Patent ID: 7477295

Claim:
A photography system using a digital camera and a position detecting unit, said position detecting unit being disposed close to an object, said photography system comprising: a first position detecting device for detecting latitude and longitude coordinates of said object to generate object position data from information on said latitude and longitude coordinates of said object; and a transmitting device for transmitting said object position data to said digital camera, wherein said digital camera includes: an image pickup device for photographing said object and outputting image data; a receiving device for receiving said object position data; a second position detecting device for detecting latitude and longitude coordinates of said digital camera to generate digital camera position data from information on said latitude and longitude coordinates of said digital camera; a calculation processor for calculating camera azimuth and object distance according to said object position data and said digital camera position data; and a recording processor for recording information of at least one of said latitude and longitude coordinates of said object, said latitude and longitude coordinates of said digital camera, said camera azimuth and said object distance, in association with said image data.