[xubuntu-users] Geotagging Images (Rog)

[Donald Bauer]

The current version of digiKam https://www.digikam.org/node/306
has geolocation of photo support.  I have not used this and am now
trying to install/upgrade to the latest version.
You may have to do a compile from source.

Don

On 06/17/2015 08:00 AM, xubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
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> Seeking a linux method to incorporate geotags (coordinates) into Exif metadata. The data comes from a GPS-enabled smart phone.
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> I solicit from the greater mind meld info based on experience based on personal usage.
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> 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 (~$300) and/or clumsy things that
> hang off of the camera and can also break circuit boards to which the attach.
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> A brief search of the web for Linux apps that might do this lead to geotag pro,http://www.geotagphotos.net.  Initially, it looks like a good possibility but expert/experienced advice would be helpful.
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> An Android app, GPS4cam.com, captures geotag info from a GPS enabled smart phone. But, the PC software to add the coordinates to images is dependent on Window$.
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