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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Emerson,
Tom (*IC)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SGVLUG Discussion List.<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SGVLUG] Quick geotagging example / done mostly w/digikam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style='font-family:"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</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>So, here are some photos I took
while on a "walking tour" of Magdeburg:</span></b> <br>
<b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></b><a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21860839@N04/sets/72157605075070748"><b><span
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>http://www.flickr.com/photos/21860839@N04/sets/72157605075070748</span></b></a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"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 :( )</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>So, for those of you wanting to
try this on your own, here are the really brief instructions:</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 1) get a GPS that saves
"track" data WITH TIMESTAMPS</span></b> <br>
<b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> -- note:
I've seen/heard/read that some GPS units will lose the "timestamp"
information if you save a "track"...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 2) synchronize your camera
to the GPS (or at least to the hour -- you can then adjust for
"timezones")</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"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...)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 4) download your
"track" and photos</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 5) use
"gpsbabel" to convert the track to a GPX file.</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"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...)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 7) use digikam to apply
other tags, captions, etc.</span></b> <br>
<b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 7a) and to "edit"
photos (lighten/darken, rotate, crop, etc.)</span></b> <br>
<b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 7b) organize into a digikam
"album" [not required, but makes the next step easier]</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"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)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"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...)]</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 10) send links like this </span></b><a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21860839@N04/sets/72157605075070748"><b><span
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>http://www.flickr.com/photos/21860839@N04/sets/72157605075070748</span></b></a><b><span
style='font-family:"Courier New"'> to promote your photos...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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