Geotag Pictures

When you geotag your pictures, you can easily search for pictures in a specific place - for example the pictures you shot last year during your vacation or while you went on your camping trip. If your pictures are available for public viewing, it also allows others to find pictures of a particular place.

Steps

  1. Choose the location of your photo shoot. Carefully plan out where and what type of picture you are going to take. This will make the Geotag and Upload to Flickr With an N95, N95 8Gb or N82 process easier.
  2. Get the right position. If you have a camera or cell phone that can geotag, use it, but if you don't, consider getting a cheap Use a GPS. Take a picture of the GPS (showing your location) where you take your pictures and save it. Be sure to remember which picture of the GPS belongs to which series of pictures that you made.
    • Another way to do this is to write down the address where you took your pictures and look it up with Google maps. Don't forget to write down the latitude and the longitude .
  3. Add Tags to Your Flickr Image. For an easy and free way to post your pictures online you can use Flickr. Get yourself an account and start uploading the pictures. Once you're done uploading start tagging your pictures with the right latitude and longitude. Flickr made an application so you can tag all your pictures at once. If preferred you can add the latitude and longitude tags from your photo edit software.
  4. You can also use a GPS that can save a tracklog, such as a Garmin Etrex along with software like Google's free gpicsync which can combine the tracklog and photo timestamps to create the geotags automatically.
  5. View your pictures. Find yourself a program which you can view your pictures with like sites like Flickr,Picasa,locr or everytrail.



Tips

  • Always keep a notebook with you to write down where you are just in case the GPS is failing, you can always look the address up on Google Maps or Google Earth.
  • Find a cheap GPS on Ebay if you don't want to spend tons of money on one.

Things You'll Need

  • Digital camera
  • Notebook
  • Google Maps or Earth
  • Flickr account
  • GPS (optional)

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