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Exifer tutorial: Adding GeoTags
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Exifer tutorial part 6 of 7: Adding GeoTags. This part of the tutorial is more complicated. It requires several additional tools; the Flickr-specific tools are rapidly evolving, too, so don’t expect the instructions to be precisely accurate. I will start with basic GeoTagging and then describe 3D GeoTagging with Google Earth. This is a very quick run-through. For more help, check out GeoTagging Flickr and other Flickr discussion groups mentioned in this tutorial’s introduction.
This screenshot uses the outdated GMiF 3.5 Greasemonkey script (requires Firefox), by .CK. He is now developing a much better maps.yuan.cc/ which doesn’t require Firefox; however, since it’s so new, I haven’t gotten a chance to get used to it – sorry. I will refer to Yuan.CC Maps in step 7, though. GMiF is handy because you can use a geotagging GUI on any Flickr photo page. Just install the script and click on the new Gmap icon above the photo. It brings up this slick interface which allows you to easily get a photo’s coordinates. You can see this Catch anything? photo’s description that I set in the GMiF options; it adds links so anyone looking at your photo can view a map with the picture pinpointed on it (see step 7 for an example of the new Yuan.CC Maps). Note that using this technique requires you to upload your photo before adding the GeoTags to it. If you want your photo pre-tagged, you can use this technique on a random photo and just take note of the coordinates without actually applying the data to the photo. Then use Exifer to manually enter in the GeoTags as Keywords (see part 4 and below for syntax). You can avoid having to use this technique if you have a GPS that you can hook up to your computer. Some cameras even have GPS built in.
As a final enhancement option, you can use Google Earth (I recommend installing this program whether you use Flickr or not! There are Windows and Mac versions.) Simply create a KML bookmark in the place (heading, range, and angle, as well) you’d like your Flickr photo. Then look at the KML file in a text viewer (like Notepad or EditPad) and you’ll see XML data for longitude, latitude, range, tilt, and heading. Plug these into the GeoTags shown in part 4 (ge:tilt, geo:lat, etc.) and then add the Google Earth link to the photo description. (I previously tried ITag software to get the GeoTags, but in the long run, it was easier to just use the text files.) See Rob Roy’s FlickrFly for more about Flickr and Google Earth.
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Exifer tutorial: XnView uploading
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Exifer tutorial part 5 of 7: XnView uploading.
If you’re not interested in GeoTagging your photo (see part 6), you’re now ready to upload the photo to Flickr. There are several ways to do this, but the Flickr Uploadr app is my method of choice. Unfortunately, Exifer doesn’t allow drag-and-drop into the Uploadr, so I use the basic Windows Explorer to upload several photos at once.
XnView also deserves mention because it is an incredibly handy, multi-OS, photo editing and organizing tool. It’s not built to edit photos like Photoshop, but it’s useful enough to allow me to crop and resize images (I used XnView, and Exifer of course, to create this whole tutorial). Note the handy EXIF/IPTC info on the thumbnails; there are too many useful features in XnView to list here! I carry it on my USB drive since it can run as a small (1.5 MB) standalone EXE file.
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