Nuvi photo navigation

 

I just got a new camera (Canon SX260 HS), which has a built-in GPS and I've verified that I'm capturing the latitude, longitude (even altitude).

My Nuvi 1390LMT is supposed to support photo navigation. According to the PDF manual the first step is to go to
connect.garmin.com/photos which helpfully informs me "We're sorry. We have discontinued Garmin Connect Photos."

I connected the 1390 to the computer and copied one of my photos that I know has GPS info to the JPEG folder. I can see it in the 1390's Tools/Picture Viewer.

The photo navigation instructions say to: Touch "Where To?" then "Favorites" then "Photos". There is no "Photos" under Favorites.

Apparently, just copying the jpeg isn't enough. Does anyone know the secret?

Bob

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I think gps on cameras is just another gimmick to confuse everyone. If you don't know where you took a picture shame on us....

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aside from the other comments about cameras...

Bob.Sedona wrote:

I just got a new camera (Canon SX260 HS), which has a built-in GPS and I've verified that I'm capturing the latitude, longitude (even altitude).

My Nuvi 1390LMT is supposed to support photo navigation. According to the PDF manual the first step is to go to
connect.garmin.com/photos which helpfully informs me "We're sorry. We have discontinued Garmin Connect Photos."

I connected the 1390 to the computer and copied one of my photos that I know has GPS info to the JPEG folder. I can see it in the 1390's Tools/Picture Viewer.

The photo navigation instructions say to: Touch "Where To?" then "Favorites" then "Photos". There is no "Photos" under Favorites.

Apparently, just copying the jpeg isn't enough. Does anyone know the secret?

Bob

My older unit also offers "photo navigation" but is implemented as a photo can be attached to a set of coordinates, not that the unit would navigate to coordinates embedded in a photo. I can set the coordinates as either a favorite or point in a POI file and attach the photo to those coordinates. If the point is chosen as a destination, the photo is shown or if the location alerts because of an alert being set, the photo displays. Not excactly what you were looking for, but it does explain one type of "photo navigation."

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Not true

farrissr wrote:

I think gps on cameras is just another gimmick to confuse everyone. If you don't know where you took a picture shame on us....

Avid photographers like me take many thousands of photos per year. Especially those who travel a lot. There is no way that a person could remember each shot out of many thousands. It is extremely cool to look at an interactive map and see all the pushpins where each photo was taken. When coordinates are enabled on photo sharing sites the exact location of a shot can be determined.

"Wow! Look at that shot from Bryce Canyon!" I'd like to know exactly where it was taken because we're going there soon and want to visit that same scenic overlook.

And yes, picking a photo from a screen display and clicking "navigate to that" is rather cool, too. Alas, Garmin totally blew it with the Nuvi's since they do not recognized coordinates in the photo EXIF. You have to create your waypoint manually and attach the photo to it. I bought an etrex 30 recently and they did implement photo navigation properly in that model. It recognizes photos with coordinates in the imbedded EXIF and will route to it without any other steps involved.

That's great...

johnc wrote:
farrissr wrote:

I think gps on cameras is just another gimmick to confuse everyone. If you don't know where you took a picture shame on us....

Avid photographers like me take many thousands of photos per year. Especially those who travel a lot. There is no way that a person could remember each shot out of many thousands. It is extremely cool to look at an interactive map and see all the pushpins where each photo was taken. When coordinates are enabled on photo sharing sites the exact location of a shot can be determined.

"Wow! Look at that shot from Bryce Canyon!" I'd like to know exactly where it was taken because we're going there soon and want to visit that same scenic overlook.

And yes, picking a photo from a screen display and clicking "navigate to that" is rather cool, too. Alas, Garmin totally blew it with the Nuvi's since they do not recognized coordinates in the photo EXIF. You have to create your waypoint manually and attach the photo to it. I bought an etrex 30 recently and they did implement photo navigation properly in that model. It recognizes photos with coordinates in the imbedded EXIF and will route to it without any other steps involved.

Out of curiosity what model SLR do you have with GPS built in?

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On topic

Bob.Sedona wrote:

... Apparently, just copying the jpeg isn't enough. Does anyone know the secret?

Bob

I tinkered with this once a while back and you are correct, it is not quite as simple as they make it sound. Check this Garmin site. It looks a little old but should still work on your unit.

http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2008/09/discover-locati.ht...

It looks like the new BaseCamp program will do something with photo navigation also but I have no experience with it.

http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2009/08/plan-a-route-geota...

You can also search POI Factory using "photo navigation" (I used the quotes) and get some old threads where it was discussed.

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bear007 wrote:
Bob.Sedona wrote:

... Apparently, just copying the jpeg isn't enough. Does anyone know the secret?

Bob

I tinkered with this once a while back and you are correct, it is not quite as simple as they make it sound. Check this Garmin site. It looks a little old but should still work on your unit.

http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2008/09/discover-locati.ht...

It looks like the new BaseCamp program will do something with photo navigation also but I have no experience with it.

http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2009/08/plan-a-route-geota...

You can also search POI Factory using "photo navigation" (I used the quotes) and get some old threads where it was discussed.

I think I'll look into that, thanks.

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