[digiKam-users] Geolocation edit without real timestamp

[Remco Viëtor]

On samedi 16 mai 2020 12:30:38 CEST Tóth Csaba wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I need a help for geolocation: I have lots of scanned pictures (with no
> real created timestamp), and gpx tacklogs. I'd like to correlate it. Yes
> I need to do this by hand. I use the 7.0 beta Build date: May 8 2020.
> 
> How i'd like to do this: Look the picture one side of the window, and
> look the gps tracklog in the another side, and depend the picture, the
> orders etc try to figure out where i took the picture, and write the
> geodata back to the image (context menu/button etc), and go to the next
> picture.
> 
> I tried to do with the "edit geolocation" window. The thumbnails is so
> tiny (4k) sometimes i just feel what is on the picture. (35x58 pixel on
> a 4K screen!)
> (The other settings/sizes fine for me, so I don't want to go deep into
> the HDPI settings, if possible, just increase this tiny image)
> (the other problem: the copy coordinates is not copied from the cursor
> position, just the center of the map, but I can live with it)
> 
> I tried to do this with "preview" and right side the "map" (no tracklog)
> in this case how can I modify the coordinates? there is "copy
> coordinates" in the map, but nowhere "paste coordinates" in the image
> side. Or a "write this coordinates into the image" button...
> 
> The "take a good look on the picture" -> "edit geolocation" -> "load
> gpx" -> "try to figure out where is it" -> "copy coordinates" -> "paste
> coordinates"-> "apply" -> "try again" method is very time consuming.

I think you can drop a thumbnail on the map to add the location data to the 
image file.
And if the thumbnails are too small, you should be able to use a separate 
image viewer to have a larger view

Remco