Jobo PHOTOGPS User Manual

User Guide

Version 1.3

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Content

1. Introduction..................................................................................................3

2. Quick Start Guide ...........................................................................................3

3. photoGPS......................................................................................................3

4. photoGPS Software Installation ........................................................................4

5. Preparing to use photoGPS ..............................................................................4

6. Capturing Locations with photoGPS...................................................................5

7. Geotagging with photoGPS ..............................................................................6

8. Modifying the Location Data............................................................................9

9. Configuring the POI Search............................................................................ 11

10. Managing GPS Captures ............................................................................... 12

11. Photo Metadata Options .............................................................................. 13

12. Language Selection..................................................................................... 14

13. Internet Connection Options ........................................................................ 14

14. Emergency Reset ........................................................................................ 14

15. Emergency Erase......................................................................................... 15

16. Capture Delay Setting.................................................................................. 15

17. Metadata Description .................................................................................. 16

18. Troubleshooting ......................................................................................... 19

19. Contact/Service.......................................................................................... 20

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1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the JOBO photoGPS geotagging solution. The photoGPS enables easy
geotagging of photographs by connecting to your camera's hot shoe. This guide explains how to set
the device up ready for use, and how to use the photoGPS and software to geotag your photos. For
further information please visit www.JOBO.com

2. Quick Start Guide

1. Insert the CD included in the photoGPS package. The CD will start automatically and launch

your default browser and open a local webpage. Press the button “Installer photoGPS” and
install the photoGPS software.

2. Run the photoGPS application. Note that your computer must be connected to the internet

to allow the software to properly configure the photoGPS for the first time.

3. Charge the photoGPS by connecting it to your computer using the supplied USB cable. It can

take up to two hours to fully charge the device, but five minutes is enough for a first quick
test.

4. Attach the photoGPS to your camera hot shoe

5. Go outside and take photographs

6. Offload the photographs from your camera to a computer

7. Connect the photoGPS to your computer

8. Run the photoGPS application

9. Press the ‘Import GPS Captures’ button

10. Select the source folder containing your photos

11. When the download and processing of your GPS captures are completed, then press the

‘Match Photos’ button

12. If necessary, edit the photo location information (for more details, see section 6)

13. Press the ‘Tag Photos’ button to create your geotagged photos

14. View, edit, share etc. your geotagged photos in Picasa, Microsoft Pro Photo Tools, Flickr etc.

3. photoGPS

USB 2.0
connector

Geohint
Button

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4. photoGPS Software Installation

Insert the CD included in the photoGPS package. The CD will start automatically and launch your
default browser and open a local webpage. Press the button “Installer photoGPS” and follow the
instruction to begin installation of the photoGPS software. Accept the terms of the end-user license
and follow the prompts to perform a ‘Complete’ install of the software. During the installation you
will be prompted to connect your photoGPS to the computer via the supplied USB cable.

If your computer is using a proxy server to connect to the internet you may get an error message
indicating a ‘problem downloading photoGPS.msi’. This is because some proxy servers may be
configured to block the download of .MSI files and these are needed for the photoGPS installer. To
try to resolve this problem, you can temporarily disable use of the proxy:

1. Open Internet Explorer

2. Select Tools > Internet Options... to open the Internet Options dialog

3. Select the Connections tab and then click the LAN Settings... button

4. Make a note of the current settings and then uncheck all the following check boxes:

Automatically detect settings
Use automatic configuration script
Use proxy server for your LAN

5. Click OK to save these settings and click OK to close the Internet Options dialog

6. Run the installer again (or click Retry in the error dialog), it should now successfully

download the MSI file and install the application

7. Once the installer has successfully completed, open the Internet Options dialog again and

revert any changes made to the previous settings

5. Preparing to use photoGPS

Before using your photoGPS for the first time, some preparation is required. To begin, you must run
the photoGPS application software. Under Windows XP, for example, click the Start button and select
All Programs -> JOBO -> photoGPS -> photoGPS. After a few seconds the photoGPS application
window will appear.

Note that, to use most of the features of the photoGPS application your computer must be
connected to the internet.

First, connect the photoGPS to the computer using the supplied USB cable. The Capture Device Tab
is at the top left hand corner of the application. You should see the status message change from No

Device Found to Device Connected.

The photoGPS has an internal clock, which must be set correctly for the device to function. This
clock is set automatically when the device is plugged in and the photoGPS application is running.

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You can check that it has been set correctly by looking at the device configuration window, which is
accessed by pressing the ‘Configure Device’ button. (Note: photoGPS time is UTC, not local time.)

The photoGPS contains a rechargeable battery, which is charged simply by connecting the device to
a USB port. When connected, a constant red status LED indicates ‘charging’ and a constant green
status LED indicates ‘fully charged’. The charging status is also indicated in the photoGPS
configuration window. Ideally, you should fully charge the photoGPS before using it. This should
take no longer than a couple of hours.

Once you have checked that your device has been charged, and its clock is set, you are ready to test
the device. Please follow these steps to confirm that everything is working before going out and
using your device:

1. Place the photoGPS onto the camera's hot shoe

2. Take a picture, whilst observing the photoGPS LEDs.

When the shutter is pressed the LED light should flash green once. If this is the case, you are now
ready to go outside and start taking geotagged photographs. If not, consult the Troubleshooting
section.

6. Capturing Locations with photoGPS

Your photoGPS is extremely easy to use. Simply connect it to your camera via the hot shoe and take
photos as normal. Each time you take a photo, the green status LED should flash once as the device
captures GPS data for the current location. If this is not the case, consult the Troubleshooting
section at the end of this guide.

The photoGPS works by receiving GPS signals transmitted by satellites and therefore needs a good
view of the sky to function well. So, if possible, try to avoid taking photos next to walls, when
surrounded by tall buildings or indoors etc.

Of course, this is not always possible and sometimes you will want to take geotagged photos in
areas where there is poor GPS reception e.g. indoors. The JOBO photoGPS solution allows you to do
this. Simply press the device GeoHint button before you enter such an area and it will capture the
location. This can be used later, by the photoGPS software, as a hint to help geotag photos taken
inside the area of poor GPS reception.

If you forget to press the GeoHint button before entering the area, no problem, pressing the button
after leaving the area will work just as well. If you forget to press the GeoHint button at all, the
photoGPS software will still try to geotag your photos based on the positions of any earlier/later
photos and/or GeoHints.

An alternative to the GeoHint button is simply to take a photograph (with the photoGPS on the
camera) either before entering or after leaving the area of poor GPS reception. The disadvantage of
this approach is that you may have to take a photo that you don’t really want in order to geotag
those that you do.

For the best results it is advisable to keep the photoGPS connected to the camera for all photos you
wish to geotag. However, if this is not possible (e.g. the hot shoe is required for an external flash)
then the device can be removed temporarily. The photoGPS software will still try to geotag your
photos based on based on the positions of any earlier/later photos and/or GeoHints.

Tip: If you wish to take geotagged photos in an area of poor GPS reception, it may be better to use
the GeoHint button, as described, and remove the photoGPS from the camera when taking photos in

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the area. This may improve the speed of the photoGPS software as it will not have to spend time
trying to determine locations from the captures taken in difficult conditions.

Your photoGPS can store approximately 1000 GPS data captures. The device will indicate when it is
becoming full, by flashing the red status LED immediately after the green status LED when taking a
capture. When this first happens, you still have about 200 captures remaining, but you will soon
need to connect the photoGPS to a computer to offload/delete the current captures to make room
for more.

Tip: One of the advantages of the photoGPS solution is that there is no need to synchronise the
time of the device with the time on your camera. This is due to the fact that the photoGPS matching
algorithm uses time intervals rather than absolute times. However, this approach does mean that
the camera clock must stay the same for all photos in a batch to be geotagged. The camera time can
be changed between batches of photos, if required e.g. to set the local time for a set of photos
taken on holiday.

7. Geotagging with photoGPS

Geotagging your photos is simple, using the photoGPS software. To begin, download the photos
from your camera onto your computer. Next, connect your photoGPS to the computer via USB and
run the application software.

The photoGPS application main window is split in half. On the left hand side is the GPS data pane,
which is used to configure your photoGPS, to transfer/delete the GPS data captures from the device
and to show the resulting location information.

On the right hand side is the Photos Pane, which is used to select the source (original images) and
destination folders (tagged images) and to display/edit the location information for each image.

GPS Data

Pane

There are a number of options and settings that control the operation of the photoGPS software.
These are explained later in this guide, but here we describe the simplest workflow using the default
options.

Photos

Pane

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