[Digikam-devel] [Bug 310812] New: Geocoding photos by using place names information from metadata (IPTC, XMP)

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310812

            Bug ID: 310812
          Severity: wishlist
               URL: http://www.geoiptc.com/EN/Index.html
           Version: unspecified
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: digikam-devel at kde.org
           Summary: Geocoding photos by using place names information from
                    metadata (IPTC,  XMP)
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: other
          Reporter: shofer at mbk.de
          Hardware: Other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: Geolocation
           Product: digikam

A lot of users may have done proper tagging with place names (EG, FR, France,
Paris, Pigalle) in IPTC or XMP. 

==> This data can be uses to derive - more or less precise - lat/lon/alt
coordinates.
==> This would help to make the pictures available for map search tool, ...


Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
Pictures with geotags (coordintes) with reduced work.


http://www.geoiptc.com/EN/Index.html shows that this can work.

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