Nikon D7000 Digital Camera User Manual


 
You’re all set. Once the unit is up and running, you can view GPS information using
photo information screens available on the color LCD (and described in Chapter 3).
The GPS screen, which appears only when a photo has been taken using the GPS unit,
looks something like Figure 7.11.
WiFi
These days, GPS and WiFi capabilities work together with your D7000 in interesting
new ways. Wireless capabilities allow you to upload photos directly from your D7000
to your computer at home or in your studio, or, through a hotspot at your hotel or cof-
fee shop back to your home computer or to a photo sharing service like Facebook or
Flickr. A special WiFi-enabled memory card that you slip in the SD slot of your cam-
era performs the magic. GPS capabilities—built right into some of those WiFi cards—
allow you to mark your photographs with location information, so you don’t have to
guess where a picture was taken.
Both capabilities are very cool. WiFi uploads can provide instant backup of important
shots and sharing. And, as noted in the previous section, geotagging is most important
as a way to associate the geographical location where the photographer was when a
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Figure 7.11
Captured GPS
information
can be dis-
played when
you review the
image.