ATP GPS Photo Finder

The ATP GPS Photo Finder is a a portable device that geotags photos taken by any digital camera. It’s universally compatible with any digital camera using jpeg image files. Put a memory card into the Photo Finder’s built-in card reader or USB port and it automatically finds and tags your images without any additional software or hardware required. The ATP GPS Photo Finder is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2008, price to be announced.

ATP Press Release

Sunnyvale, CA—ATP, a leading manufacturer of DRAM and flash memory solutions, today introduced the new GPS Photo Finder—a portable photo accessory that allows for convenient ’geotagging’ of digital photos taken by any digital camera. Geotagging is a new cutting edge feature in digital photography which allows users to associate images with the locations where their pictures were taken.

“The ATP GPS Photo Finder allows users to seamlessly tag their photos with GPS coordinates and find the locations at which the pictures were taken” said Michael Plaksin, ATP Vice President of Sales. “Imagine tracking your trip across Europe or your cruise around the Caribbean, and to be able to visually and geographically organize your photos afterwards. With new applications such as photo-enabled GPS navigation around the corner, this technology will see significant growth in the next few years. We are pleased to be able to offer this advanced technology to our customers today”

The ATP Photo Finder, unlike other new solutions on the market, is universally compatible with any digital camera using jpeg image files, allowing users the convenience of a single device to geotag pictures from multiple camera brands and models.

The Photo Finder can also be used on the go without the need for a computer. Simply plug in your camera’s memory card into the Photo Finder’s built-in card reader or USB port, and it automatically finds and tags your images without any additional software or hardware. Pictures can currently be viewed using software such as Picasa and Google Earth which support geotagging.

The ATP GPS Photo Finder is scheduled for mass production in Q1/08. For more information on the Photo Finder and other ATP products, please visit http://www.atpinc.com or email .

ATP and the ATP logo are registered trademarks of ATP Electronics, Inc. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

About ATP
Founded in 1991, ATP is a leading manufacturer of high performance and durable flash memory solutions as well as DRAM memory module products. With strictly regulated ISO 9001 certified facilities and advanced technologies in memory packaging, testing and qualification, ATP offers a broad range of the highest quality DRAM memory products for mission critical applications such as server blade, workstation, network communication and embedded systems. ATP flash media products offer protection from water/moisture, dust, static discharge and extreme temperatures.

Published: Friday, December 28, 2007

Reader Comments

1. too bad no support for Raw - at least not that I can see.

   Eric at 01:04am on Saturday, December 29, 2007

2. What happens if you have a 2 gig card and have photos from a variety of places?

   Supercujo at 06:28am on Sunday, December 30, 2007

3. This unit records its position every 5 seconds. The site tells one to synchronize the clock on the camera and the unit. Once synchronization of the clock happens then it is a simple matter to tag the photos.
   Assuming your 2-g card contains pictures taken over a couple of days, and in different locations, the software in the hardware reader will match the date-time of the photo taken to the closest date-time that the GPS unit has - it will then plug that into the EXIF fields that are part of the picture file.
   As for RAW support, it would seem not that terribly difficult to do the same thing and/or attach a side-car file to the RAW file.

   fxk at 04:11pm on Wednesday, January 02, 2008