[Digikam-users] Tips on workflow with Android GPS app and Digikam geodata?

[Anders Lund]

On Mandag den 10. oktober 2011, Willem Ferguson wrote:
> Philip,
> Google MyTacks saves track and waypoint data in comma delimited or in
> KML format, ready for Google Earth. The challenge is pairing photographs
> with individual waypoints. In MyTracks you can name and describe
> waypoints, so if you use the image ID on your Nikon when you name each
> waypoint you should be ok??? Mytracks is not optimal, but it is quite
> workable?? There are several KML to GPX converters around to create
> output that DK can understand?? (e.g
> http://www.gps-data-team.com/convert.php). I must immediately add that I
> have not yet followed the whole route from MyTracks to DK, mostly
> because I am waiting for the next Ubuntu LTS so that I can upgrade KDE
> and hence DK.
> Kind regards,
> Willem
> 
> On 10/10/2011 17:40, sleepless wrote:
> > Thanks Larry and Dmitri for the tips, I will try and see.
> > 
> > Btw Google maps can do it: 16 km around a choosen location with a
> > maximun of 10 saves. Useless!
> > 
> > Rinus
> > 
> > Op 10-10-11 17:04, sleepless schreef:
> >> Hi Dmitri,
> >> Thank for the respons.
> >> What I realy would like if the maps could be used offline. Do you
> >> know if OpenStreetMap can do so. Mapdroid can but is there a tracker
> >> associated with?
> >> Best,
> >> Rinus
> >> 
> >> Op 10-10-11 16:57, Dmitri Popov schreef:
> >>> Open GPS Tracker is smaller and it uses OpenStreetMap instead of
> >>> Google Maps. But, you can use whatever GPS logger/tracker app you
> >>> like as long as it supports the GPX format.
> >>> Best,
> >>> Dmitri
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: sleepless<sleeplessregulus at hetnet.nl>
> >>> To: Dmitri Popov<dmpop9mm at yahoo.com>; digiKam - Home Manage your
> >>> photographs as a professional with the power of open
> >>> source<digikam-users at kde.org>
> >>> Cc:
> >>> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 4:49 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Re: Tips on workflow with Android GPS
> >>> app and Digikam geodata?
> >>> 
> >>> Op 07-07-11 16:02, Dmitri Popov schreef:
> >>>> Please forgive my shameless plug, but can this be of help?
> >>>> 
> >>>> http://scribblesandsnaps.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/geotag-photos-with-o
> >>>> pen-gps-tracker-and-digikam/
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Best,
> >>>> Dmitri
> >>> 
> >>> Is there any advantage over using mytracks ?
> >>> Rinus
> >>> 
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: Philip Johnsson<philip.johnsson at gmail.com>
> >>>> To: Digikam-users at kde.org
> >>>> Cc:
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2011 2:53 PM
> >>>> Subject: [Digikam-users] Tips on workflow with Android GPS app and
> >>>> Digikam geodata?
> >>>> 
> >>>> Hi all
> >>>> 
> >>>> Just wondering if someone have come up with a good easy workflow or
> >>>> solution on how to use the GPS in an Android smartphone to store
> >>>> geolocation data and then export and merge data with pictures taken
> >>>> with a SLR (Nikon in my case) on location so I can have that meta data
> >>>> with them in Digikam? I don't have or think that I want to buy a GPS
> >>>> gadget for my Nikon but thought that it might be some easy, handy and
> >>>> clever way to use my Android GPS with my SLR.
> >>>> 
> >>>> One way is to export locations one by one from some map/gps app but
> >>>> that is rather cumbersome. Would be nice if there were a special app
> >>>> or some way to do this in a batch way.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Anyone have any thoughts on this?

You can use gpsbabel to convert kml or text files to GPX, which digikam can 
use to automatically geotag your images. Just make sure to adjust if your 
camera time is not in sync with sattelite time, but there is a gui for that in 
digikam.

You can download gpsbabel from www.gpsbabel.org, on linux use the gebabbel 
frontend if you want to avoid typing shell commands.

Happy geotagging :)
-- 
Anders