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02/12/2007 09:30:48 AM · #1 |
Is anyone out there geotagging their photos regularly yet?
Are you just doing it manually?
I've just started working on this, I've got a process that works but I'm trying to automate the last steps in particular and wondered if anyone else was dealing with this as well.
Right now my process is:
1)Verify clock sync on camera/GPS before going out
2)take pictures
3)Connect GPS to PC, and retrieve gpx file of active track(apparently has to be the active track in Garmin GPS units)
4)transfer images
5)Use WWMX location stamper tool to correlate picture with track location and write coordinates in EXIF
6)Upload pics to my Gallery2 install
7)edit each pic in gallery2 to retrieve coordinates and place on google map.
So the last step is the one I'd like to automate since doing it one at a time is tedious. I'm trying to find a better process or web gallery as far as geotagging support(I'm not married to Gallery2 as my software) goes.
So, anyone? |
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02/12/2007 11:17:52 AM · #2 |
I have done it, but I don't really see the point in doing so.
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02/12/2007 01:19:30 PM · #3 |
| I backpack a lot and would think that it would be very useful. My D200 has the ability to connect my GPS unit to record location in the EXIF info, but the cable is NINETY BUCKS! I'll eventually breakdown & get it, but that ridiculous. I’ve never tried to manually insert it. |
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02/12/2007 01:27:31 PM · #4 |
hmm... i should look into this more. i've been very interested in gps coordinate tagging, since i do lots of countryside drives and i will often just randomly pull my car to the side of the road, snap a pic or two, and drive on. i have a garmin forerunner 205 that i use for when i'm running... i guess i should start wearing it on photo outings.
does anyone have any experience with tagging on the macintosh? in particular, i am using aperture to catalog my photos.
i'd love to be able to connect a gps unit straight into my 30d, but am not aware of any way of doing so (if it were possible, i would probably buy a dedicated gps unit for this) |
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02/12/2007 01:30:09 PM · #5 |
As a GPS geek myself, I look forward to having a camera with built-in coordinate-recording capabilities.
Aside from occasionally marking a photogenic location as a waypoint, I don't do a lot of tagging locations.
I *did* find it very useful during an aerial photography ride I took a year or so ago. I made sure the camera was synced with the GPS time, and used the data later to figure out exactly where buildings were that I shot from the air. The GPS data came in very handy for that purpose! |
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02/12/2007 03:15:30 PM · #6 |
| I've had my eye on RoboGeo for a few years now but just don't get out enough to make it worth it. Anyone try/use this? |
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02/12/2007 03:32:59 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
I *did* find it very useful during an aerial photography ride I took a year or so ago. I made sure the camera was synced with the GPS time, and used the data later to figure out exactly where buildings were that I shot from the air. The GPS data came in very handy for that purpose! |
Aside from that limited example, I don't see how tagging an image with Lat/Lon would be beneficial.
Can someone who's interested in this tell me what they would use it for?
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02/12/2007 03:38:12 PM · #8 |
I don't think this is something that would be of huge, widespread appeal to people, but there are instances where it would come in handy -- or where it would just be nice/fun to be able to save that information.
The geek in me would just find it to be cool to have the lat/long saved in the EXIF data of each of my shots. I know it's rather nerdy, sure, but I'd love to have the GPS location of every shot on file. I'd find that interesting if, for example, I was looking through cruise photos and wanted to see where exactly we were sailing at the time of the exposure. Or if I was out hiking somewhere and took a shot of something, and would like to revisit that location to get a shot in a different season, or some such thing, that would be handy.
I can see other more practical reasons for doing this. Imagine you're a real estate photographer who does nothing but zip around, photographing homes for a broker's web site. It would certainly be nice to be able to cross reference the GPS data so you can always be sure of knowing which home is which when you're uploading the photos to coincide with a listing.
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by alanfreed:
I *did* find it very useful during an aerial photography ride I took a year or so ago. I made sure the camera was synced with the GPS time, and used the data later to figure out exactly where buildings were that I shot from the air. The GPS data came in very handy for that purpose! |
Aside from that limited example, I don't see how tagging an image with Lat/Lon would be beneficial.
Can someone who's interested in this tell me what they would use it for? |
Message edited by author 2007-02-12 15:41:56. |
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02/12/2007 03:41:52 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
I don't think this is something that would be of huge, widespread appeal to people, but there are instances where it would come in handy -- or where it would just be nice/fun to be able to save that information.
The geek in me would just find it to be cool to have the lat/long saved in the EXIF data of each of my shots. I know it's rather nerdy, sure, but I'd love to have the GPS location of every shot on file. I'd find that interesting if, for example, I was looking through cruise photos and wanted to see where exactly we were sailing at the time of the exposure.
I can see other more practical reasons for doing this. Imagine you're a real estate photographer who does nothing but zip around, photographing homes for a broker's web site. It would certainly be nice to be able to cross reference the GPS data so you can always be sure of knowing which home is which when you're uploading the photos to coincide with a listing.
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by alanfreed:
I *did* find it very useful during an aerial photography ride I took a year or so ago. I made sure the camera was synced with the GPS time, and used the data later to figure out exactly where buildings were that I shot from the air. The GPS data came in very handy for that purpose! |
Aside from that limited example, I don't see how tagging an image with Lat/Lon would be beneficial.
Can someone who's interested in this tell me what they would use it for? |
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Don't get me wrong, I love screwing about with GPS and geocaching too. I'm just looking for the benefit in tagging images with GPS coords, aside from the "Gee, lookit what I can do." benefit.
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02/12/2007 03:44:29 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Don't get me wrong, I love screwing about with GPS and geocaching too. I'm just looking for the benefit in tagging images with GPS coords, aside from the "Gee, lookit what I can do." benefit. |
Well, um, I doubt that there's anyone forcing you to try such a thing :) If you can't find a benefit to doing it like the scenarios I've described, then you probably don't have much reason to mess with it. |
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02/12/2007 04:07:55 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Don't get me wrong, I love screwing about with GPS and geocaching too. I'm just looking for the benefit in tagging images with GPS coords, aside from the "Gee, lookit what I can do." benefit. |
When reviewing images on your computer, you may realize you were so close to a great shot and would like to reshoot... maybe you want to get the same shot at a different time of day or in a different season. |
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02/12/2007 04:20:08 PM · #12 |
I have used Geotagger for the Mac a few times. It uses Google Earth (the desktop version) and you choose where it will tag them to.
Since I have a new Garmin GPSMap 60C on he way (my other one took a dump) and am looking at GPS Photolinker for Mac to do the aforementioned, download the waypoint/track and get the info from there.
Edit: The only problem I hae with GeoTagger is that it does not work on my RAW NEF files.
Message edited by author 2007-02-12 16:48:18.
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02/12/2007 05:06:54 PM · #13 |
| Well, when Paul (at least I think his name was Paul) got lost last year he could have used the geotagging of his photos to show him exactly where he was after he wasn't lost anymore. *g* |
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02/12/2007 05:28:44 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by asimchoudhri:
When reviewing images on your computer, you may realize you were so close to a great shot and would like to reshoot... maybe you want to get the same shot at a different time of day or in a different season. |
Or, you can take photos of places and upload them to websites like Panoramio. Some of the more famous places have a lot of photos taken from different angles. Would be interesting to compare!
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02/12/2007 05:35:51 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Don't get me wrong, I love screwing about with GPS and geocaching too. I'm just looking for the benefit in tagging images with GPS coords, aside from the "Gee, lookit what I can do." benefit. |
Well, um, I doubt that there's anyone forcing you to try such a thing :) If you can't find a benefit to doing it like the scenarios I've described, then you probably don't have much reason to mess with it. |
I'm just looking for the non-obvious (to me anyway) use. Folks on DPC have been known to come up with some great uses for technology that makes me say "Wow, that is useful and easy."
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02/12/2007 05:53:06 PM · #16 |
GPS nurds unite! :-)
If we're debating the us of GPS in tagging photos I have points on the plus side for the Social and Industry areas.
Social: I've put some of my shots up on Google Photos and have had some nice comments from other users. That's allowed me to see some of their photos from the same areas, and one person even posted some of his work from decades earlier in Toronto from angles similar to mine. It was a REAL RUSH to see his stuff!
Industry: Sometimes I get to tour around the field taking shots for exploration geology. Usually I have to click on my Garmin (or whatever) to make a waypoint for the photo, and remember, or make note of the direction I'm facing, or figure it out later with a topo map, etc etc.
Cheers
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