPS logger such as the AMOD 3080. You can check into several different models at http://www.semsons.com/datalogger.html. To synch the GPS data from the logger to your photos you can use a Mac program called HoudahGeo (http://www.houdah.com/houdahGeo/). HoudahGeo sees the files in your Aperture Library and tags the files with the EXIF GPS data by synching the time from the GPS logger and your photos (make sure your cameras are set to the correct time). When you are back in Aperture you need to select the tagged files and under the Metadata menu select "Update Exif from Master".
Bob

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Majority of GPS data Doesn't copy from iPhoto to Aperture 3

Having spent lots of time and effort geo tagging old photos Apertures ability to use this seemed very useful. Having left my iMac copying all my pics to a new Aperture Library for a day (17,000 images) not all of my geotagged pictures are still geotagged in Aperture.
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From what I can tell, the 1746 photos are those photos that were geotagged when imported into iPhoto (iPhone pictures plus some more recent DSLR pics that I synced with a gps tracker using GPSPhotolinker).
All the manually assigned photos - some 4200 odd - only have GPS data assigned to the iPhoto database reference of the photo, not the image itself. I tested this:
1. In iPhoto, choose a manually tagged pic and goto Photos>Show Extended Photo Info. In the extended info are latitude and longitude references (the manual pin drop does collect this info)
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3. back to iPhoto, and with the same phoo selected in step 1, right click and select Show File. This will bring up the image location in a finder window
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So basically, I'm a little hacked off the all my hard work seems to have been wasted. I'm hoping someone will read this and tell my how I'm being a prat and I should have done x, y and z, but please post your experiences with importing geotagged iphoto photos.
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If anyone else was having this problem, my resolution is on here:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11151194#11151194

GPS data in Aperture not saved to files

Hi there
I have been using Aperture for a while and love it! Recently I purchased a DSLR and upon importing into Aperture, I manually added the locations to the files. Whenever I view the places feature for my library, I can see pins on the map so I know its been saved correctly.
When I imported the files, I ensured the import was "file system" and so hopefully Aperture doesnt save it into it's own library.
Unfortuantely, when I try and view the EVIF GPS data in Photoshop for these files, the GPS value is empty. If I manually export the file, the data is there, but somehow the files are smaller in file size (even though I chose JPEG Original Size).
Is there a way for me to make GPS changes in Aperture and for it to be automatically saved to the actual file instead of me going through the process of exporting it?
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Aperture does write the GPS data only to the versions, when you are assigning a place, not to the EXIF tags of the original files.
So you will need to export the edited version to write the GPS to an image file.
If I manually export the file, the data is there, but somehow the files are smaller in file size (even though I chose JPEG Original Size).
"JPEG Original Size" refers to the pixel size, not the file size. You could try to increase the image quality settings in the "JPEG Original Size" export preset. Select this preset in the export panel and then switch to "Edit". This will allow you to increase the "image Quality" by adjusting the slider. Or select a "Tiff" preset, to export losslessly.
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Regards
Léonie

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I am new to Aperture and have been using it for a week or so now. Today I tried to add GPS data to a number of images and found out, it appears Aperture can only add GPS data to one image at the time. When I select multiple images to add the GPS data to, it just doesn't do anything. It leaves the GPS data blank.
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Regards
Léonie

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Marc Vose wrote:
Just wondering which program you're using to actually bring the images off the camera in this scenario.
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Hello,
I was trying to get rid of the external programs I used to join GPS information to my photos by replacing them with the "places" function of Aperture.
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--- quote ---
This is how I got Aperture 3 to assign correct locations to my photos using a GPX file (in my case, from a Garmin GPS device)
1) Import the GPX track data. You should see a purple line on the Places map.
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-- unquote --
Well, tried with these instructions and apparently now everything is fine but........ where is the altitude data ?
I mean, my GPS logger duly write in its NMEA0183 file latitude, longitude AND altitude : why Aperture seems to recognize only latitude and longitude and NOT the altitude ?
I am sure of the logger because if I still use GPSPhotolinker all data are correctly transferred so, either I'm still doing something wrong or Aperture do not recognize the information.
Any hint / help ?
Many thanks to everybody & have a nice day.
Marco

jgcmac wrote:
Writing the elevation data is quite simple, so I do not understand why Aperture is not able to do it.
Personally I think the best software available out there is Exiftool, and if you want a more user friendly application that uses exiftool and does a good job at geotagging, try photolinker
G'day jgcmac
I've been trialling photolinker to add geotagging data to images before importing into aperture. It's really good however the altitude data won't show up when manually tagging the images. Does this only work if you've got a log file (GPX) from a data logger?
Cheers
Troy

Aperture 3.03 - images are not automatically set to a GPS location

Hi everyone!
First of all I have to apologize because I don't know the English terms for the Aperture functions, but I am using the German version.
I currently have a big problem by tagging my images automatically to a GPS track.
I can import the track from a GPS file generated with a Garmin eTrex H. I see the track - the purple line of the track. If I go over the line I see the date and time of the point i am over.
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Hi villem!
Thanks a lot for the info! I think you are right. All tracks and images are done after the daylight saving time switch. I was used to use HoudahGeo for geotaggging before I was using A3. I updated HoudahGeo and it turns out, that everything was working fine.
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I also tired to set the time zone of the track in A3 but this didn't help! Is there any other workaround for this bug?
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Compatable GPS units with Aperture 3

In the user manual for Aperture 3, there is a link for a list of compatable devices; http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs
There is no list at this link. Does anyone know where I can get this info? I'm looking to use a GPS for upcoming shoots and would like to know what is compatible with Aperture 3. Any help appreciated

Another AMOD user here - I posted a few times about this last week, but I'll borrow from that thread to talk about my experiences with the AMOD and Places.
Had a 3 week shoot in Argentina and decided to try out Aperture 3's new GPS location tagging. So I bought an AMOD 3080 logger and faithfully used it the entire trip. Here's my story, plus a few issues with Places.
First some notes on using the AMOD 3080 - at times it was hard to get to get it logging in Buenos Aires, I assume due to the building density blocking the satellite receptio. Sometimes took 20 minutes to start "flashing", meaning it had acquired the GPS signal and was logging, though it was much speedier out in rural areas.
Charging the three NiMH batteries every night was a bit of a hassle for my charger, which recharges by pairs (I logged about 12 hours a day, so the batteries were usually out of juice by the end of the day). I had a second set of extra batteries, so I would recharge 2 batteries one night and 4 the next. A couple of times I misplaced which of the three was the uncharged battery from the night before, so that was another stupid thing to have to worry about. But be sure to factor in another $30 for a NiMH charger into your total price for the AMOD (plus the weight of the chargers on the road). It might mean a more expensive unit, with a lighter and integrated built-in charger, could suddenly look better. FYI, after returning I found the following unit that charges each AAA battery independently, which would be a better way to go.
http://www.amazon.com/Crosse-Technology-BC-700-Battery-Charger/dp/B000RSOV50/ref =wlit_dpo?ie=UTF8&coliid=I38WY26GTFAAB0&colid=1JZG5Z0U956FB
But other than remembering to switch it on and off, I'd just throw the AMOD in my camera bag throughout the day. One nice thing is no fussy settings beyond on or off - it just pulls time (UTC) and location from the GPS ttransmissions - only option is to choose a 1 second or 5 second log interval.
I ended up with about 30 log tracks from the trip (everytime you switch on the unit, it adds a new track). This was more data than the 128 MB capacity, but I also was able to back up the AMOD to my NEXTODi Extreme 2700 units - I back up my images onto two different Extreme units every night before wiping my CF cards. Near the end I did a "move" onto the NEXTODi which copied the data over and then erased the AMOD.
Regarding the import of the GPS logs into Aperture, the import for the AMOD files is fast and painless. I did sych the cameras to UTC before I left (within half a second), as I thought there would be some sort of auto import. But after the logs are inside Aperture (you select/load them on a map), you have to choose the images you want to place on that particular log, then drop them onto the track at the corresponding time for the main image you have chosen. Even though I set my camera to Argentina time, when I imported my images into Aperture 3 they defaulted to US PST, my home time zone. So i had to readjust all photos to -5 hours, Argentina time, to match the GPS data. So to implement the correct placement, in this case I had to drag the selected photos around the GPS track on the map until it showed 5 hours 0 minutes time difference, then drop the photos onto the map.
Understanding this now, I suspect the Aperture team did it this way (all photos will be offset by the same time difference show when dropping) in case the camera is not set to the exact time used by satellites (UTC). But it still is a bit frustrating that I can only get a minute synch. Further, if you are in pone place for an extended time, you get a tangle of lines on your GPS track - finding the correct one wold be murder. Combined with the problem getting a signal in BsAs, I had to fuss with placing the images much more than I thought I would have to. I solved this by starting a group selection from an image that had a "cleaner" time to find onthe HPS path. Again, not a deal-breaker but a bit more hassle than i expected. All in all, I'd say I spent 5 or 6 hours getting the 7000 images on the correct tracks, at the correct times. Ths included some time for manually placing images that fell outside of the logs.

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"A standard GPS cannot do this, and so in many cases will take 1-2 minutes to get a precise location."
No, that's completely incorrect. Most modern GPS chipsets will lock onto 3-4 GPS signals within seconds unless you've taken it somewhere far from the last time it was powered up and it has to search from scratch because it has to build a new almanac and ephemeris.
You're also confused about which technology you're talking about. aGPS or Assisted GPS has nothing to do with triangulation. It can only help improve time-to-fix if the phone has an active data connection so that it can download data that will help the GPS get a fix faster. No internet, no faster TTF.
Cell tower triangulation is so inaccurate that lawyers know that if presented as evidence it can easily be challenged and thrown out in court cases.
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