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<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New">I'm finding that digikam is really neat -- not only will it geotag the photos, but upload to flickr as well (with the geotag data) making the whole process from shooting the photo to sharing with the world /really/ easy</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New">So, here are some photos I took while on a "walking tour" of Magdeburg:</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></B><A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21860839@N04/sets/72157605075070748"><B><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">http://www.flickr.com/photos/21860839@N04/sets/72157605075070748</FONT></U></B></A><B></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New">Since I was walking, this gave my GPS plenty of time to be "in synch", and sure enough, the "map" shows where I took each photo -- almost down to which side of the street I was on! (unfortunately, the satellite imagery doesn't go down to that detail :( )</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New">So, for those of you wanting to try this on your own, here are the really brief instructions:</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 1) get a GPS that saves "track" data WITH TIMESTAMPS</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> -- note: I've seen/heard/read that some GPS units will lose the "timestamp" information if you save a "track"...</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 2) synchronize your camera to the GPS (or at least to the hour -- you can then adjust for "timezones")</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 3) go some place and take pictures -- carry your GPS with you (and if paranoid, check that the display has stabilized before taking the photo) -- also check periodically that you have a signal (doesn't work well indoors; may be glitchy inside of a vehicle...)</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 4) download your "track" and photos</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 5) use "gpsbabel" to convert the track to a GPX file.</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 6) in digikam, use the "image / geocorrelation" function to read the GPX file and apply tags to the photos. You may have to adjust the "timezone", and will likely have to enable "interpolation" if your GPS logs by distance moved rather than time (i.e., every second...)</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 7) use digikam to apply other tags, captions, etc.</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 7a) and to "edit" photos (lighten/darken, rotate, crop, etc.)</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 7b) organize into a digikam "album" [not required, but makes the next step easier]</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 8) upload to flickr from digikam -- you can either pre-select the photos (press ctl-a BEFORE you start the upload process, this will select ALL the photos in the "album") or select them afterwards (using a more-or-less standard file selection box, though laid out in three columns: albums, photos, and stats on what was selected in column 2 -- again, ctl-a will select all photos once you've selected the album)</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 9) in flickr, you can then arrange what you /just/ uploaded into sets, (and move the sets into a category, if you wish) and everything you did in steps 6 & 7 will already be done [note: you have to enable the "use GPS tags" option IN FLICKR /before/ you start the upload -- by default, this is turned off (which was a waste of an upload session...)]</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 10) send links like this </FONT></B><A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21860839@N04/sets/72157605075070748"><B><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">http://www.flickr.com/photos/21860839@N04/sets/72157605075070748</FONT></U></B></A><B><FONT FACE="Courier New"> to promote your photos...</FONT></B>
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