[Digikam-users] Geolocation - how to add/edit

[Dr. Martin Senftleben]

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Hi,

Am 02.12.2015 um 12:30 schrieb Mick Sulley:
> Having played around a bit I see what you mean.  I can get it to
> work using Marble Virtual Globe, but the detail on that just allows
> me to select the correct road but no closer.  Using Google maps,
> once I have selected an image that it can display, if I then select
> an image with no data it has the previous map, but if I try to move
> the area outside the original display is just blank.  I did try
> drag and drop onto the 'blank' map, and when I looked at the result
> it was in northern Canada, rather than central England as I wanted
> :-)

I'm having the same problem. that's why I use a GPS tracker to record
my movements, which creates a gpx-file. This can be easily imported
into the Geo-localizer and then the pictures can be correlated to the
route. I use a simple smartphone app for that. Works almost perfectly.

> 
> Thanks for your help anyway.  This aspect is of less concern now
> that I know a bit more about geolocation, I am currently working on
> a device to record the data and I will then use a script to match
> time/date and load it to database table, then probably find some
> way to tag existing images and bulk load to those as well
> 
> Cheers Mick
> 
> On 02/12/15 05:29, Dr. Martin Senftleben wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> 
>> you have a map window above the picture list. You just drag the 
>> picture to the approprate location and drop it there. Of course
>> you should set the visible area to the location where the picture
>> was taken, and zoom in close enough so that you can drop it at
>> the correct place. Depending on whether you choose OSM or Google,
>> the display will be different, but both work fine. The other
>> option is ti use a gpx file. You load it into the window to the
>> right and then correlate. You may have to try out the time
>> offset. Sometimes the camera time is not accurate.
>> 
>> Martin
>> 
>> Am 30.11.2015 um 22:31 schrieb Mick Sulley:
>>> I found the menu option, Image > Geo-location.  If I choose a 
>>> picture which has a location stored I can edit the Latitude, 
>>> Longitude, etc, but if the image does not have any data the
>>> fields are grey and I cannot enter anything.  How can I add
>>> data, also how can I add data using gpx files?
>>> 
>>> Thanks Mick
>>> 
>>> On 30/11/15 17:44, Dr. Martin Senftleben wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Am 30.11.2015 um 17:57 schrieb Mick Sulley:
>>>>> How can I add or edit geolocation data?  I can see it
>>>>> displayed in the right hand side bar but cannot see any way
>>>>> to edit or add to pictures when nothing has been recorded.
>>>> higlight the images and choose pictures/Geolocalisation (or 
>>>> similar) from the menu. Then you can add the data, also by
>>>> using gpx-files.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> martin
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>> - -- Herzliche Grüße!
>> 
>> Martin Senftleben
>> 
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Martin Senftleben

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