I recently posted several articles reviewing options for GeoTagging your photos (you can view them here and here). Both are still accurate and good reviews/overviews of GeoTagging tools and how to use one of my favorites, ExifTool.
Last night, as I was browsing the web, I came across GPicSync, a tool that trumps them all! It uses ExifTool in the background, but does EXACTLY what I was looking for. It tags photos with GPS data that I was looking for, automatically. It looks at the time stamps of the GPX file (a common GPS format) and the camera file and automatically tags it if they are within a certain number of seconds of each other (specified by the user). It works on Windows Vista and best of all, it’s free!
You can download GPicSync here. After installing, it gives you the option to choose the folder full of images you want to synch and the appropriate GPX file. You can also change how close the two timestamps need to be in seconds and a few others settings. Output options include putting the data in the EXIF headers, the EXIF Headers and the IPTC Comments, and creating a Google Earth file. The interface is very simple and the product works very well.
GPicSync Screenshot
A special thanks to the Adobe Lightroom Journal, which provided the link to this wonderful resource.
January 19th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
[...] posting: I recently found a new tool that uses EXIFTOOL in the background but trumps this one! Check it out here.] Not sure what GeoTagging is? Not sure why I chose to run you through the steps of ExifTool? Check [...]
January 19th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
[...] [Update after original posting: I recently found a new tool that uses ExifTool in the background that makes it even easier to use. It is definately my top choice! Check it out here.] [...]
March 24th, 2008 at 12:04 am
[...] If I shot landscapes or travel photos and captured the GPS locations of the photos, I attach those GPS coordinates to the photos. I do so using GPicSync. You can read more about that at a previous post here. [...]