PhotoTrackr Lite with GPS, Geotracks your pics

I just found the Photo Trackr (what’s with the misspelling of words, Razr, Flickr, Trackr?).  It seems to be a good idea, but 2 misses:

 

1.  AA batteries that last 22 hours!  Who thought of that?  Why not a rechargeable LiION with a USB cable?.  I can see a brilliant marketing person saying, “let’s save the few bucks on a rechargeable and charger so we can sell it for $99.”  Wrong.  People will pay $10, maybe $20 more for a battery that will last 3 years.  Big miss.

2.  It is unclear how to use it.  The picture in the manual shows a PDA connected to the device.  Why will a need a PDA?  If I have to use my phone, i might as well use the GPS in it.  And, oh, by the way, it has a rechargeable battery that lasts more than 22 hours.

 

One cool thing, though:  it has a motion sensor to activate when you move and supposedly save battery. 

 

Keep whishing, my fellow tech-travelers.  Maybe soon someone will come up with the right combo.

Where the heck was that picture taken? Geotagging pics

My pet peeve: How many times have you come home with 25G of pictures and forgot where you took them? Well, you could always take the picture and log the GPS coordinates. It is painful, terribly painful, especially if your PND does not support some kind of “quick fix” technology – most current PNDs don’t although that’s about to change (more on this on a future post). So why isn’t there a good digital camera with an integrated efficient GPS? I know they have been some failed trials, mainly due to battery consuption of the gps itself.

I just saw the new GEO35 from Wolverine. It looks like it is what I’m looking for, but I have to believe it drains the camera battery. Has any one tried it? Why not a belt mounted GPS receiver with its own battery so it maintains location. Snap your pic, plug your your gps and off you go. I know, I know, some of you are thinking, “plug it in?, that’s so 1990’s. Use bluetooth.” Maybe so, but the battery will have to be bigger …

Photo Trackr seems to work well (I have not tried it, but reviews seem positive).  it works by syncronizing time in your camera and the GPS receiver.  then some software on your computer does the tagging. 

I’d love to hear opinions of users of the GEO35, Photo-trackr or any other camera w/gps.

Enjoy your TechTrips.