ACDSee Pro

Back to Topic OverviewPost New Reply

Geo Tagging Pictures

(10 posts)

  • moongate
    Moderator

    Hi,

    over Christmas I spent some more time exploring my Flickr account and found out that I could Geo Tag my images by just drag-n-drop them on a spot of the map at Flickr. I kind of like the idea of developing such kind of map.

    But I will not want to buy any equipment that will show me the exact position of every picture I take.

    Anyway tagging my pictures at Flickr will not do so with my ACDsee picture files. Is there a way if tagging my pictures before I upload them to flickr so I have the information in my files all the time? Will Flickr recognize this and import those pictures into the map automatically?

    Mgt

    Posted On December 29, 2007 - 07:11 AM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • Connie Bensen
    Inactive

    At this point ACDSee doesn't support geotagging, but it's being considered.

    At this point ACDSee doesn't support geotagging, but we're aware that people would like the option.

    Posted On December 29, 2007 - 08:41 AM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • camera.ken
    Member

    Geotagging can be done through Picasa. You import your photos into Picasa, then select the set you want to tag.

    Open the "Geotag" feature. Picasa then puts up Google Earth. You select, from thumbnails of your set of pix, which ones to tag.

    You scroll around in GE until your shooting location is under the crosshairs.

    Then push the "Tag" button.

    Picasa writes the lat/long info to the EXIF of the selected photo(s).

    Repeat until done.

    This integration with Google Earth is likely the reason ACDSystems has not introduced a geotagging feature. Probably some $$$ need to change hands here. But the dilemma is that this is the only easy way to geotag, if you do not have some sort of GPS integration of your own.

    Posted On December 30, 2007 - 12:02 PM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • moongate
    Moderator

    Ken Ohrn said:

    Geotagging can be done through Picasa. You import your photos into Picasa, then select the set you want to tag.

    Open the "Geotag" feature. Picasa then puts up Google Earth. You select, from thumbnails of your set of pix, which ones to tag.

    You scroll around in GE until your shooting location is under the crosshairs.

    Then push the "Tag" button.

    Picasa writes the lat/long info to the EXIF of the selected photo(s).

    Repeat until done.

    This integration with Google Earth is likely the reason ACDSystems has not introduced a geotagging feature. Probably some $$$ need to change hands here. But the dilemma is that this is the only easy way to geotag, if you do not have some sort of GPS integration of your own.

    Hello Ken,

    thank you for this info. This sounds like a possibility but it also sounds like even more work.
    Since geotagging is becoming more and more popular ACDsee has to move in this direction in some way. Lets see what the future brings.

    At the moment I´m looking for an easier solution. I´m planing to buy a cheap GPS tracker that works together with the following solution. There are versions that come without a great display, maybe only for the status of to navigate the functions.

    When you are at home you can use a program like robogeo to import the track data from the device.
    If you then import the pictures to you pc the program merges the track info to the pictures and writes the metadata to the files according to the corresponding time.

    Look here how it works

    Mgt

    Posted On December 30, 2007 - 02:04 PM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • camera.ken
    Member

    Hi Moongate:

    Sounds like you need to look into getting a camera with built-in GPS. No work at all required.

    Posted On December 31, 2007 - 10:40 AM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • moongate
    Moderator

    Ken Ohrn said:

    Hi Moongate:

    Sounds like you need to look into getting a camera with built-in GPS. No work at all required.

    Hmm I just bought a Canon 400D for Christmas. I´m not sure if there are already solutions that make that model GPS ready but I think most build-models are something like a compact camera, right?

    Mgt

    Posted On January 1, 2008 - 03:25 PM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • camera.ken
    Member

    moongate said:

    Hmm I just bought a Canon 400D for Christmas. I´m not sure if there are already solutions that make that model GPS ready but I think most build-models are something like a compact camera, right?

    Mgt


    Hi Moongate:

    Perhaps you should ask Google.

    I don't have a GPS, and am unlikely to get one, so have no further wisdom for you on the subject. My simple, cheap method works OK for me.

    Ken

    Posted On January 1, 2008 - 05:12 PM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • kbaggs
    Member

    Lots of interesting stuff at this year's PMA show in Vegas. One company that seems to be making a splash is Geotate. They plan to be in a number of cameras.

    Posted On February 3, 2008 - 11:50 PM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • Plej
    Member

    Hello,

    Personnaly I use this tool: FlickrMetadataSynchr which do the job very well and in both ways.
    You can define you tags locally and synchronize your Flickr albums and Vice Versa

    Plej

    Posted On April 19, 2008 - 02:31 PM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • pyarnall
    Member

    This is an older thread but for thoise searching on the subject, this may be of use. I use Breeze Downloader Pro for downloading all my images now. It is inexpensive (about $30) but quite powerful. Among other things it will find track files if your GPS is hooked up to you computer (or stored in a folder beforehand), and will automatically add the GPS data to the metadata of each file as it is downloaded by matching the time of the image to the time base in the tack files. Works quite well. I use the Garmin 60csx... a wonderous device. I keep it clipped to my gear bag and turn it on at the start of each day I am shooting.

    For jpgs (which I seldom use... virtually all in RAW), the GPS coordinates show up under custom properties on the right hand side of the browser. As I recall, you have to set up the properties include this info for display. For RAWs thew GPS data is inserted into the xmp file. However there is an issue I have not resolved getting the coordinates to show in an image property. It only shows the altitude and reference ot the GPS 84 standard.

    Other benefits of Breeze Downloader Pro... automatically set up folders, automatically rename images as downloaded (much more flexible than AC), automatically back up by simultaneously downloading to 1 or 2 extrernal drives (great in the field using a laptop), allows auto adding of keywords, and on and on.

    AC would do well to add the same features, especially as it calls itself a "professional" application. Not quite... at least in its download capabilities.

    Posted On August 30, 2008 - 12:31 PM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)

Subscribe to this topic via RSS

Reply

You must log in to post.