GPS Tool Instructions

How to use GPS tools 

GPS Tool Instructions 

Version 1.1; 6/12/2010 

Version 1.0; 27/07/2010 

Presented by: Onuki, IT Engineer 

Organized by: Onuki, IT engineer


Software tools for using 

GPS and Digital Camera 

1.Google Earth 

2. Sony GPS tool; 

(1) PMB 

(2) GPS Image Trekker 

3. Picasa 

4. GPSBabel 

5. Photoshop/Shukusen 

6. GEGraph 

1. How to use GPS tool 

(Instructions) 

2. Installation 

instructions 



Way of connecting to Google Earth 

Windows 

Explore 

GPSBabel 

RIS 

GE 

Share 

Type1(mandatory) 

Kml file 

Sony Picture Utility 

(1) GPS Image 

Trekker 

(2) PMB 

GE 

Stand alone 

Type2(optional) 

Picasa 

GE 

Stand alone 

Type3(optional) 



Way of connecting to Google Earth 

Legend; recommendable 

No. 

Name of tool 

Compression 

Photo 

Log file 

kml 

Connect 

to GE 

1 

PMB 

A 

A 

NA 

A 

A 

2 

Picasa 

NA 

A 

NA 

NA 

A 

3 

GPS Image Trekker 

NA 

A 

A 

NA 

A 

4 


NA 

NA 

A 

A 

NA 

5 

IRS 

NA 

A 

A 

A 

A 

6 

Photoshop/Shukusen 

A 

A 

NA 

NA 

NA 

7 

Google Earth (GE) 

NA 

A 

A 

A 

- 



Steps of collecting GPS and Photo data 

Satellite 

PC 

5. Connect camera to PC 

and Upload photo to server using RIS 

1. Go outside and 

Get current time 

from satellite 

2. Set current time to 

camera 

4. Matching GPS 

and photo data 

GPS 

Memory 

stick 

Digital 

Camera 

3. Take photo with GPS 



1. GPS and Digital Camera 

Step1; get GMT time 

(1) power on 

(2) searching satellite (outside) 

(3) confirm coming of latitude & longitude 

(4) go to ‘menu’ 

(5) go to ‘tool’ 

(6) select date & time 

(7) set time zone 

(8) get date & time 




Step2; synchronize GPS and Digital 

camera with GMT time 

Step3; take photo with GPS 

Step4; matching GPS and Photo data 

(1) go to ‘menu’ 

(2) go to ‘tool’ 

(3) go to ‘matching’ 

(4) start & enter 




Step5; read photo data 

(1) connect camera using USB cable 

(2) New device found 

(3) Open new device 

or go to my computer 

(4) select Camera 

(5) open photo folder 




Step5; read photo data 

(6) select photo 

(7) copy photo 

(8) go to my document 

(9) select or make folder (My picture) 

(10)paste (selected photo) 




Step6; read log file 

(1) connect GPS using USB cable 

(2) New device found 

(3) Open new device 

or go to my computer 

(4) select GPS 

(5) open GPS 

(6) select log file or select all 

(7) copy selected file 

(8) go to my computer 

(9) select folder 

(10) paste (selected log file) 



2. From GPS to PC 

Step1; Connect GPS to PC 




1 

2 

Step2; Select device & folder 




2 

1 

Step3; Select file name & click copy 




2 

Step4; Select folder and click paste 

1 



3. From Camera to PC 

Step1; Connect camera to PC and select My Computer 




Step2; Select camera device 




Step3; Select file name you want to 

install 




Step4; Click copy 




2 

1 

Step5; Select folder and click paste 




Step6; Copied file will be shown 



4. GPS Tracker Operation 

Step1; Select start menu 

=> programs => Sony Picture Utility 

=> GPS Image Tracker 

1 

2 

3 



4. GPS Trekker Operation 

Step2; if above message comes, click 

‘Import Now’ button 




Step3; Select folder that includes log file 

you want to import. 




Step4; Select log file 




Step5; Click ‘Add files…’ button 




Step6; Select folder which includes 

photo data that link to log file 




Step7; Select photo data which link to log 

file 




Step8; Click satellite in order to show 

satellite photo 




Step9; Click log file list in order to show 

tracking where you passed the places 




Step10; Click log file so the result is 

shown 



5. PMB + Google Earth 

1 

2 

Step1; Launch PMB program and click 

‘File’ => ‘Register Viewed Folders..’ menu 




1 

2 

Step2; Select folder and click ‘Register’ 

button 




Step3; Click ‘OK’ button 




Step4; Please wait analyzing 




Step5; Click ‘Exit’ button 




Step6; Click ‘Close’ button 




Step7; Select folder 




Step8; Select photo data 




Step9; Click ‘Map View’ icon 




Step10; Click zoom mark (+) as shown 




Step11; Click ‘Satellite’ button 




Step12; Click ‘Hybrid’ button 




Step13; Click Google Earth icon and 

select ‘output the file for Google Earth’ 

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Step14; Select folder to save kml file 




Step15; Find kml file that was previously 

saved from Google Earth 




Step16; double click kml file so that 

Google Earth is automatically launching 




1 

2 

Step17; Click ‘Mapview’ in Places, select 

target place and double click it 




Step18; as ‘Places’ are shown, click one 

of them 




Step19; selected target will be displayed 



6. Picasa + Google Earth 

1 

2 

Step1; Launch Picasa program and click 

‘File’ => ‘Add folder to Picasa’ menu 




1 

2 

Step2; Set folder manager as shown. In 

this example, My Picture folder is always 

scanned when you launch the Picasa 

program. 




Step3; Example of Picasa screen 




Step4; Select folder 




Step5; Select photo data 

and click ‘Geo-Tag’ icon 




Step6; Click ‘Geotag’ button 




Step7; Click ‘Done’ button 




Step8; Photo is coming on view. 

Double click it. 




Step9; Photo is now zooming up. 




1 

2 

Step10; Select target and click right 

button on your PC’s mouse. Select ‘Save 

place as’ 




Step11; Select folder in which target 

place’s kml file is saved. 




Merit of using Picasa 

You can add comment to photo using Picasa function. It is very 

useful. 

Demerit of using Picasa 

In case of uploading photo to GE using Picasa, zoom up photo is 

limited on GE. 

Notice; 

Use ‘geo-tag’ button for deciding location where the photo taken. 

In the case that you use ‘geo-tag all’ button for setting location of 

photos, all photos are located same position and GPS data that is 

stored in each photo has rewritten the same GPS data. 

This means that original GPS data has been lost. 



7. GPSBabel - make kml file of log - 

1 

2 

1 

Step1; Launch GPSBabel and 

Select input format ‘NMEA0183 

sentences’, 

2 

then click open folder 




1 

2 

Step2; Browse folder and 

2 

1 

select input log file 




Step3; Select output format 




2 

1 

3 

Step4; Browse folder and 

2 

1 

select output log file 

3 




Step5; Confirm file path 




1 2 

3 

Step6; 1 Mark these check boxes and 

2 click ‘Let’s go’ and OK 

3 




Step7; kml file is made in the designated 

folder 



8. PMB - make kml file of log - 

cannot make 



9. Picasa - make kml file of log - 

cannot make 



10. GEGraph – make graphic kml - 

Step1; Make Excel file; Input items are 

road number & total traffic count 




Step2; Add latitude and longitude of the 

road point 




Step3; Edit data order by road number, 

latitude, longitude and total traffic count 

and copy these data 




2 

1 

1 

Step4; Launch GEGraph and 

click ‘Paste grid from clipboard’, 

then click ‘Run’ 

2 




1 

2 

Step5; 1 Browse folder and 

2 

click ‘Save’ 




Display 

example 




Display 

example 



11. Google Earth - make kml file of photo 

- 

1. Using ‘add photo’ menu and set location 

[latitude and longitude] 

2. Save contents as kml or kmz file. 

3. Upload kml file using RIS 



12. PMB - make kml file of photo - 

cannot make 



13. RIS - make kml file of photo - 

Step1; Go to RIS and click ‘image info 

maintenance’ or ‘roadblock info maintenance’ 

Step2; fill in form and brows photo data in your PC 

Step3; click save button then photo data will be 

automatically uploaded 



14. Shukusen – Resizing of photo – 

(Japanese version) 




Step1; setting configuration of compression in 

the Shukusen window. 

After conversion 

Put prefix 

Put suffix 

Resolution 

Option 

Make folder and save 

Drag & drop here 




Step2; select objective file to be compressed then drag and 

drop the file to the place designated 




Step3; Resized folder made and resized photo 

data exists in it. 



15. Photoshop – Resizing of photo – 

Step1; Read photo data by Photoshop 

and click menu => image => image size 



15. Photoshop – Resizing of photo – 

Step2; Change image size in order to 

make it less than 150kB. 



16. PMB – Resizing of photo – 

1 

2 

3 

Step1; Launch PMB program and click 

Manipulate => Resize and Save and 

select photo data. 




1 

2 

Step2; Click ‘Browse..’ and select folder 

to save photo data. 




Step3; Select image size 



17. How to use GPS Tool 

●1. Sony log file --- > GPSBabel; make kml file --- > 

GE 

(1) Input format is 

NMEA0183 

(2) input file; Sony log file 

(3) output format; kml 

(4) file name; any name 

(5) Get kml file from 


(6) Upload kml file using 

RIS 




●2. Road traffic count --- > GE --- >GEGraph ----> 

(Excel Sheet) 

GE 

Download 

t-road Traficcount 

from DB and edit it. 

Get Lat/Lon of the 

traffic points using GE 

and add them to excel 

sheet 

Paste grid from 

clipboard then run 

and get kml file 




●3. WPT; csv file --- >GPSBabel; kml file --- > 

16 places Select filter abort 

(all data output) 

GE 

Get Lat/Lon/Alt 

/etc… from Excel 

file and make CSV 

file 

WPT/Track/Routes 

(/Path) 

kml file 




●4. Graph; --- > GPSBabel --- > GEGraph --- > 

(16places altitude) convert position Lat/Lon position is 

Altitude must be data from Required in DD 

given by DMS DMS to DD Input; place name, 

(Path also same) select filter abort Lat, Long, Value 

and get kml file 

Get Lat/Lon from 

excel file and 

make CSV file 

Copy DD position 

data and once save 

it and read it by 

excel then edit 

field order 

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Copy and paste 

then get 3D kml 

file 

GE


18. Installation instruction 



18-1. Google Earth 

(1) Download Google Earth from the Internet 

(2) Copy and paste (or save) 

'Google_Earth_CZXV.exe' file under 

c/program file/Google 

(3) Execute 'Google_Earth_CZXV.exe' (double 

click exe file) 



18-2. PMB&GPS Image Trekker 

(Sony Picture Utility) 

(1) Insert CD into CD reader device 

(2) installation starts automatically and programs 

will be installed 

(3) Installed programs are follows. 

(a) PMB 

(b) PMB Guide 

© PMB Launcher 



18-3. GPSBabel 

(1) Download 'GPSBabel' file from the Interne 

(2) Copy and Paste (or save) 'gpsbabel- 

1.3.2[1].zip' file under c/program file/ 


(3) Unpack above zip file 

(4) Execute 'GPSBabelGUI.exe' 



18-4. Picasa 

(1) Download 'picasa3-setup.exe' file from the 

Internet 

(2) Save 'picasa3-setup.exe' file under c/program 

file/Google/picasa3 

(3) execute 'picasa3-setup.exe' 



18-5. GE-Graph 

(1) Download 'GE_Graph' file from the internet 

(2) Copy and paste (or save) ‘setup_gegraph 

_2_2_2a[1].zip' file under c/program file/ 

GEGraph 

(3) Unpack above zip-file 

(4) Execute 'setup.exe ‘ 

(5) GEGraph_2_2_2a.exe is installed 



18-6. Shukusen 

(1) Download 'Shukusen150.zip' from the 

Internet 

(2) keep it at c/program file/Shukusen folder 

(3) Unpack 'Shukusen150.zip' 

(4) Make shortcut of 'ShukuSen.exe' 

(5) Copy and paste it to any folder you want 



Tashi Delek ! 

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