Tricks with geotagged photos
Tricks with geotagged photos
Once you have some geotagged pictures in your arsenal, there are several really slick
things you could do with them. When you view or share photos with geotagging
information, you can see a lot of cool things through mapping applications like Google
maps.
* When you�ve selected a photo in iPhoto (on the Mac), you can press the �menu�
key to view a Photo Info panel. At the very bottom, you�ll see the GPS
coordinates, expressed as latitude and longitude.
* If you export a photo and open it in Preview (on the Mac), you can choose Tools
> Inspector to open the Inspector panel. Its center tab offers a world map that
pinpoints the photo�s location.
* If you click Locate, you pop into Google Maps online, where you get to see an
aerial photo of the spot where you snapped the picture.
* Once you�ve posted your geotagged photos on Flickr.com (the world�s largest
photo-sharing site), people can use the Explore menu to search for them by
location, or even see them clustered on a world map.
* If you import your photos into Picasa (for Windows), you can choose Tools>
Geotag > View in Google Earth to see a picture�s location on the map (if the free
Google Earth program is installed on your computer, that is).
* You could also choose Tools > Geotag > Export to Google Earth File to create a
.kmz file, which you can send to a friend. When opened, this file opens Google
Earth (if it�s on your friend�s computer) and displays a miniature of the picture in
the right place on the map.