[digiKam-users] 7.2RC Windows not writing geolocation to files

[Maik Qualmann]

The writing of geological information now has an option in the digiKam 
metadata settings and is deactivated by default like all others. The problem 
with Google Maps is known, see: 

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433732

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 11. März 2021, 14:44:33 CET schrieb AlanH:
> Running 7.2RC on Windows 10. Just upgraded to 7.2 from 6.4 and am continuing
> to geotag, tag, caption and keyword my collection. To have metadata written
> directly to jpegs (no xmp sidecar) and to xmp sidecars for raw files I have
> "Write to XMP sidecar for read-only item only" and "Sidecar file
> names...programs" selected.
> 
> I randomly spot check my work by dragging a photo (or sidecar) to exiftool.
> Tags, captions and keywords appear to be written correctly to jpegs and raw
> sidecar files. However geolocation tags are not being written to either
> jpegs nor sidecars. Coordinates are being written in the geolocation editor
> and files are being displayed in the right sidebar map pane.
> 
> Is this something that can be fixed in DK, or is there something I should be
> doing? Could this be related to the error message "This page cannot load
> Google Maps correctly"? In relation to that message, and even though DK
> appears to assign coordinates internally (just not write them out to
> files), can I continue to use the Google Maps interface for geolocating,
> pending a solution to writing coordinates out to files? Thanks for your
> help with this.
> 
> 
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