Traveler's travails, including a poor experience with the ATP PhotoFinder

Matt Gross is finishing up his Grand Tour of Europe for the Times and is reflecting on how well his tech has worked on the way. His biggest challenge hasn't been finding an internet connection — it has been finding an internet connection fast enough to upload his video back to the Times' editing servers.

He also has been trying to use the ATP PhotoFinder GPS that is supposed to add geotagging information to all his photos. Unfortunately it's not working so well:

Gently put, it hasn’t worked well. From the white cliffs of Dover to the island of Gozo—where the lack of buildings and trees should’ve made acquiring a satellite signal a piece of cake—the device failed to find anything. And on those rare occasions when it actually picks up the satellite signals, it suddenly shut down, before I’ve had a chance to snap a photo.
In Cyprus, I finally got the device to hold a signal while I took a picture, but when I later checked the coordinates it had picked up, they were off—by miles and miles. My apologies to anyone who purchased one on the Frugal Traveler’s recommendation (especially the young man who brought similar complaints to the party in Rome).

What’s Still in Matt’s Duffel Bag? [Frugal Traveler]

[#1 posted by Tommy , July 22, 2008 11:21 AM]

I bought a low-end Eee and a portable USB drive for a recent trip to Norway. Super sweet! Just dumped the photos over every night. Dumped them directly to DVD-R the couple of times where I had access to a burner.

3 weeks, 8000 photos. Now all that's left is to tag and rate them all. :(