[MI-L] geotag

[Michael]

Hi All,

Can anyone talk me through the process of displaying the geotag
information in a set of photos in MapInfo Pro?

I'm aware of software like RoboGEO, but am hoping there might be a
cheaper way to go about this directly with GIS software.

Cheers,
Michael

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[Scott Daugherty]

Hello Michael
I've used hotlink in MapInfo then choose a photo viewing program to open the
picture and that could do what you want. You would need a tab file that had
information on each photo file location both physically and geographically.
Not all photo file formats allow you to embed geotag information but if you
hotlink you may put the information in the tab file too. I use a camera that
embeds coordinates a Ricoh, Capilo G3 using Bluetooth gps but there is a new
model now but I still use a G3 as it will fit in my shirt pocket. The camera
came with software to watermark the photo and create a meta file. I
purchased the camera from "http://www.GeoSpatialExperts.com" hope that helps

Scott Daugherty
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[Eric Blasenheim]

If the photos already have the location data in them, then yes you can
just write some code to read it and create points in Professional with
that as well as other attribute information. The specification for
this data is called EXIF and there are libraries that read it. I will
note that the specification has enough wiggle room that not all camera
vendors who write JPG with EXIF information do it all the same way.
Feel free to contact me for more specific information.

Eric Blasenheim
PBBI (MapInfo)

[Nathan Woodrow]

Hi Michael,

I wrote a little program a couple of weeks ago that will let you
specify geoTaged photos and process them to a Tab or MID/MIF file.

You can find the download at http://code.google.com/p/nathansmapinfoprojects/downloads/list
called PhotoMapper.Binary 1.5.

You can use it on a machine without MapInfo using just the MID/MIF
option or if you have MapInfo installed you can create the Tab file
directly.

It is pretty self explanatory program, but let me know if you need any
help with it.

Regards,
Nathan

[Michael]

Many thanks guys. The photos already come geotagged. Nathan, your
software is great: just what the doctor ordered! Unfortunately my
company runs MapInfo Pro Medieval (7.8) so I had to do some hoop
jumping with UT.

Cheers,
Michael

On Apr 23, 4:00 am, Nathan Woodrow <madman...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> I wrote a little program a couple of weeks ago that will let you
> specify geoTaged photos and process them to a Tab or MID/MIF file.
>

> You can find the download athttp://code.google.com/p/nathansmapinfoprojects/downloads/list

[Nathan Woodrow]

That's good to hear, glad it did what you needed.  It should work with MapInfo 7.8, didn't it create the tab file right?

Nathan

[Michael]

It wouldn't create the tab file. I can't remember the exact wording of
the error, but it was something about needing Pro 9 and above. The
same thing happened when I tried to import the newly created .mif
directly too.

No worries though,
M

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[Nathan Woodrow]

Ah I remember what it is, it's because I create a DataTime column which is only in version 9+.  I am working on a new version so I will add a check for older versions of MI and just create a different column type.

Regards,
Nathan 

[Timothy Mashford]

The attached MapBasic program works with the freeware application EXIFTOOL (by Phil Harvey) to extract coordinates from geo-tagged photos, and creates a MapInfo table with hotlinks to the photo files. Photos without coordinates are included in the output table without point objects so that they can be manually geocoded if necessary.

Note that I haven't fully tested it, however it works well with photos from my Panasonic Lumix ZS7. If you need to make changes, the source code is also attached.

Just download + unzip ExifTool from http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ and place it in the same folder as the MBX. I think you'll also have to rename the file from 'ExifTool(-k).exe' to 'ExifTool.exe' i.e. remove the (-k) from the filename.

Tim Mashford

[Michael]

Thanks guys, hopefully I'll get chance to try out fully in the next
couple of days.

On Apr 24, 3:28 am, Timothy Mashford <tmashf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The attached MapBasic program works with the freeware application EXIFTOOL
> (by Phil Harvey) to extract coordinates from geo-tagged photos, and creates
> a MapInfo table with hotlinks to the photo files. Photos without coordinates
> are included in the output table without point objects so that they can be
> manually geocoded if necessary.
>
> Note that I haven't fully tested it, however it works well with photos from
> my Panasonic Lumix ZS7. If you need to make changes, the source code is also
> attached.
>

> Just download + unzip ExifTool fromhttp://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/and place it in the same

> folder as the MBX. I think you'll also have to rename the file from
> 'ExifTool(-k).exe' to 'ExifTool.exe' i.e. remove the (-k) from the filename.
>
> Tim Mashford
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Michael <mabe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
>
> > Can anyone talk me through the process of displaying the geotag
> > information in a set of photos in MapInfo Pro?
>
> > I'm aware of software like RoboGEO, but am hoping there might be a
> > cheaper way to go about this directly with GIS software.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Michael
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