I’ve always thought that photo geotagging – attaching coordinates (latitude and longitude data) to photos – is a brilliant idea. Unfortunately, most cameras on the market do not possess an integrated GPS solution. Since I am going for a holiday in New Zealand later this month, I figured now would be a good time to explore geotagging.

So, I bought a GisTEQ Phototrackr recently.

Suffice to say, it seems to work quite well.

There is one concern. Phototrackr software is supposed to display GPS time, so that users can synchronize their cameras’ date/time information to it. GPS time is approximately equal to Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). This is important as it is the method by which the software matches photos to locations, no matter where you are in the world.

However, GPS time displayed in the software on my desktop is local time. When I am in New Zealand, do I set my camera to Singapore time, New Zealand time or GPS time? Hmm…

UPDATE BenSpark wrote a substantial review of the GiSTEQ Phototrackr.