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Photo Geotagging (Mac)

GPS and Geotagging Overview

GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr enables users to review and browse photos geographically to show where photos

were taken. The GPS data includes longitude, latitude and altitude which will be set for each photo

automatically by the PhotoTrackr software. The program is also capable of linking all geotagged photos

in Google Earth and Google Map Gallery as well as the website with geotagging support, such as Flickr.

In PhotoTrackr, the photo location is expressed

as a WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984)

coordinate value, WGS84 coordinate system is

also adopted by GPS (Global Positioning

System). The latitude need to be a number

within -90 to 90 degrees (a negative number

is for South, and a positive number is for

North). The longitude need to be a number

within -180 to 180 degrees (a negative

number is for West, and a positive number is

for East). The elevation is an altitude number in meters (a negative number is for below sea level, and

a positive number is for above sea level). GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr Users can directly see and edit the

latitude, longitude and elevation values for a photo in the information section.

Camera Time calibration

Before you start using your PhotoTrackr, you will need to perform a time synchronization in your digital

camera with UTC time. Make sure your Mac is synchronized with the time server. Then adjust your

digital camera time to the time displayed in your Mac's system time and you should be all set to start

geotag your photos.

You can also synchronize the camera time by click the button below:

Time different retrieve

If you forgot to sync your camera before your trip, PhotoTrackr provides two ways to calibrate photo's

capture time in order to compensate. You should find two menu items in Calendar extra panel, click

the Gear button to choose Time difference retrieve or Correct capture time. These two

methods provide a way to change the photo's capture time to match the GPS time in case you forget to

perform the time sync before using your PhotoTrackr or you are traveling across time zones.

GPS and Geotagging http://www.gisteq.com/resources/MacHelp/gps_mac.html

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* GPS always gets standard time from GPS satellites. So if your GPS unit doesn't have a monitor to display

time, you can just find the standard time on your computer (Both Mac OS X and Windows can set date & time

automatically with time synchronizing service).

Quick start with GPS

If this is your first time using PhotoTrackr, please refer to the following Quick Start Guide:

PhotoTrackr Mini DPL900 (Windows|Mac)

PhotoTrackr Lite DPL700 (Windows|Mac)

PhotoTrackr CD111/CD110BT (Windows|Mac)

Geotagging Assistant

Step 1. Create a photo album


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Step 2. Go to Menu->GPS & Geotag->Geotagging Assistant

Step 3. Import Photos - you can drag-and-drop photos directly into the thumbnail view window. Then

click Next to proceed to the next step.


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Step 4.

Make sure your PhotoTrackr is turned on before plugging it into the Mac computer.1.

Click "Download from GPS logger..."2.


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Step 5. Select the following configuration and click "Import" to download the track data

If you have PhotoTrackr CD111/CD110BT or PhotoTrackr Lite DPL700:

GPS Device Type - GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr

USB / Serial Port - USB

If you have PhotoTrackr Mini DPL900:

GPS Device Type - GiSTEQ USB Dongle

USB / Serial Port - USBserial


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Step 6. Select the proper time zone where the photos were taken. Then click Next to proceed.

Step 7. Once everything is ready, click "Go Ahead" to geotag the photos.


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Step 8. Export album to Google Earth or Google Maps


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Locating photos with tracks

Tips: track is a series of GPS data points.

Import tracks from external fileBesides directly download tracks from GPS devices, you can click button 'GPS Importing' to get more

importing options. GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr enables user to import GPS tracks with GPX and NMEA format.

Select 'Geotag' tab in extra drawer and click "GPS Logs...". Then click the button 'GPS Importing', and

select item 'Import from GPS log files' in pull-down menu.

List tracks

All downloaded tracks are listed in 'GPS Log' panel. To correctly display the correct time for the tracks,

please select the time zone which the track was recorded. Click the button with pencil icon to change

the name of current selected track. Click the button with (-) icon to delete current selected track.

Match photos with tracksClick button 'Automatic Locating' in 'GPS Log' panel, and select item 'Match all photos with GPS tracks'


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in pull-down menu. GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr will add geographical information (longitude/latitude) to the

photos.

You can also choose 'Match selected photos with GPS tracks' to geotag the selected photos only.

After geotagging the photos, you can go to menu item 'EXIF Tools'-> 'Merge GPS Metadata into JPEG'

to write location information into original JPEG files.

Locating photos with waypoints

Tips: Waypoint is a single GPS record.

Import waypoints

Please refer to the previous section. Select "Download Waypoints" in the Download from GPS logger

windows.

List waypoints

All downloaded waypoints are listed in 'GPS Log' panel. Click the button with pencil icon to change the

name of current selected waypoint. Click the button with (-) icon to delete current selected waypoint.

Click the button with (+) icon to add a waypoint manually.

Locate photos with waypoint

Select photos in Thumbnail view. Then go to Geotag tab and click "GPS Logs". Then click the button

'Manual Locating' and select item 'Locate photos with selected waypoint' in pull-down menu. GiSTEQ

PhotoTrackr will add geographical information to the selected photos with the current selected

waypoint.

Locating photos manually

PhotoTrackr software provide a way for you to geotag photos manually:

Select a photo in Thumbnail view. Click button 'Manual Locating' in 'Geotag' extra panel, and select

item 'Point photo location on map' in pull-down menu.


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1. Search the map, enter the name of a place or an address to quickly move the map to a specified

place.

2. You can also hold mouse button and drag mouse to move the map, move the position where the

photo was taken into the central target.

3. Click button 'Locate Photo!', GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr will add geographical information

(longitude/latitude) to the photo according to the targeted location.

4. Click left arrow or right arrow button to continue to geotag more photos in this album.

Navigating photo map

User can review and browse photos with a Map view in GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr Mac version*.


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All photos with longitude/latitude information are indicated as a series of orange dots in Map view in

album window. You can switch the mapping mode for the map view here with clicking either 'NASA' or

'Google Maps' button. When click 'NASA', the base map will use NASA Blue Marble satellite image (1

pixel for 2 kilometers) that is pre-installed in GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr. Click 'Google Map', GiSTEQ

PhotoTrackr will connect to the Google online mapping service to retrieve the detailed maps.

A small global map, a photo preview box and a toolbox are attached to the map view. The bounds and

origin position of current map view are displayed in the global map.

Map tools

You can select a tool button to set mouse action for the map view.

Info Pointer

Click - Preview the photo.

Select Area - To find photos taken in the selected area, and highlight them in thumbnail view.

Zoom In*

Click - zoom in

Select Area - To zoom in map as the selected area.

Zoom Out*

Click - zoom out

Move

Drag - move the map

Other options

Show Waypoints - Select checkbox 'Show Waypoints' to enable waypoints display in map view. The


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waypoint is displayed as a red flag with a name label.

Show Tracks - Select checkbox 'Show Tracks' to enable tracks display in map view. The track is

displayed as a yellow curve in the map.

Google Earth and Google Maps

Besides navigating photos in Map view page in GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr, you can also link your photos ( and

GPS tracks ) on Google Earth or Google Maps. In Map view page, there are two buttons you can click.

Link photos in Google Earth

Click button 'Link photos to Google Earth' to launch Google Earth on which links all located photos, or

generate KMZ or KML file that can be opened with Google Earth.

(A Google Earth window showing photos and tracks)

KML - KML is a XML file that can be opened with Google Earth. GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr exports the

location data of the photos (and track data) into a specified KML, this file will be saved on disk with the

referenced album package together. KML file is only an index file, it doesn't contain any photo data. In

this case, to share this KML file with others, you must copy both the KML file and the album package.

KMZ- KMZ is a compressed package file that can be opened with Google Earth. GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr

exports all location data of the photos (and track data) as well as all referenced photo files in one

binary package. To share this KMZ package, you just need to copy this file and send it to others.

Make Google Map web gallery

Click button 'Make Google Map web gallery' to make a dynamic web gallery to link located photos on

Google Maps (Please refer to Making Google Map Gallery for more details).


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(A Google Map Gallery)


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