For those who use a camera rather than a phone to take pictures, what tool do you use to ensure the location is precise? If this question has already been asked, my apologies, and please post link in the responses.

[image] wildwestnature: For some reason on iPhone, we have to take 3 photos sometimes to get an accurate and refined geotag. i think you can avoid this by opening up your map app and getting your current location before taking a photo. sometimes, even if i’m using a camera that isn’t capturi…

I do mark location manually as well using Maps and my memory. To help this method a bit I use my private WhatsApp-Chat with myself (generally great for all kinds of notes and reminders) and send me locations of certain things I photographed with a note. So I will have some precise locations from my …

I use a hand-held GPS device from Garmin, and then use the day’s track to tag the photos with their free software. (I assume a 5-meter accuracy when I’m using it – I worked that out when I accidentally left it in the car for a while, and then checked the track.)

[image] Michelle: For those who use a camera rather than a phone to take pictures, what tool do you use to ensure the location is precise? My camera lets me record my location every so often via a phone app and then geotag the photos all at once. It needs the two to have their time synced, s…

Depending on your camera make and model you may be able to purchase an inexpensive external GPS module. The only downside is that they can be a little easy to break if you tend to be rough on your gear. I used one similar to this before I managed to break it. https://www.amazon.ca/Micnova-High-Preci…

[image] pisum: i think you can avoid this by opening up your map app and getting your current location before taking a photo. Thank you for this suggestion. We will try this! [image] pisum: use the iNaturalist app, and create observations with locations but no photos after you take your …

I use the satellite map layer. If I’m in question I’ll open Google Earth Pro and look around in more detail, sometimes scanning back and forth through images from different years to see which shows the detail best. My spatial memory is generally pretty good, and my map reading skills have had deca…

[image] psweet: I use a hand-held GPS device from Garmin, and then use the day’s track to tag the photos with their free software. I made a tutorial for this method (which I also use).

I use the Android app GPXLogger on my phone combined with GPicSync software on my computer. I start the GPXLogger app to record my trek (I have it set to record my location every 30 seconds or so) and then, at home, I move the file that it creates from the phone to the computer then sync my pics wit…

I think in maps? Maybe not quite that literally; but I do have detailed mental maps, both of large-scale regions and of places where I have been, and when I bring up the Google map to set the location of an observation, it just kinda jumps out at me where I was on it at different time points. Befo…

I use the technique described by pfau_tarleton and it works just fine. I personally use Locus Maps on the smartphone and Geosetter (or Lightroom) on the PC, but there are a whole lot of options available.

How do I ensure exact location accuracy?

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How do I ensure exact location accuracy?

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