Nikon Readies Camera-Top GPS Unit

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Nikon's geotagging GP-1 dongle now available
Published 12/2/2008 by Tim Stevens at Engadget
... strap for a few) and uses an unwieldy looking cable to connect to the body of your D200, D3, D700, D90, D300, or D3X. We can't say that we're particularly fond of the device's means of indicating status, either: red blinky light = no satellites; green blinky = three satellites; green solid = four satellites or more. C'mon Nikon, for $240 you couldn't integrate that cable into a hand strap and put more than two LEDs up in there? [Via Gadget Lab] Continue reading Nikon's geotagging GP-1 dongle now available ...

Nikon GP-1 SLR GPS Now Available for $240 [GPS]
Published 12/2/2008 by Mark Wilson at Gizmodo
... announced alongside the D90 back in August, Nikon is now selling their hot-shoe-mounted GP-1 geotagging device. Compatible with the D200, D3, D700, D90, D300 and D3X, the GP-1 is an absolutely no-frills peripheral featuring a couple of LEDs to signal GPS connectivity and not much else. Location information is added as metadata to each saved photo, so at least the user experience is fairly seamless. The GP-1 is available at retailers now for $240. [Nikon via Wired] ...