How to geotag your camera photos

November 10th, 2011

Geotagging your photos is not something new and can be done in various ways:

  • Most desktop apps include a mode that allows you to place your photos on a map through drag and drop and geotags will be automatically added (EX: Picasa / Iphoto). Unfortunately these are not very friendly with large number of photos and most likely you will be ending like me to drag all the pictures from a trip over a city.
  • Web based services: Flickr, Picasa and even Facebook allow you to place the photos on maps just like their desktop counterparts. The down side? Again, large number of photos.
  • Take pictures with your camera phone. Most of the new telephones (no matter of their operating system), if they have a GPS they most likely add geotags to your pictures. The downside? Even if the mobile cameras become more and more powerful, they still don’t compare with a dedicated camera
  • Buy a new camera or accessories for the current one that allow you to geo tag your images as you take them

But what to do when:

  • You don’t want to drag and drop hundreds of pictures over a map
  • You don’t want to buy a new camera or accessories
  • You have an Android smart phone or Iphone
Well,  the answer is Geotag Photos, a mobile app that allows you to automatically geo tag your digital pictures after you have taken them. The app idea is quite simple but efficient: you start the app and synchronize the time with your camera and then you start taking pictures. Pictures will be automatically geo tagged on your desktop once you download them and the associated track.
What can you do after you geotag your images:
  • View or showcase your images in Google Earth. Here is how you can prepare a special file to open it in Google Earth. This is useful in many cases:
    • Your own viewing to browse through your memories using places
    • Showcase your vacations to others
    • If you are a real estate or a travel agency, showcase personalized offers
  • In flickr, you can browse sets/groups and streams in map mode. In addition, your pictures will appear on the city pages

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