Setting photographic milestones with GPS

FinePix enthusiasts love to take pictures wherever they go and whenever they like. Given the huge number of pictures they take, they sometimes run into the problem of having trouble remembering where a photo was actually taken. After all, when reminiscing on a round tour of Egypt, it would be good to know whether the family posed in front of temples at Thebes, Carnac or Luxor. Macro photographers also want to be able to pinpoint where exactly they photographed a certain species of animals or plants. An architect, on the other hand, wants to know where exactly a certain building is located. All of this information can be had - thanks to so-called GPS data.
The Global Position System (GPS) comprises primarily satellites that radio the exact location to a GPS receiver wherever it is located. These small devices are available for about EUR one hundred and up. They can be comfortably worn on a belt. While you are taking pictures, the receiver will store all longitude and latitude information consistently, along with the time of day and much, more more.
However, these days you don't even need a GPS receiver to link longitude and latitude data to a photograph. A software called Picasa allows you to record this data intuitively. With the assistance of Google Maps, it provides numerous maps. You can simply position your pictures on these maps with a few mouse clicks. As soon as a picture is in the right place, it is automatically allocated to the matching GPS data. The data is saved invisible along with the picture's Exif information.