Archive for April, 2009

Geotagging Software Choices

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Some customers ask us what software could they use to make better use of the Promote GPS. Internally we mostly use Google Picasa web albums and its linking to Google Maps, but there are alternatives. The following software applications support geotagging:

- Google Picasa, Windows, Mac (looks like it requires iPhoto application to be installed on Mac)

- Nikon ViewNX:

Nikon ViewNX 1.3.0 for Windows

Nikon ViewNX 1.3.0 for Mac

Latest versions can be found here.

- iPhoto (Mac)

Flickr also supports geotagging for uploaded images (more information can be found here).

There is also an application I happened to write after coming back from a trip where I tested a pre-release version of the Promote GPS. It fills in the images that were not geotagged due to an operator’s mistake (such as not turning the GPS unit on). Click here to read more about it, or go straight ahead to download page for the Promote Geotagging Suite.

UPD: Looks like I forgot to mention Adobe Photoshop / Bridge – they are certainly not primarily geotagging applications, but will let you pick geotags out of your images.

If you happen to come across another application or service that supports geotagged images or otherwise helps when working with a camera GPS, feel free to let me know. Happy geotagging :)

Promote Geotagging Suite

Monday, April 27th, 2009

I started writing a short essay on the geotagging software, and then realized there is one that I wrote myself :) While not really a mapping application (although it has a “Locate this image” button), the Promote Geotagging Suite helps filling in the blanks in geotagging when you forget to turn on your GPS unit.

I came across this idea when I was testing a pre-release version of the Promote GPS in some distant mountain region, and it ended up working all the time and every time… unless I forgot to turn it on after power cycling it to test its hot start capabilities :-| When I came back from the trip, I had a few image groups that were taken at the same spot, but sometimes I only remembered to check on the GPS signal reception after a while. With the Promote Geotagging Suite I was able to fill in the blanks from the images that were taken at the same place, and hence would have the same geographic information. Promote Geotagging Suite does not fill in the date and time though, as those would be different from other shots.

The Promote Geotagging Suite can be downloaded by clicking here. As always, comments and suggestions are most welcome :)

A new Promote GPS review

Monday, April 27th, 2009

One of our satisfied customers posted a Promote GPS review on his blog:

http://blog.gerardprins.com/blog2.php/2009/04/29/geotagging-for-nikon-review-promote-gps

Here is the same review in spanish:

http://blog.gerardprins.com/blog1.php/2009/04/25/geotagging-para-tu-nikon-resena-del-prom-1

Verdict: Highly Recommended.

Thank you, Gerard!

Proper Introductions First

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Mic 1… check, check. Oh my, I’m live on air! :)

First off, let me introduce myself. I’m Arty, and I work for Promote Systems. I’m one of the guys behind the Promote GPS as well as a few other things we are cooking up for you all. This blog was put up by our team as a way of direct communication with the photography community. I will be blogging here once in a while about what’s going on (hopefully without breaking on the NDAs :) ). Stay tuned by using the RSS feed icon to sign up for upcoming news, and thanks for coming by!