Geotagging photos using Linux

I’m about to embark on Geotagging my photos with Linux. Basically, this will amount to:

1. Figuring out the right way to add Lat/Long information as EXIF data to my photos.
2. Figuring out the right gallery2 plugin to parse, import, and display this info in a reasonable way. Optionally, generate Google Earth .KML files for albums, display inline maps, display an overview map, etc.
3. Figuring out how to associate a .GPX log file (from a handheld GPS) and associate it with a large set of images, to automatically add EXIF data. (I believe that gps2photo, below, will do this).
4. Automating everything in a reasonable way such that its not too much work when I upload photos.

To that end, here’s a list of some useful starting points for software. I don’t think that there’s any software out there that does all of this, but I’m still looking.

http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/GPS.html

http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

http://www.carto.net/projects/photoTools/gpsPhoto/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gps2photo/

http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:Modules:Map

http://www.ozhiker.com/electronics/pjmt/

http://www.jakeo.com/software/exif/index.php

http://pel.sourceforge.net/

http://tadek.pietraszek.org/blog/category/programstools/

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One Response to Geotagging photos using Linux

  1. Thanks for your blog page, you stimulated me to use other search items on Debian Etch, and yes, there is gpscorrelate with the optional gpscorrelate-gui.

    Cheers!

    Jochen

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