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

[Michael G. Hansen]

On 05/09/2010 02:33 PM, Milan Knížek wrote:
> 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.

I did not think about these yet, but will have a look. Thanks for the hint!

Michael