Comments on: An ABC of geotagging photos on the Mac

By: GPS Options for Nikon D90 - MacTalk Forums

GPS Options for Nikon D90 - MacTalk Forums — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:14:48 +0000

[...] the link to An ABC of geotagging photos on the Mac at bioneural.net. I bought HoudahGeo for geotagging but in the end found a free app called MyTracks to be easier to [...]

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:53:06 +0000

Thanks for the reminder Silviu; myTracks does get a few mentions elsewhere on this blog ;-)

By: Silviu

Silviu — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:34:07 +0000

Hi,

For Mac users I would suggest checking out myTracks, http://mytracks.sourceforge.net/Home.html, it's free (donations welcome) and has a lot of features:
- integrated track manager (library), supports GPX and KML
- graphic track editor using a background map (Google map etc.)
- timeshift for pictures if the camera clock was not accurate
- photo geotagging using tracks
- Geonames integration: place name is fetched and can be saved back to EXIF/XMP

The program keeps evolving and is often updated.

Definitely woth checking out!

By: johan

johan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:56:12 +0000

hmm... BT747 is a lovely program.

.... As long as it wants to connect.. sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't on my macBook (1st generation, 10.4 all updates, latest BT747 version). On my PC at work it connects directly

On my setup the HoudaGPS program is more reliable.
Trailrunner is running like a charm btw. Thanks! Will do some proper testing on my holiday next week in the Ardennen, belgium.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:14:32 +0000

@Johan as far as Mac-compatible track managers go I suggest you look at TrailRunner (donationware) or if you want an integrated solution that will both do the geotagging and serve as a track archive, check out the new PhotoLinker ($US50). Either of these options can display your tracks against a variety of online maps (road, satellite, topographical, etc.). HoudahGeo (reviewed by myself here) now has basic track archive functionality too but won't display your tracks against a map. If you need offline maps and manage a large collection of waypoints and/ or tracks you might consider RouteBuddy ($US100 for the viewer without maps; road maps $USextra per region; reviewed by myself here) but note that geotagged images/ data in EXIF are unsupported. Finally, Google Earth (free) can store both your tracks and geotagged images and as you know includes a variety of map layers.

By: johan

johan — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:19:13 +0000

thanks for your clear information.. i've been reading and reading...

finally bought me the iBlue 747 a+ andhad some troubles getting the BT747 software to work on my macbook, but after reading the manual (should've started there, i know...)

But now i love the device! Now i only still have to choose me a good trip/track/travel manager to manage my tracks with both streetmaps, aerial photography maps and geological maps, but i may have too high demands here... :)

By: My new geotagging workflow with the Amod AGL3080 and Lightroom

My new geotagging workflow with the Amod AGL3080 and Lightroom — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:06:12 +0000

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By: GPS & Geotagging mit OSX - mareks Allerlei

GPS & Geotagging mit OSX - mareks Allerlei — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:37:44 +0000

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By: Marek

Marek — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:12:52 +0000

Can't say how often I have to say "Thank you" for this article.
I've been on a trip to Lyon last weekend, and left my GPS Logger at home.
So now I had a bunch of images, and good memories of great locations - but how to merge the locations into the image files (mostly .NEF)?
Your article solved my problem, as using PhotoInfoEditor I was able to manually search the places in the embedded map and add the location info to my images.
Again, thanks for that useful bunch of information! It saved my day!

By: Charles C

Charles C — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:00:22 +0000

The seven day thing is only if you want to easily share with friends and family. You can keep the file on your phone or email to yourself and keep it for as long as you want. I use gpsvisualizer.com to output the files in google maps or to create a file for use with Google Earth. I've been pleasantly surprised by just how well MotionX GPS worked for me on my last trip. It also worked well to create elevation profiles with gpsvisualizer so I could see just how steep some of the trails I hiked really were. I have a USB battery by Lenmar which allowed me to get beyond the roughly five hours continuous GPS use on the iPhone. I used an iPhone case that I attached to my backpack so the iPhone had a good view of the sky and will absolutely be using this on future hikes.