[Digikam-users] Automatic filling of IPTC/XMP location tags based on GPS coordinates

[Milan Knížek]

Michael G. Hansen píše v Ne 09. 05. 2010 v 11:28 +0200:
> On 05/09/2010 10:31 AM, Milan Knížek wrote:
> > are there any plans among digiKam developers to implement automatic
> > population of location tags on the basis of GPS coordinates? (I.e.
> > search through internet databases and fill country and city, which is
> > closest to the GPS location.)
> 
> yes, there are! Gabriel Voicu is working on this as part of his GSOC 
> project. We intend to get data from Google Maps reverse geocoding, 
> openstreetmap nominatim and geonames.org.

Excelent! I hope that finally the xmp location tags will find their way
into digiKam also for easy editing and searching.

regards,

Milan Knizek
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