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Geo-Imaging solution: Technical Components

The solution consists of the following components:

  Product Function
Camera RICOH Caplio 500SE digital camera

Professional digital camera capable of GPS, with 8 mega pixels and 28mm wide-angle zoom lens.
Take pictures, save GPS position with the photo.

GPS receiver
GPS module SE-1 (RICOH), GPS BT Empfänger (Fortuna SiRF III Slim) Determines GPS position.

External antenna

AT-65 GPS antenna
Version: MMCX Connector
Producer: Global Sat
External antenna for the extension of the reception radius of SE-1 from Ricoh (with the 5 m long cable).
Data carrier SD Card Memory card for approx. 1.300 (1 GB) photos.
Software GPS PhotoMapper
Extension to ArcGIS 9

Integrate photos into the geodatabase; Add photos to the map, insert orientation, georeference photos without GPS data.

Software ExifExtractor

Reads the Exif header of GPS photos and saves coordinates in several output formats (csv, xml, kml, shp, ...).

Stand alone software for non-ArcGIS users.

ArcGIS ArcView 9
Needed for the usage of GPS PhotoMapper, not included in bundle.
Technological basis from ESRI.