Eye-Fi Cards Announced, Geotag away!

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/09/eye_fi_adds_wifi_geotagging_to_any_camera.html' target='_blank'>http://www.appleinsider.com/article...any_camera.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple gave a lot of airtime this week to the new geotagging features in iPhoto 09, which allows users to organize and search photos based on the GPS data assigned to them. Eye-Fi's SD memory cards will enable any camera to tag photos with a location, making the cards a great camera upgrade for iLife 09 users."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com//at/auto/1231533047.usr105634.gif" /><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com//at/auto/1231533056.usr105634.gif" /><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com//at/auto/1231533067.usr105634.gif" /><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com//at/auto/1231533079.usr105634.gif" /></em></p><p><em>Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.eye.fi/" target="_blank">Eye-Fi</a></em></p><p>As you can see from the photos above, there are four versions of the cards, and though the article says the cards will geotag the photos, you have to make sure you purchase the right one. The <a href="http://store.eye.fi/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&amp;SiteID=eyefisub&amp;Locale=en_US&amp;Env=BASE&amp;productID=106184000" target="_blank">Home</a> card ($79.99 USD) only uploads via your wireless network to your own computer. The <a href="http://store.eye.fi/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&amp;SiteID=eyefisub&amp;Locale=en_US&amp;Env=BASE&amp;productID=105262000" target="_blank">Share</a> card ($99.99 USD) gives you unlimited access to the <a href="http://www.eye.fi/services/webshare/" target="_blank">WebShare</a>, but only the <a href="http://store.eye.fi/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&amp;SiteID=eyefisub&amp;Locale=en_US&amp;Env=BASE&amp;productID=106190800" target="_blank">Explore</a> version ($129.99 USD) gives you geotagging and webshare. The bonus with the Explore card is the free year of <a href="http://wayport.know-where.com/wayport/" target="_blank">Wayport Hotspot</a> access (not sure how much of the $30 price upgrade goes towards the "free" hotspot access). The 4th card they are offering is the <a href="http://store.eye.fi/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&amp;SiteID=eyefisub&amp;Locale=en_US&amp;Env=BASE&amp;productID=109432000" target="_blank">Anniversary Edition&nbsp;</a>($129.99 USD), has all features of Explore card except for geotagging and Hotspot access, and adds 4GB memory and compatibility with SDHC-labeled cameras. On the surface these seem like a pretty slick product, have any of you had experience with them and do they support the hype?</p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p>

[doogald]

My sister has the Share version - I actually gave it as a Yankee Swap gift this past Christmas. She was playing with it here at the house, and it seemed to work exactly as advertised (i.e., it uploaded photos to SmugMug and loaded them into LightRoom when her computer was on). I'm not sure that I would trust the geotagging based on WiFi triangulation all that much around here - I cannot believe that they have been around scanning in my rural town, and my house is 300' from the road at the closest point, so I doubt that they have my two APs in their database, for example.