[Digikam-users] Edit metadata and geotagging plugins

[Arnd Baecker]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Fabien wrote:

> Arnd Baecker wrote:
> >
> >
> > Though this is related to GPS, I am
> > not sure, whether this should go into GPSSync
> > or just be an add-on to the normal tags.
> > I.e.: After right-Click on a tag to edit the tag properties
> > one should have additional fields for longitude/latitude/height
> > information. On the other hand, at this place this could be connnected
> > with GPSSync (in additional to a manual edit).
>
> I don't really guess what you would like.

OK, so I better wait with adding this to the BKO and
try to explain better what I have in mind:

> Do you mean you would like to add a geolocalization for tags ?

yes.

> Eg: you add a tag (eg Helsinky or summer2006) and you want localization
> for that ?
Well, maybe for the first (though this is already quite unprecise),
almost certainly not for the second.

> IMHO, it looks a bit weird as tags usually don't describe a specific
> place (or not only...).

I agree. Hoever, but for some tags this can be true, e.g.
- location of the home
- location of friends houses
- prominent places in a town etc.
(e.g. all shots at one party at one place could fall into such
a category).

But maybe the original suggestion of Cuaderno
to have a menu like "Favorite sites" or "Place of startup" in GPSSync
(maybe also including a zoom-level)
would be the simplest: just choose the corresponding entry
and apply it to all selected images.

> One suggestion I had would be to be able to search for pictures within a
> specific range (eg 10kms around a specific point or above 2000m). But,
> this kind of features would need the database to also keep these
> geolocalization informations. (later than 0.9 according to Gilles).
>
> Do you think this feature would be useful for you ?

Yes, that would definitively be nice!


Best, Arnd