Best mapping software for photo trips?

[mcdonaat]

I want to be able to go through Webster Parish and take some photos of tons of old-style parish markers, but they're only at certain points. Is there any program that will let me plot them on a map... for a mobile device? Using a Windows Phone 7 device, and I do have a Nexus 7 at my disposal.

[deathtopumpkins]

I know most phones will geotag photos. On my Galaxy S III if I have it geotag them I can tap "Show on map" and have them instantly plotted on Google Maps.

[Scott5114]

Do you want to geotag the photos as you get them or do you want to have a map of pre-plotted points of known locations of old-style markers?

[cpzilliacus]

If you have lots of money, you can use ESRI's ARCMap GIS software with an ARCMap add-in called GPS Photo Link. That allows you to easily put geotagged images on a map.

But ARCMap is not cheap.   

GPS Photo Link is a few hundred dollars (though  a version does come with some cameras with built-in GPS).

[mcdonaat]

Do you want to geotag the photos as you get them or do you want to have a map of pre-plotted points of known locations of old-style markers?

That's exactly what I want to do. I know where markers are, and would like to see them on a map... checking them off as I go would be a huge plus.

[Scott5114]

You can probably find some sort of solution involving a KML file. You could make the file at home on Google Earth, and then would just have to find a way to display it on your phone. You might be able to do it with Google Maps. You can display KMLs on the regular Internet version of Google Maps, but I have no idea if you can do it within the mobile apps. If not you can probably find some special app to do it for you.