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myTracks plays nice with Places

Published by Bruce on April 1, 2010 in Quicklinks. 0 responses

myTracks is track log manager (importing from a GPS logger or GPX file) and editor. Trackpoints can be individually adjusted and tracks can be split or simplified. Geocaching is built-in, with local caching of OpenStreetMap mapping. Geotagging is also supported, with reverse geocoding of photo locations (writing coordinates to EXIF/IPTC headers and optionally updating iPhoto's Places database). Uniquely, tracks can be created from geotagged photos (with export to GPX and KMZ); direct upload to Flickr and Locr is supported.

Geotagging on WordPress.com

Published by Bruce on November 29, 2009 in Quicklinks. 1 response

WordPress.com has introduced geotagging of user profiles and posts. Location is input manually via an integrated Google map or automatically via GPS, the W3C Geolocation API, the Google Gears Geolocation API, or guesstimated from your IP address. The geodata are recorded in posts via the geo microformat plus geo.position and ICBM meta tags, and in feeds via GeoRSS and W3C geodata standards. More here; where's the geotag icon?

Twitter release per-tweet geotagging API

Published by Bruce on November 22, 2009 in Quicklinks. 1 response

Twitter's geotagging API is official. There is now a checkbox to enable geotagging in your Twitter account settings; enabling this option allows third party applications to annotate individual tweets with location data. Developers could previously integrate only profile location with the Google Maps API as here.

PhotoLinker evolves geotagging on Mac

Published by Bruce on July 1, 2009 in Mac. 4 responses

PhotoLinker 2.0 ($US50, 30 day trial) is described by its developer as a 'pro geotagging and annotation tool'. Geotaggers who were familiar with GPSPhotoLinker will recognize the family resemblance, but will also appreciate the magnitude of changes this new app brings. It's no longer dependent upon use of a GPS track logger for a start, as integrated mapping now supports a manual geotagging mode (hence the dropping of 'GPS' from the name). There are improvements to workflow, a map viewer, a facility for track and waypoint management, and the pièce de résistance—EXIF metadata annotation. And yet it retains the incredible flexibility and the same precise control over automatic geotagging parameters that I appreciated in my review of GPSPhotoLonker. This post takes you on a visual walkthrough of the many new and refined features.
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Share Twitter locations using Google Maps

Published by Bruce on March 15, 2009 in Internet. 6 responses

With my tweets integrated into WordPress the next challenge was to integrate my Twitter location with my custom Google Map. This recipe uses a WordPress theme functions.php file and the excellent Geo Mashup plug-in for WordPress. One advantage of this method is that you don't need to add custom location tags to each tweet (as you do for example here using Pipes). This method simply reads the location as set in your Twitter profile until you change it (and tweet again).
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HoudahGeo take two best for geotaggers

Published by Bruce on February 16, 2009 in Mac. 2 responses

HoudahGeo was at version 1.4.2 when I last looked at it in a Mac geotagging software showdown. A license costs $US30 (50% less for students; also TrailPay option) although this is a free upgrade for those with a 1.x license. The following is a largely visual tour of HoudahGeo 2.1, illustrating its ability to perform both automatic and manual geotagging via an outstanding 3-step interface, and to share geotagged images with users of Google Earth, Flickr, and Locr—or any service/ software than can read EXIF metadata or CSV/ GPX files.
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