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

[Marcel Wiesweg]

> > Alternative search technique would be to pin point a place on the globe
> > (pre-searched by entering country or town or street) and to define
> > area/range around that point in km/miles. The result of the query should
> > be images with GPS location in that perimeter or images without GPS info
> > but with XMP location.
> > 
> > There is already a geo-location tab in the interface for displaying the
> > selected image on the globe, so instead of preparing a new GUI, this
> > existing one could be made interactive.
> 
> Thank you for the idea. Me and Michael Hansen have thought on some ideas
> (one of them was the one proposed by you), but we haven't decided yet on
> how the "Search by location tool" will be improved.

Gabriel, there is already support for the "radius search" (one coordinate and 
radius) and "rectangle search" (two coordinates) in the backend. You just need 
to write the Search XML for that two work.