Geotagging

Link Roundup: Mid-July Edition
Facebook app whereyougonnabe? gets an upgrade focusing on integration with other platforms (previously). Diana Eid takes a look at map art, focusing on three artists we’ve seen before: Matthew Cusick, Elisabeth Lecourt and Susan Stockwell (via GeoCarta). On the… »
Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 8:43 AM
Categories: Art, Blogs, Copyright, Facebook, Geotagging, Google Earth, Map Projections, Triangulations (Links), Video
Mac Software: GISLook & GISMeta, GPSInfo and GPS2Aperture
Stefan looks at three GIS and GPS applications for the Mac: GISLook & GISMeta (shapefiles in Cover Flow and Quick Look), GPSInfo (geotagging photos), and GPS2Aperture (ditto)…. »
Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Macintosh
Microsoft Pro Photo Tools and Geotagging
Microsoft Pro Photo Tools support geotagging, which is interesting, but it’s a bit hubristic to say that geotagging is going mainstream as a result of that, as the title of the article describing Pro Photo Tools’ geotagging features does. Which… »
Posted on Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Software
Geotagging Your Photos
A three-part, step-by-step guide to geotagging from Uncornered Market, starting with a Sony GPS-CS1 (see previous entry) and going through a number of software packages to arrive at uploaded photos that have already been geotagged: Concepts and Basics Importing and… »
Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Categories: Geotagging
Solmeta DP-GPS N1
Over at the Geotagging Flickr group, Michael Kirk has posted a review of still another geotagging accessory for a digital SLR camera, Solmeta’s DP-GPS N1, which works with high-end Nikon and compatible digital SLRs (i.e., D200 and up, Fuji… »
Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Categories: Geotagging
Mac Software Updates: Geophoto 2, MacGPS Pro 7.6
Geophoto has reached version 2: MacNN reports that it now features simpler tagging, “now sports closer integration with iLife ‘08 and .Mac Web Galleries, and can import photos from Aperture and Lightroom”; at $25, it’s also half its previous price…. »
Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Categories: GPS, Geotagging, Macintosh
Geotagging Photos on the Mac
If, like me, you’re a Mac user with an interest in geotagging, you must drop everything right now and read Bruce McKenzie’s guide to geotagging photos on the Mac; a more comprehensive guide to the subject I can’t imagine. Via… »
Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Macintosh
An Apple/Mac Roundup
I’ve had a few items cluttering up my to-do list that relate to Apple, the Mac and Mac software, and the iPhone/iPod since Macworld; time to stop procrastinating. iPhones and iPods. The iPhone’s mapping application got a major upgrade at… »
Posted on Monday, March 3, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Categories: GPS, Geotagging, Macintosh, Mobile Devices
Geotagging Icon Update
An update on this entry: the proposed geotagging icon now has a new design (it’s red) and a new home page. Via La Cartoteca…. »
Posted on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 6:16 AM
Categories: Geotagging
Another DIY Camera GPS Project
A guide to building a homemade GPS attachment for a Nikon digital SLR that mounts on the hotshoe and connects via the 10-pin connector. If you’re at all uncomfortable with using a soldering iron, go no further. Via MAKE:… »
Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 8:19 PM
Categories: Geotagging
A Geotagging Roundup
Two recent articles on geotagging, both of which describe it as an emerging trend, mainstream acceptance of which is just around the corner. This Associated Press story describes its potential and its utility, along with current methods, but notes that… »
Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Categories: Geotagging
Geotagging Icon Proposed
Bruce McKenzie proposes a standard icon to indicate geotagged content, in the same vein as standard icons for RSS and so forth. Funnily enough, it’s a pushpin. Via Richard…. »
Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 7:24 AM
Categories: Geotagging
The Holy Grail of Geotagging
David Thulin is searching for a geotagging camera: I have been looking far and wide for the tools needed for immediate and automatic geotagging of images taken. My quest took me through Yahoo! Answers, numerous searches through forums and gadget-sites… »
Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 6:45 AM
Categories: Geotagging, Questions
Jobo Photo GPS
Jobo has reannounced its Photo GPS camera accessory, which attaches via the camera’s hot shoe (or PC terminal, if your camera has one and you need a flash) and adds geographical data to your image files’ EXIF data when… »
Posted on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Categories: Geotagging
GE E1050 Digital Camera: Built-in Geotagging
I make a point of noting when digital cameras with built-in GPS and geotagging are announced. And, while GE isn’t exactly known for consumer digital cameras, its new E1050 camera does have built-in GPS for in-camera geotagging, which I… »
Posted on Friday, February 1, 2008 at 8:17 AM
Categories: Geotagging
Flickr Places
Flickr Places organizes geotagged photos into location-based pages — even my little town gets its own page. Meanwhile, Flickr’s map goes from pushpins to tags, which may necessarily not be an improvement. Announcements: Flickr Blog, Yahoo Local and Maps… »
Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 7:41 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Online Maps
GeoPic II: Another Nikon Geotagger
The holy grail of geotagging is to embed GPS-derived lat/long data into a photo’s EXIF data at the moment it’s taken. There have been a few options for high-end Nikon digital SLRs; now here’s another one: the GeoPic II… »
Posted on Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 10:35 AM
Categories: Geotagging
GPS Loggers and the Mac
“The state of the union between inexpensive GPS loggers and the Mac is not so good,” Richard writes in a post looking at the state of Macintosh compatibility and support — both current and potential — for four GPS loggers…. »
Posted on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 5:24 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Macintosh
Another Geotagging Roundup
Free Geography Tools had a seven-part geotagging series last month beginning with this post; it covered a number of Windows applications that I wouldn’t otherwise have been aware of. Richard Akerman has a couple of relevant posts on his Science… »
Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 10:06 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Macintosh, Software
KPIX-TV on Geotagging
KPIX-TV, the San Francisco CBS station, has a report on geotagging that covers at least two of the three bases — viz., manually geotagging photos and syncing photos with a GPS data logger — and mentions a couple of geotagging… »
Posted on Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at 5:10 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Video
Magrathea: Mac Geotagging Software
Another Mac geotagging application to add to an already surprisingly large pile: Magrathea. Free (donationware), integrates with iLife and Flickr. Via Geotagging Flickr. Previously: More Mac Geotagging Utilities; Geophoto: Mac Geotagging Software; GPS, Geotagging Automator Actions for the Mac;… »
Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007 at 2:03 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Macintosh
Picasa Adds Geotagging
Picasa Web Albums, Google’s photo sharing site, now has geotagging: photos can be placed on a map; visitors can view an album’s photos on a map or from within Google Earth. It’s more limited than what you can do with… »
Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 8:04 AM
Categories: Geotagging
Flickr Feeds
I use Flickr to post my photos online, and I’m interested in geotagging my photos, so when Flickr made available some additional geotagged feed options, I paid attention. Beta support for GeoRSS feeds for people and tags, with group GeoRSS… »
Posted on Friday, June 8, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Categories: Geotagging
Miscellaneous Google Things
Mashup makers take note: the Google Maps API now supports driving directions. Google has gone and bought photo-geotagging site Panoramio. At a Developer Day talk, Google’s plans for integrating AdSense into its map products. (Disclaimer: I make money from AdSense.)… »
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 8:43 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Hacks & Mashups, Online Maps
DIY Geotagging for a Nikon Digital SLR
If you’re using a high-end Nikon digital SLR (D200 and above), the simplest method of adding lat/long coordinates to your photo’s EXIF data is to use the MC-35 GPS adapter cable, which has a port for a GPS receiver’s serial… »
Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 9:35 AM
Categories: Geotagging
GlobalSat DG-100 GPS Data Logger
Richard has a review of the GlobalSat DG-100 GPS data logger, which can be used for geotagging (if the clocks on the data logger and camera are in sync). And presumably tracerouting. He also compares it to the Sony… »
Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 8:39 AM
Categories: Geotagging, Tracerouting
A Geotagging Roundup
Geotagging links have been piling up in my note-taking application; time to flush the queue. How to geocode your photos, a long post on bike-community.net. Via GPS Tracklog. HoudahGeo is a Mac-only geotagging app. $35. Via Ogle Earth and TUAW…. »
Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 8:22 AM
Categories: Geotagging, Macintosh
GeoRSS, KML Added to Google Maps API
GeoRSS and KML support has been added to the Google Maps API, which should have a major impact on how map mashups acquire their data. Since GeoRSS appears to be trivial to add to RSS feeds (Flickr can outputs GeoRSS… »
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 8:30 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Hacks & Mashups
Geophoto Reviewed
Over on Ogle Earth, Stefan reviews Geophoto, the Mac-only geotagging photo application announced in January. “I’m conflicted about Geophoto,” he writes. “It is exceptionally simple, but it costs $50 for far less functionality than what you get in Google Earth… »
Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 10:04 AM
Categories: Geotagging, Macintosh
More Mac Geotagging Utilities
An awful lot of geotagging utilities for the Mac (adding metadata to a file is probably not a difficult programming task). Here are two more, from the same company: PhotoInfoEditor and PhotoGPSEditor; they’re practically identical except that the latter adds… »
Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2007 at 8:33 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Macintosh
About Ricoh’s GPS Camera
James and Dan are enthusiastic about Ricoh’s release of the 500SE GPS-ready digital camera, but I’m not sure how groundbreaking this is. (By which I mean that I’m confused and seek enlightenment; I’m not speaking rhetorically.) For one thing, it’s… »
Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 8:41 PM
Categories: GPS, Geotagging
Geophoto: Mac Geotagging Software
Also at Macworld, a new geotagging and photomapping application called Geophoto was announced: it apparently integrates with iPhoto on the one hand and Flickr and photo RSS feeds on the other, allowing you to both assign coordinates to your photos… »
Posted on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at 3:08 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Macintosh
GPS, Geotagging Automator Actions for the Mac
For Mac users, some Automator actions to tell you about: GPS Automator Actions (which require GPSBabel) is a collection of scripts that automate downloading data from, and uploading to, a GPS unit and converting file formats; GeoTagging Automator Action… »
Posted on Sunday, January 7, 2007 at 9:32 PM
Categories: GPS, Geotagging, Macintosh
NY Times on Geotagging
A good article on geotagging in today’s New York Times that could stand as a general introduction to the subject: it explains how geodata can be assigned to photos, discusses the photo-sharing services that support it, and mentions a few… »
Posted on Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 10:21 AM
Categories: Geotagging
Firefox Mapping Extensions
Mapz: A GIS Librarian takes a look at some mapping-related Firefox extensions: All Your Maps Are Belong to Us, which converts URLs for other mapping sites to Google Maps; GMiF, which embeds a Google Map on a Flickr photo page… »
Posted on Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 8:34 AM
Categories: Geotagging, Hacks & Mashups, Software
Flickr’s Hidden(ish) Map Features
Rev Dan Catt reveals three hidden(ish) Flickr map features, including GeoRSS, microformats (both automatically built into RSS feeds and photo pages, respectively) and URL shortcuts…. »
Posted on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 at 11:16 AM
Categories: Geotagging
Geotagging Review
Zack reviews three geotagging software options: TopoFusion, WWMX and GPS Visualizer, and RoboGeo. Via GPS Tracklog…. »
Posted on Friday, October 6, 2006 at 9:55 AM
Categories: Geotagging, Software
That Thing About iPhoto
This post about hidden GPS and mapping settings in iPhoto has been making the rounds of the Mac rumour mill and the mapping blogs (AppleInsider, Ed Parsons, GPS Review, MacRumors, Ogle Earth). My response is, cool your jets, everyone. If… »
Posted on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at 8:37 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Macintosh
Choropleth Map of Flickr Photos
A choropleth map of Flickr photos as a KMZ file for Google Earth; it shows how many photos from each lat/long grid have been uploaded to Flickr. I was intrigued to see that unexpected places like St. Helena and… »
Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 8:34 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Google Earth
Sony GPS-CS1 Reviewed
Richard has managed to lay hands on a new Sony GPS-CS1, the small gadget that records time and location data and comes with software that allows you to add that location data to the photos you took at that… »
Posted on Friday, September 15, 2006 at 2:38 PM
Categories: GPS, Geotagging
Third-Party Geotaggers Adopting Flickr API
Third-party geotagging services are adopting the new Flickr API geo extensions, the Flickr blog reports, so they’re not in danger of extinction quite yet. See previous entries: Flickr Geotagging Roundup; Flickr Adds Geotagging…. »
Posted on Sunday, September 3, 2006 at 1:35 PM
Categories: Geotagging
Flickr Geotagging Roundup
The Flickr blog reports that 1.2 million photos were geotagged within the first 24 hours. (That’s half a percent of the total.) That post also talks about some of the behind-the-scenes search technology, admits that the maps (provided by Yahoo!,… »
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2006 at 1:45 PM
Categories: Geotagging
Flickr Adds Geotagging
As anticipated, Flickr has launched an in-house geotagging system. It uses a map-based user interface rather than tags applied by one of the many third-party geotagging hacks, and it does so from within the Organizr. There are video tutorials on… »
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 at 3:14 PM
Categories: Geotagging
Will Flickr Get In-House Geotagging?
For those of us who have our photos on Flickr, geotagging tools that integrate with that photo-hosting service are, of course, of considerable interest (see previous entry). But, given that Yahoo! owns Flickr now and also has a respectable mapping… »
Posted on Friday, August 4, 2006 at 7:57 PM
Categories: Geotagging
Google Earth: Flickr Browsing Tools; Enterprise Blog
If you have a Flickr account and are interested in geotagging, don’t miss Frank’s roundup on Google Earth Blog: Three Flickr Photo Browsing Tools for Google Earth — the point of which is to allow you to browse geotagged Flickr… »
Posted on Friday, August 4, 2006 at 8:20 AM
Categories: Blogs, Geotagging, Google Earth
Geotagging Indirectly: ZoneTag, Sony
A bit more on geotagging — adding geographic coordinates to digital photos. One the one hand there’s having a GPS-enabled camera; on the other there’s adding latitude and longitude manually. Some options in between the two extremes are emerging which… »
Posted on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at 9:09 PM
Categories: GPS, Geotagging
A List of Mac Software
Via Ogle Earth: GPS Photo Linker is software to save GPS data to a photo. iPhotoToGoogleEarth exports photos to Google Earth. You should have GPS data assigned to the photo data; isn’t it handy that you already have GPS Photo… »
Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 at 2:16 PM
Categories: GPS, Geotagging, Macintosh
Google Roundup: Geo Developer Day Recap; Geotagging in Picasa
A look back on Google’s Geo Developer Day on Monday, with some additional links on the subject. For summaries of the event, look at these reports from MacWorld and Search Engine Watch. The Google Maps API Blog discusses the… »
Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 10:29 AM
Categories: Conferences, Geotagging, Google Earth, Hacks & Mashups
Camera with GPS, GPS with Camera
More geotagging coverage. Tim’s page covers the steps involved in taking photos from a GPS-compatible digital camera (in this case, the droolworthy Nikon D200) and placing them on a Google Map; with source code (via Google Maps Mania). On the… »
Posted on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 10:46 AM
Categories: GPS, Geotagging, Hacks & Mashups
A Geotagging/Geocoding Roundup
I haven’t covered geotagging — adding location data to digital photos (and then doing neat things with that data) — as much as I’d like to, and I’ve got a lot of links on the subject gathering dust in my… »
Posted on Monday, April 3, 2006 at 9:52 AM
Categories: Geotagging
A Greasemonkey Script Combining Google Maps and Flickr
GMiF (“Google Maps in Flickr”) is a Greasemonkey script (a Firefox browser extension) that allows you to see your geotagged photos on Google Maps from within Flickr. Thanks to Noel for the link…. »
Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 at 9:46 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Hacks & Mashups
Forbes: Mapping the Web’s Future
Forbes has a big-picture introduction to Google Maps applications and the growing trend of geotagging as much information on the web as possible. Via Cartography…. »
Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 2:00 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Hacks & Mashups, Online Maps
Geotagging Roundup
Geotagging comes in many flavours. First, let’s take a look at Tagzania, a web site where you can add keywords to specific geographic locations, and track that keyword via RSS. I’m not sure how scalable this concept is; imagine the… »
Posted on Sunday, July 31, 2005 at 10:08 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Hacks & Mashups, Online Maps
How to Geotag Photos
MAKE: Blog has a geotagging tutorial that covers every step of the process and several different web services: taking the photo, getting the lat/long coordinates from a GPS or Google Maps, uploading the photos to Flickr, adding the lat/long coordinates… »
Posted on Sunday, July 3, 2005 at 10:40 PM
Categories: Geotagging
Mid-June Google Maps Roundup
Some more hacks, news and commentary about Google Maps that I’ve been saving up for another one of these roundup posts: Google Maps hacking gets mentioned on CNN (via Google Maps Mania). Google has deployed a 3D mapping truck in… »
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 4:46 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Hacks & Mashups, Online Maps
Flickr Geotagging Group
More on geotagging, Geobloggers and Flickr: there’s now a geotagging group on Flickr that discusses ways and means of incorporating location metadata into Flickr photos. Via Google Maps Mania. See previous entries: Automating Geotagging, Google Maps Plus Flickr…. »
Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 9:51 AM
Categories: Geotagging, Groups & Societies
Automating Geotagging
Steeev has come up with some scripts (Firefox and Greasemonkey required) to automate the process of geotagging your Flickr photos for Geobloggers (see previous entry). Via MAKE: Blog…. »
Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 at 11:07 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Online Maps
Google Maps Plus Flickr
We’ve seen Google Maps posted to Flickr; now, thanks to a little Google Map hackery and the Flickr API, there’s another Google Maps mashup, Geobloggers, which puts geotagged photos on a Google Maps-generated map. All you need to do is… »
Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at 11:09 PM
Categories: Geotagging, Online Maps
Honey, I Geotagged the Kids
Honey, I Geotagged the Kids: an essay by Douglas Rushkoff on the new collaborative mapping technologies — many of which have been featured here, though I haven’t assigned them their own category yet…. »
Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 10:25 AM
Categories: Geotagging

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