[Mishmash] GeoTagging

[Fred Atkinson]

Thanks, David,

         I'll have to look further into the details of my camera.

         Regards,



                                                 Fred

At 07:43 PM 2/6/2011, you wrote:
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>HI Fred
>
>Metadata is simply overview data about the photograph.  It will 
>include the camera make, model, serial number, similar stuff about 
>the lens, the shot settings and other optional stuff such as your 
>copyright info, photo title, location, key words and so on.  Pretty 
>much anything you want.
>
>If you take digital photos the very best software I can recommend is 
>Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.  It is commonly called Lightroom 
>3.  You can download a trial from adobe.com  It serves two 
>roles.  In the first instance it is a database of your photographs 
>so you can actually find them.  Its other role is as a 
>non-destructive editor.  You can do the most amazing things with 
>digital photos and with relative ease turn an ordinary shot into a 
>good one; remove a tree that comes out someone's head, fix a shot 
>where the sun is behind the subject and you cant see her face, fix 
>the colour cast of a shot taken under tungsten light, remove some 
>wrinkles from your favourite squeeze's face.  Pretty much any fault 
>can be fixed easily.  It stores the changes as metadata which it 
>applies when you look at the photo on screen or print it or save it 
>in another format.  The real strength is that unlike Photoshop it 
>does not change the pixels so you can go backwards without any loss 
>of information.
>
>On the GEOtagging, your camera needs a GPS.  This would be mentioned 
>in the user guide I am sure.  If you want to add geotags later, you 
>can locate the spot in google maps and copy the gps coordinates into 
>LR.  I do this for some of my travel shots.
>
>Cheers
>
>David
>
>From: mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net 
>[mailto:mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net] On Behalf Of Fred Atkinson
>Sent: Monday, 7 February 2011 10:43 AM
>To: Mishmash
>Subject: Re: [Mishmash] GeoTagging
>
>David,
>
>         Metadata editor?
>
>         That's something I haven't heard about.
>
>         Can you suggest such a software package (I'm assuming it is 
> software)?
>
>         Regards,
>
>
>
>
>                                                      Fred
>
>At 02:11 PM 2/6/2011, you wrote:
>
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>It is stored in the exif location metadata.  You can use any 
>metadata editor to change it.
>
>David
>
>From: mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net [ 
>mailto:mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net] On Behalf Of Fred Atkinson
>Sent: Sunday, 6 February 2011 2:51 PM
>To: mishmash at mishmash.net
>Subject: [Mishmash] GeoTagging
>
>
>Folks,
>
>         This is a bit scary: 
> <http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7621105>http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7621105
>
>         I don't think my current digital camera has a GPS in it.  But I
>would like to find out how to check a picture or video to see if it
>is GeoTagged.
>
>         I would also like to know how to remove the GeoTag from the picture
>without changing the actual image itself.
>
>         Regards,
>
>
>
>
>                                                                         Fred
>
>
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