[xubuntu-users] Geotagging Images

[Ian Prideaux]

There are plenty of free tracking apps for android, you'll need to
download a few and play to find your favourite. They'll produce a .gpx file.

You then use exiftool (the ubuntu repo calls it libimage-exiftool-perl)
to add the gps data to the photos, something like:

exiftool -geotag trackFile.gpx photoFile.jpg

It also works for raw files:

exiftool -geotag trackFile.gpx rawfile.CR2

It looks at the time that the photo was taken (so you need to have your
camera's clock correct), and the times of the points in the gpx file,
and matches the photo to the point with the closest timestamp.

If you've got a bunch of photos in a directory, then you can doo them
all with a loop in shell:

for PHOTO in *.JPG
do
  exiftool -geotag trackFile.gpx "$PHOTO"
done

Mind you, the gps on my phone eats the battery at a hell of a rate, so
I'm looking at buying something like this
<http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/gps-travel-photo-tracker-a41jf>

Does anyone know of any other similar devices?



On 16/06/15 18:03, Rog wrote:
> Seeking a linux method to incorporate geotags (coordinates) into Exif
> metadata. The data comes from a GPS-enabled smart phone.
> 
> I solicit from the greater mind meld info based on experience based
> on personal usage.
> 
> Some cameras come with built-in GPS capability and the geotag is
> written into the exif metadata for an image. I'm looking at a camera
> which does not have GPS capability. Add-ons are expensive (~$300)
> and/or clumsy things that hang off of the camera and can also break
> circuit boards to which the attach.
> 
> A brief search of the web for Linux apps that might do this lead to
> geotag pro, http://www.geotagphotos.net. Initially, it looks like a
> good possibility but expert/experienced advice would be helpful.
> 
> An Android app, GPS4cam.com, captures geotag info from a GPS enabled
> smart phone. But, the PC software to add the coordinates to images is
> dependent on Window$.
> 
> 
> -- Roger linux.rog at gmail.com
> 
> 
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