Using a Camera or SmartPhone with a GPS

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If you don’t have an iPhone or fancy schmancy GPS unit, there are other ways to get a GPS trail so that you can upload it to Trekkit.

Camera

Some new cameras actually have the GPS built right in. One example is the Canon SX230 .

The complete manual is available here, but very simply you can turn the camera on, go to the menu, then to tools and scroll to GPS settings. from there you can turn on the GPS Trail.

After you complete your Trail, you can upload the Trekk as per normal along with your pictures.

Other Smart Phones

Just because you don’t have an iPhone doesn’t mean you can’t use Trekkit. You can still use the built in GPS of a Windows Phone or a BlackBerry to take pictures and have them GeoTagged.

You won’t get the Trail when you upload to Trekkit, but you can still capture your adventure until a version of the TrekkTrakker is available for your phone.

FAQ

  1. I Have Pictures and GPX File, Now What Do I Do?
  2. Are My Photos or Trekks Ever Deleted?
  3. Are the Pictures Stored in High Resolution?
  4. Can I Delete Photos From My Trekk?
  5. Can I Edit a Trekk Once it has Been Posted?
  6. Can I Log into the Trekkit Mobile App While Offline?
  7. Can I Use the Front Facing Camera on the iPhone 4 to Take Pictures on the TrekkTrakker App?
  8. Do I Have to Use the iPhone Camera when I am Using the TrekkTrakker App?
  9. Do I Have to Use the TrekkTrakker App to Record my GPS Points?
  10. Do I Need a High Priced DSLR Camera to Use Trekkit?
  11. Does my TestFlightApp user account automatically generate a Trekkit account?
  12. Does the Person I Send a Trekk to Via Email Need to Be A Trekkit User?
  13. Does Trekkit Store the Original Image?
  14. How Do I Create a Trekk?
  15. How Do I Embed My Trekk in My Own Blog or Webpage?
  16. How Do I Participate in the Beta Program
  17. How Do I Protect My Trekk With a Password?
  18. How Do I Reset the Password on my Password Protected Trekk?
  19. I Have a Really Long Trekk Name, But Only The First 30 Characters Are Showing.
  20. I Keep Getting Errors When I Upload My Pictures. What Is Going On?
  21. I Signed Up For The Beta. How Do I Get The Software to My iPhone?
  22. If I Create a Trekk on the TrekkTrakker App, Can I Edit the Trekk on the Trekkit Website?
  23. Is There a Limit in the Number of Trekks I Can Have?
  24. Is There a Limit on the Number of Pictures I can Store With a Trekk?
  25. My Trekk is Only Showing a Fraction of the GPS Points I Uploaded
  26. Trekkit Using Social Media?
  27. Using a Camera or SmartPhone with a GPS
  28. What Browser Can I Use to Use Trekkit?
  29. What File Format Does My GPS Need to Export To so that The File Will Work With Trekkit?
  30. What Happens If I Shut Off Location Services on My iPhone.
  31. What Happens if I Try to Update My Trekk When I Have No Internet
  32. What is a .GPX File?
  33. What is the Best Setting for My GPS? Should I Log Every 1 Second, 2 Seconds, 10 Seconds?
  34. What type of Pictures Can I Upload?
  35. When I Change Trekks and Update, There Are GPS Points and Pictures Already On My Trekk. How Did They Get There?
  36. Who Can See My Trekk?
  37. Why Can't I Share on Facebook?
  38. Why Do Only Six Pictures Show Up On My Trekk Pin? I Have Over 20 Pictures for That Trekk.
  39. Why Do Some of My Pictures Appear at the Beginning or the End of My Trekk?
  40. Why Does It Take So Long To Update My Trekk on the TrekkTrakker App?
  41. Why Does My Name Show as "AdventurerNew"
  42. Why Would I Want to Upgrade?
  43. Will I Lose My Pictures On the TrekkTrakker If I Update and I Do Not Have Any Internet Connectivity?
  44. Will Trekkit Work If I Go Overseas or To Another Country?
  45. Will Trekkit Work on a Mac
  46. Will Trekkit Work with Internet Explorer 6
  47. Zoom Buttons Do Not Work Properly on Embedded Trekk

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