Sony DSC HX200V

[chmerso]

I would appreciate some assistance with regard to the GSP on this camera.  It is fine I can see the latitde and longitude on the screen, however, it does not provide a place name.  Is this correct as I have a Samsung WB650 and this provides the name of where I took the photo.  The whole point of buying this camera is because I travel around France and don't wish to have to keep a manual log of every picture.

Perhaps I have missed something but I cannot see anything in the limited instructions I have with the camera or find anything on line.

Thanks

Chris

Message was edited by: chmerso

[blaireau_photo]

Hello Chris - Welcome to the Sony Forums

As far as I am aware, the GPS function within the camera is simply to record this raw data. Once you upload the images onto a computer, the usual software will then interpret this data and display the location with each image (when I use my iPhone to take images, it only gives me a location when I combine the images with Google maps). Although the Samsung may offer this feature, it isn't standard on all devices with GPS capabilities.

Thanks,

Simon

[chmerso]

Hi Simon

I have tried playing about with Google Mps but I must be missing the plot.  I cannot see how to combine the images.  Kindly explain how to do this.

Thanks Chris

[Mick2011]

Apologies if I'm stating the obvious, but if I paste GPS coordinates into the search bar in Google maps it comes up with the place they refer to.

For example, putting 51.500795,-0.142264 in comes up with Buckingham Palace.

Does that work?

Cheers

Mick

[chmerso]

Thanks for your input Mick

Yes I understand what you have said.

I have the data in the photo under GPS - no problem.

I wish I could cut and paste the co-ordinates into Google Earth but I cannot.  The only way I enter the data is by doing it manually and when I do it provides the wrong location.  I live in Aylesbury, Bucks and it tells me the co-ordinates are in Uxbridge, Middlesex some 35 miles away (approx).  The co-ordinates are: 51;49;57.100999999995, 0;48;23.536999999999892 . I have entered the data here exactly as it appears in the photo properties and have tried in the same format as the example you have given but no difference.  So is it that the GPS is not calibrated correctly?  I have only had the camera 3 weeks and hardly used it due the c**p weather.

Thanks for any further comments you may have.

Regards

Chris

[Mick2011]

Hi Chris

Sometimes the GPS location isn't correctly logged. If you travel to a new location, switch on the camera and take a shot, it will often not have had time to lock on to your new location. So you can potentially have a shot of Buckingham Palace tagged with the GPS coordinates of a house in Aylesbury :smileymischief:

It's early days yet for camera-based GPS and it does need a bit of a speed improvement, among other things. I don't think it takes more than a minute or so to achieve a lock, having said that.

Incidentally, on your PC you might be able to copy the GPS coordinates from your image browser > image metadata.

Cheers

Mick

[cmosse]

  * Open the image containing the GPS data in Mapview

  * Click on the globe symbol (right bottom of Mapview window) and select "export file to google earth"

  * A KML will be created in the specified directory

  * Open the KML file with Google Earth