Mobile geotagging devices and systems and methods of mobile geotagging systems

A mobile geotagging system comprising:

• a digital camera;
• a mobile geotagging device, connected through an image/video transfer channel, wherein the mobile geotagging device comprises an image/a display module connected to a display screen for displaying a time-coded image showing current time of the mobile geotagging device, and displaying images and videos stored in an image/video storage;
• a processor, and a non-volatile storage device storing a mobile geotagging application, wherein the mobile geotagging application comprises:
• a geolocation/timing tracking storage, a mobile geotagging control module, a network communication module, and the image/video storage, when executed by the processor, the mobile geotagging application causes the processor to perform:
• generating, by the display module on the display screen, a time-coded image containing an initial starting point of time to allow the digital camera having internal timing to acquire the initial starting point of time of the mobile geotagging device and to sync the timing between the digital camera and the mobile geotagging device;
• tracking, by the mobile geotagging control module through a geolocation module and a timing module, timing and geolocation information of the mobile geotagging device while the digital camera is in use;
• storing, by the geolocation/timing tracking storage, the tracked timing and geolocation data;
• receiving, by the mobile geotagging device through the image/video transfer channel, a plurality of images and videos taken by a user from the digital camera;
• appending, by the mobile geotagging control module, timing and geolocation information in an EXIF into image file and video file based on a timing difference between the digital camera and the mobile geotagging device and the tracked timing and geolocation information retrieved from the geolocation/timing tracking storage;
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• storing, by the image/video storage, the plurality of the images and videos having timing and geolocation information in the image/video storage.

A method of a mobile geotagging system, comprising:

• installing a mobile geotagging application into a mobile geotagging device;
• generating, by a display module on a display screen of the mobile geotagging device, a time-coded image containing initial starting point of time of the mobile geotagging device to allow a digital camera having internal timing to acquire an initial starting point of time of the mobile geotagging device and to sync the timing between the digital camera and the mobile geotagging device;
• tracking, by a mobile geotagging control module of the mobile geotagging application through a geolocation module and a timing module of the mobile geotagging device, timing and geolocation information of the mobile geotagging device while the digital camera is in use;
• storing, by a geolocation/timing tracking storage of the mobile geotagging application, the tracked timing and geolocation information;
• receiving, by the mobile geotagging device through an image/video transfer channel, a plurality of images and videos taken by a user from the digital camera;
• appending, by the mobile geotagging control module, timing and geolocation information in an EXIF into image file and video file based on a timing difference between the digital camera and the mobile geotagging device and the tracked timing and geolocation information retrieved from the geolocation/timing tracking storage;
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• storing, by an image/video storage of the mobile geotagging application, the plurality of the images and videos having timing and geolocation information in the image/video storage.