This article considers geotagging photos from a Mac perspective, looking at automatic and manual methods, and explaining terms such as data loggers, track points, waypoints, and routes. It lists OS X software options for connecting to data loggers, converting track log formats, geo-locating photos, and writing that data to EXIF for both raw and JPEG images. It also covers the importance of time synchronization, what you can do with geotagged photos, workflow, choosing a data logger and controlling it from your Mac.
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It's amazing how much detritus accumulates in your server directories and MySQL tables over the years. Add to the mix a propensity to hack core files to the point where you dare not upgrade your packages, and you have yourself a fine mess. I hope it wasn't too obvious, but bioneural.net had developed Diogenes syndrome. It was time for a clear-out and makeover. If you're thinking that sounds like work, it is. What follows is not riveting reading, but if you're contemplating doing the same, perusing what this involved for me might help you judge how many days to set aside—and maybe bug-fix your own migration.
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As previously noted, the currently available RSS module (1.0.6) is incompatible with the Siriux theme for Gallery (2.1.2). I wanted to be able to offer a feed (photocast) for an album in my own gallery, but finding a hack for the code was only half of the problem. For some reason defining a feed in Gallery is very non-intuitive. Here's how it's done, step-by-step.
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When it comes to web development, I have a propensity to revisit old problems. I just don't like defeat... or maybe I just excel at procrastination? Some months ago I tried to integrate Gallery into WordPress but gave up for several reasons. I thought I'd share how I achieved an embedded Gallery page that does away with PHP bloat (WPG2 not required), fits in with my blog design, and is valid XHTML.
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Apologies to my fictitious regular visitors, who may have imagined that my WordPress-based site has been offline almost daily for the past month. DreamHost has been a down host, and I've made the switch to (mt) Media Temple. In fairness to DreamHost they haven't been the only hosting company affected by recent power cuts, but the power outages seem to be only the culmination of a string of longer-standing problems resulting in slow server response times or non-availability.
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Apple's .Mac HomePage was a simple way to build a web gallery using versions of iLife prior to 06. With iLife/iPhoto 06, you're forced to use iWeb instead if you want integration. But it's not the changes that have caused me to shy away from .Mac—it's the lack of them. All those regular member benefits dried up like a Namibian river bed. When I migrated to WordPress the only substantial part of my online presence that remained dependent on .Mac was my photography. That is the case no more.
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