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Hurry Shop - GiSTEQ PhotoTrackrâ„¢ for Digital Cameras
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List Price: $129.00
Our Price: $79.95
Your Save: $ 49.05 ( 38% )
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Manufacturer: GiSTEQ
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: GiSTEQ
Connectivity: USB
EAN: 0898402001219
Feature: Share your photos with family and friends with location mapping in PhotoTrackr software. (With integrated Google Maps.)
Label: GiSTEQ
Manufacturer: GiSTEQ
Model: CD-111
Publisher: GiSTEQ
Special Features: Operation Time: 32 hours in continuous mode; Stand-by Mode: 2000 hours; Charging Time: 3 hours
Studio: GiSTEQ
System Memory Size: 4
Warranty: 1-year limited Warranty
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Features
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Share your photos with family and friends with location mapping in PhotoTrackr software. (With integrated Google Maps.)
Integrated with Flickr / locr / Picasa Web Album / SmugMug for easy online photo sharing
Keep track of your digital photos with satellite precision
Store up to 250K data records (approx. 3~4 weeks of data)
Display or playback trip routes with the PhotoTrackr software
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Summary: Sweet
Comment: This thing is just awesome. Auto power off in case you left it on and sitting somewhere, but the minute you move it, it's up and running again.
Con for Flickr uploads you have to use their software to upload and keep the geotagging.
But it has been faster and more stable than their uploader.
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Summary: Nice product
Comment: There are many products out there that do what this one does, all for roughly the same price.
Unfortunately Canon does not have a "real" product that attaches directly to the camera.
The Gisteq works well, the software, which is now also available for the Mac works mostly well. I lost one trip due to fault of my own - don't upgrade the Software before you download all the trips :).
You have to upgrade the SW to the Pro version to use RAW files, but if you are a Windows user you can just export the files to GPSX and import them into the free Microsoft Pro Photo Tools to tag photos with coordinates.
If you are driving through mountains with lots of trees it can try to "find" you and show a completely wrong course, but that only happened once.
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Summary: GiSTEQ Phototracker
Comment: Took GisTEC to China with me , but it was totally useless since the date would not change to the correct date after satellite sinc.
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Summary: Very cool product, works well
Comment: I bought this to document the hiking trips I'll be taking with my Nephew. The first day we went on an 8 hour hike through the mountains in Sitka, Alaska. It worked perfectly. Due to the terrain and elevation the sat signals would be dropped but quickly relocated. Just like any normal gps unit would. Uploading and syncing the pictures with the gps log is painless and easy.
I uploaded two pictures of the software to get an idea of what its like. Reading the other reviews made it seem like it was a really horrible program. I haven't had any problems and actually like it.
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Summary: Hardware very good, software so so...
Comment: I bought this to use with my MacBook Pro, running Windows XP.
The hardware is phenomenal. I bought a cell phone belt carrier to fit it. When I am in my pickup, with the device between me and the seat, it still tracks. It tracks from inside the saddle bags on my ATV. Phenomenal...
However, the Windows software is pretty... ah, basic. It records the GPS coordinates and displays them on a Google earth map. When I tried to write the GPS data to the photos, it records something, I don't know what. Unfortunately, in Adobe Bridge, when you try to actually read the GPS data in EXIF, all you get is the altitude, (in meters), and the file hangs up and will just keep trying to read the GPS data. If you export your images to Flickr, directly from the software, GPS data doesn't go with it. So, basically, what you can do with this in Windows with this phenomenal piece of hardware is look at a map with your pictures at the appropriate coordinates. That's pretty much it.
As far as the Mac software they just came out with - it looks like a really great app. Unfortunately, they are only releasing a restricted version of the app and making you pay $25 for the "pro" version. Also, unfortunately, despite multiple attempts, their software won't recognize their own GPS device, so I can't use the Mac software.
Their tech support is pretty weak. No telephone tech support. They do respond to your emails, but they just give generic advice - like "Did you try different USB ports?" The printed manual is one page. The manual on the CD is about 6 pages. There is a website manual for both Mac and Windows versions, which I found equally unhelpful.
I am waiting for the software to catch up with phenomenal hardware...
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