On 2/29/08, TekBudda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am sure I posted this at the beginning of this adventure, but no harm in > doing it again. This is a long post but it has been suggested that I may > not have been clear in past posts. > > When Lisa & I go to various places (i.e. Radium next weekend), we like to > grab some snaps of various things (scenery, etc.). And seeing as we have a > handheld GPS I would to try and tie the 2 together. As a low-tech starting > point I am doing or will do the following: > * Created a picture log > * Take a waypoint of where the picture was taken as well as other pertinent > information > * Take pictures of camera > * Embed geo-coordinates (GC) > * Post to website/service > * Share the photos > * Would like if the GC could be displayed and/or watermarked in the photos > * Would be nice if someone could click on teh photo and go to the GC in the > photo. > > > I have created thelog already and am comfortable recording the information > that way for now. When taking the waypoint I will record the ID for it on > the log along with the picture number and subject. When I get back to the > computer I then remove the photos. As you can see, everything is good up to > this point. > > From the research I have done to date there are 2 ways to embed the GC. > Either edit the EXIF metadata for the image manually or automate the process > by connecting the GPS to the computer, transferring the tracklog and > running it against the photos in the folder. > > I know there are EXIF editors out there but most of them are Windows based. > Some imaging software has the ability but the Linux version don't yet have > that feature (that I have found anyways). I recently foudn that FLickr > actually allows you to enter the GC or drag and drop the photo on a map. I > have played a little bit with it, but I not sure if you can then export > those photos and post them somewhere else or not. But if you do nothave a > net connection then the FLickr option won't work...that I know of. > > I don't mind hand coding them in, but have yet to either find a piece of > software to do it or am not sure where I actually need to enter the > information. PIcasa uses Google Earth but again a net connection is needed > but it looks like the Linux does not even support that feature yet. Digikam > is supposed to allow it as well, but the version I have does not seem to > include that. I know xnview allows you to directly edit the EXIF data, but > it isn't clear where the information goes. > > I recently found a cable to connect the unit, but haven't teste dthat YET > and so trying to test out projects to automate the process like gpsbabel & > similar are pointless right now. I would like to get the basic part down > first before I start the fancy stuff. > > I still as yet have found a good solid EXIF editor (preferably > cross-platform) that will allow me to enter the GC manually and then put the > pictures where I want. The closest I have came is Flickr, but there is the > reliance on a net connection. Now if there was a way that I could do that > offline and have it sync up when I had a connection (similar to google > gears), that would be acceptable. > > As far as diplaying the GC in the photo I am thinking that can be > accomplished with any image editor, but that is minor at this point. > Watermarking would be nice as well, but not critical. The ability to click > on the photo and visit that location is also minor at this point. > > I hope this helps clarify things a bit. Feel free to contact me off-list if > you want to flame or don't want to clog the list with information.
One more to add to the pile (untested by me, just saw it right now.) http://freefoote.dview.net/linux_gpscorr.html -Mark C. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
