How to geotag Canon pictures with GP-E2

[LarsMo]

Since Map Utility was discontinued Canon only offers GPS Log File Utility to help geotagging pictures, e.g.using the GP-E2 meter.

But GPS Log File utility only copies unreadable log files to the computer, so that does not help much.

If you want to geotag your Canon pictures you must come up with your own solution.

I use the GP-E2 meter either as a standalone (EOS 5 D Mark II) or detached to the camera (for instance EOS 5D Mark III).

My work flow (using Geosetter, exiftools, GPS Visualizer, GPS Converter) is presented in this link 

arxfoto.se/data/GP-E2_use.html

Hope this helps.

[Waddizzle]

How are you transferring the files to a computer?

My 6D2 had a built in GPS module. I never used the Map Utility. I used Lightroom.

I had to enable the GPS during the transfer to my computer using the EOS Utility.  This would cause the GPS coordinates to be written in the EXIF of each photo.

Once the transfer was complete, Lightroom had no problem reading the GPS coordinates and mapping them.

If the GPS was not enabled during the download process using the EOS Utility, then no GPS data would be written to the EXIF.  I don’t recall whether or not if the GPS log files would also be downloaded. My gut says no.

[p4pictures]

I tried many years ago to convert the Canon track logs to a different format. At the time I was using the built-in GPS on the EOS 7D Mark II to not only geotag images - which it did fine - but also to keep a track log. The track log file was in a format that Lightroom couldn't read. I found a free program called GPSBABEL that converts log files in to different formats. The hard part was identifying the source format. Eventually I found that the Canon log files were NMEA 0183 Sentences format, and then I used the GPSBABEL software convert to GPX XML as that worked with Lightroom. I've not had need to do the same for some years, but GPSBABEL is still available for Win/Mac/Linux and free too. 

More info on this post form the past on my website - https://www.p4pictures.com/2016/05/gps-track-log-travel/