Comments on: How to Geotag Images http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gprsg http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images/comment-page-1#comment-253526 gprsg Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:07:47 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-geotag-images/#comment-253526 Geo tagging seems here to stay. This is a very good idea and certainly something worth looking at. It allows you to find the location of the picture if taken with certain cameras. It has some downsides to it, it will not tell a person what that photo contains that will still need picture recognition but the less obvious problem is that the GPS lat, long is contained in the jpg image itself. Why is it that manufacturers cannot all agree a standard even Exif is not used by every format and some formats use it in a different way from what is laid down in the specification. Therefore try copying from one format to another image format and you may lose all the header data it would seem. Meta tags seem to act differently. Please can someone agree a standard that ALL images have to use. But yes moving in the right direction if we can incorporate geo tags with other information to help find any one of a million images that we be stored on an average computer in the future or even now. Geo tagging seems here to stay. This is a very good idea and certainly something worth looking at. It allows you to find the location of the picture if taken with certain cameras. It has some downsides to it, it will not tell a person what that photo contains that will still need picture recognition but the less obvious problem is that the GPS lat, long is contained in the jpg image itself. Why is it that manufacturers cannot all agree a standard even Exif is not used by every format and some formats use it in a different way from what is laid down in the specification.

Therefore try copying from one format to another image format and you may lose all the header data it would seem. Meta tags seem to act differently. Please can someone agree a standard that ALL images have to use. But yes moving in the right direction if we can incorporate geo tags with other information to help find any one of a million images that we be stored on an average computer in the future or even now.

]]> By: Denken http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images/comment-page-1#comment-208825 Denken Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:38:15 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-geotag-images/#comment-208825 very interesting. and jetphotosoftware is also a very good and free version software to do geotagging. For the hardware, if it is certain Nikon, then this Easytagger is the best solution. http://www.photolife.com/blog/?p=3063 very interesting. and jetphotosoftware is also a very good and free version software to do geotagging.
For the hardware, if it is certain Nikon, then this Easytagger is the best solution. http://www.photolife.com/blog/?p=3063

]]> By: Frank http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images/comment-page-1#comment-197243 Frank Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:16:05 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-geotag-images/#comment-197243 Your article is very informative. Thanks for the article. I want more!!! ;) Your article is very informative. Thanks for the article. I want more!!! ;)

]]> By: Paco Fernandez http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images/comment-page-1#comment-166705 Paco Fernandez Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:54:47 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-geotag-images/#comment-166705 Hi friends, I just finish of develop http://www.whereisthepicture.com and i think that maybe can be interesting for you. You can upload a picture with gps information, like photos from iphone, smartphones, etc and then the system show you de position where was maked the picture. At the moment is only a version beta, but I hope you enjoy it! Regards, Paco Fernandez Hi friends, I just finish of develop http://www.whereisthepicture.com and i think that maybe can be interesting for you.

You can upload a picture with gps information, like photos from iphone, smartphones, etc and then the system show you de position where was maked the picture.

At the moment is only a version beta, but I hope you enjoy it!

Regards,
Paco Fernandez

]]> By: kevin pike http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images/comment-page-1#comment-149618 kevin pike Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:26:42 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-geotag-images/#comment-149618 thanks for the info. I came across this not photography reasons, but for local marketing purposes. I think this is going to matter more and more when companies are trying to improve their local search listings on Google. It another way for Google to verify your real location. thanks for the info. I came across this not photography reasons, but for local marketing purposes. I think this is going to matter more and more when companies are trying to improve their local search listings on Google. It another way for Google to verify your real location.

]]> By: Dimitris http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images/comment-page-1#comment-132790 Dimitris Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:26:56 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-geotag-images/#comment-132790 Thanks for this tutorial. GPicSync works with panoramio. (The popular Geosetter does not work with Panoramio, you must do a modification in order to work.) Thanks for this tutorial.
GPicSync works with panoramio.
(The popular Geosetter does not work with Panoramio, you must do a modification in order to work.)

]]> By: Mike Miller http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images/comment-page-1#comment-68621 Mike Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:33:48 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-geotag-images/#comment-68621 I use the Trackstick for Geotagging. It is much smaller than a Garmin GPS and recharges via USB. I use the Trackstick for Geotagging. It is much smaller than a Garmin GPS and recharges via USB.

]]> By: OrganizePictures http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images/comment-page-1#comment-62600 OrganizePictures Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:12:13 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-geotag-images/#comment-62600 I use Geosetter for geotagging my pictures, when I don't use Picasa. Geosetter works great most of the times but it is very slow when saving metadata to pictures. Can be found <a href="http://www.geosetter.de/en/" rel="nofollow">here</a> I use Geosetter for geotagging my pictures, when I don’t use Picasa. Geosetter works great most of the times but it is very slow when saving metadata to pictures. Can be found here

]]> By: Marc http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images/comment-page-1#comment-52354 Marc Fri, 29 May 2009 17:10:36 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-geotag-images/#comment-52354 Now I understand that you are using a Mac so this does not apply to you but Microsoft have a tool that is free from their website called Microsoft Pro Photo Tools, This link for it is http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/default.aspx . This tool lets me upload the track information from my GPS and then will directly geotag the photos. It also allow editing of the entire EXIF including fields I had previously never seen. It will work with RAW and convert to JPEG or TIFF along with a host of other features. I think it is really worth having a look at Now I understand that you are using a Mac so this does not apply to you but Microsoft have a tool that is free from their website called Microsoft Pro Photo Tools, This link for it is http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/default.aspx . This tool lets me upload the track information from my GPS and then will directly geotag the photos. It also allow editing of the entire EXIF including fields I had previously never seen. It will work with RAW and convert to JPEG or TIFF along with a host of other features.

I think it is really worth having a look at

]]> By: TranceMist http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-geotag-images/comment-page-1#comment-45451 TranceMist Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:19:17 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-geotag-images/#comment-45451 It turns out that my Garmin HCx does save the track logs wonderfully on the MicroSD card. I just throw that track log and the photos into GPSphotolinker and the rest is magic. I much prefer this solution to a dedicated logger for two reasons. 1) many don't support RAW images (GPSphotolinker does), but mostly because 2) the high sensitivity of the Garmin HCx means that I get a GPS signal in a lot of situations where most GPS devices fail to do so. My old Garmin eTrex Vista was terrible at getting a signal. I would have to have it on top of a backpack and always exposed. With the HCx I can gave it buried in my pack and it still gets a great signal, even indoors! It turns out that my Garmin HCx does save the track logs wonderfully on the MicroSD card. I just throw that track log and the photos into GPSphotolinker and the rest is magic.

I much prefer this solution to a dedicated logger for two reasons. 1) many don’t support RAW images (GPSphotolinker does), but mostly because 2) the high sensitivity of the Garmin HCx means that I get a GPS signal in a lot of situations where most GPS devices fail to do so.

My old Garmin eTrex Vista was terrible at getting a signal. I would have to have it on top of a backpack and always exposed. With the HCx I can gave it buried in my pack and it still gets a great signal, even indoors!

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