[ubuntu-uk] Geotagging photos

John Levin technolalia at gmail.com
Wed Sep 23 00:03:51 BST 2009


Mark Fraser wrote:
> On Monday 21 September 2009 22:09:46 John Levin wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm looking for a way to geotag photos by pointing to a position on a
>> map. The mac app iPhoto has this facility (though I'm not entirely happy
>> with it's implementation) but so far haven't found anything similar that
>> runs on linux. DigiKam has an option for uploading gps tracks, but I
>> really want the map. Any suggestions?
> 
> If you're using a newish version of DigiKam IIRC 0.9.5 or newer, you can use 
> the Geolocation tools that are located in the Image menu. If you click on 
> 'Edit Coordinates' it should allow you to pick a point on the Google Map that 
> appears in the window.
> 

Ah! Had looked at digikam, but missed that option. Thanks very much for 
the tip, problem solved:)

John




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