Originally Posted by
arthurking83
If it's important to you to to have the location data in the raw file itself(that's my priority) .. then Geosetter is better .. and you can load whatever maps you like into geosetter if you're that way inclined.
But like I said, it uses ExifTool to then embed the location data into the raw file.
Way back in 2007 when I couldn't add a GPS to the D70s, I tried to use ExifTool manually (following the how to info to the letter) .. and Exiftool corrupted the test NEF images I was using for the test of adding location data to the raw file.
That was one reason (of many) I 'needed' to update to a D300, as all my shooting was out and about in various parts of the state.
Later that year Nikon added ViewNX2 into their software stable and it allowed the ability to add GPS info and save it to NEF files too .. ripper!
The issue for me was and has always been the ability to safely add the data and save the raw file with integrity.
I have tried both Geosetter and Exiftool again every now and then just to see how it's data integrity issues are going and have never seen the corrupted raw file issue again .. so maybe my initial problem was my own doing.
But like I also said, having tried both methods, tracklog supplemental and in camera hard coding .. the GPS on camera method is always dead on to within a meter, or less, when referenced with more competent maps than the silly Google maps you usually have access too .. whereas the tracklog method(still better than nothing tho!) can be out by a long way.