Geotagging (assigning a geographic location) to photographs has exploded in popularity recently, thanks to sites like Flickr, that allow users to geotag photos posted to the Flickr site. As of this writing, Flickr has more than 6.5 million geotagged photos that can be located using a map. Zooming in or searching for a specific place increases the odds that you'll see photos from a particular location. It is quite fun to zoom into your neighborhood to see what photos have been taken of what geographic features.
Today's New York Times reports on the growing popularity of geotagging in conjunction with GPS units that record geographic data about each photo taken. Additionally, in the latest version of Photoshop Elements, geotagging is part of the process of editing and publishing photos. About.com Guide to Graphics Software Sue Chastain describes the geotagging of photos in this new piece of software.
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Speaking about “geotagging”: do you know locr?
locr offers the ideal solution and makes geotagging exceptionally easy. locr uses GoogleMaps with detailed maps and high-resolution satellite images. To geotag your photos just enter address, let locr search, fine-tune the marker, accept position, and done! If you don’t know the exact address simply use drag&drop to set the position.
For automatic geotagging you need a datalog GPS receiver in additon to your digital camera. The GPS receiver data and the digital camera data is then automatically linked together by the locr software. All information will be written into the EXIF header.
Use the “Show in Google Earth” button to view your photos in Google Earth.
With locr you can upload photos with GPS information in them without any further settings. In the standard view, locr shows the photo itself, plus the place it was taken. If you want to know more about the place where the photo was taken, just have at look at the Wikipedia articles which are also automatically assigned to the picture.
Have a look at http://www.locr.com.