Comments on: Fun with Flickr

By: zoltan

zoltan — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:56:44 +0000

Yes, there are (pretty expensive) GPS units that you can attach to some of the high-end DSLRs. But… Nowadays many cellphones have built-in GPS. Why not put something simple in the cheaper cameras? As far as I know, right now the only reasonably priced camera with built-in GPS is the Nikon Coolpix P6000.

You are right, probably Ron knows what’s the best way to do this.

By: BrianR

BrianR — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:16:36 +0000

zoltan … I was simply placing my photos on a map, sometimes quite precisely and other times in the general area. This is real time consuming for tons of photos. I was pretty selective abou the photos I uploaded to Flickr (the best of the best) so it wasn’t too many.

I figured that GPS-enabled DSLRs already existed? I’d ask Ron if you want to know more, he seems to have his finger on the pulse of the latest photo-related and GPS technology.

By: zoltan

zoltan — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:53:44 +0000

How do you do the geotagging? I have been experimenting with using a GPS and automatically tagging photos based on the time when they were taken, but I couldn’t find a really fast, easy and reliable way to do it. I wish there was a good DSLR with a GPS chip in it.

By: Miguel Vera

Miguel Vera — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:47:26 +0000

I actually commented that 1st link of drjerque some time ago. His idea of geotagging not only photos but diagrams too is a good one, especially if you want to explain something.

Brian, I’m glad you’re uploading new photos to Flickr, I’ve been pretty active myself the past months. Just so you know, you can save map views and then pick one from a drop down list, but it’s an option only available for you, not for your viewers.

By the way, I think Picasa has a nice geotagging function but geosetter is way better at that, and it has a kml export option too. You should definitely try it out http://www.geosetter.de/

By: BrianR

BrianR — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:13:12 +0000

drjerque … thanks for the info … and now your blog is not unknown (at least to me)

By: drjerque

drjerque — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:31:06 +0000

Flikr is nice, but Picasa is a bit more functional and more geared toward geotagging and integration with Google Earth. I geotag all of my field photos for practical and archival purposes. It can be easily done by integrating gps tracklogs and photo time stamps. All geologists should do this, but most don’t. Here are some links to my unknown blog that explain my position:

http://geofroth.blogspot.com/2008/02/creating-virtual-context-for-geologic.html

http://geofroth.blogspot.com/2008/02/captain-obvious-says-geotag-your-photos.html

By: BrianR

BrianR — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:51:39 +0000

hypocentre … since I’m already in Flickr and committed to it, I won’t change to Picasa now … grass is always greener on the other side, eh?

Ron … wow, 4000! Can that metaltoad tool display photos for a single user? I thought I remember that just showing the whole community’s most recent/most interesting photos or something.

Another one I came across is Trippermap … I started playing around a bit.

By: Ron Schott

Ron Schott — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:46:48 +0000

Brian – I’ve got somewhere north of 4000 geotagged photos on Flickr – most of them geological – so I applaud your efforts to geotag your own.

A useful resource for viewing Flickr photos in Google Earth can be found at: http://kmlphotos.metaltoad.com/

It’s an indispensable resource for me.

By: hypocentre

hypocentre — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:40:45 +0000

Geotagging images in picassa will allow you to directly import them into google earth at the click of a link