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Geotags in FlickrExport not showing up in iPhoto?
I have the write back to iPhoto feature checked on in FlickrExport 3.0 but after exporting the photos, I find that everything I added to each photo was added back correctly into iPhoto with the exception of the geotags. Am I doing something wrong? I've checked in Flickr and all my photos are geotagged correctly but there is nothing in Places inside iPhoto.
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Inappropriate?The 'copy back' feature only works for title and description. The iPhoto '09 geotagging information seems to be a walled garden right now - I can't read from it and I can't write to it.
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Inappropriate?Fraser,
Geotagger (http://craig.stanton.net.nz/code/geot...) appears to be able to write to the iPhoto lat/long fields. I've been using it to tag picture that were previously loaded into iPhoto.
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Inappropriate?Jay, can you explain the geotagger workflow in some more detail? Do you import to iPhoto before or after you run them through geotagger?
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Inappropriate?>> "Do you import to iPhoto before or after you run them through geotagger?"
I've just recently finished geotagging several thousand pictures in iPhoto '09 using the following workflow:
1) Select image(s) in iPhoto - nearly all of these photos had not been previously geotagged in any way
2) Navigate to photo location in Google Earth (I'm using GE5.0 and the Crosshair.kmz the is recommended on the Geotagger website)
3) Drag the selected image(s) from iPhoto to the Geotagger alias on my desktop.
4) Wait for Geotagger to finish looping (only necessary with a large number of selected images)
5) Right-click on the image(s) in iPhoto and select "Rescan for location"
6) Spot check a few images to confirm getoags are correctly applied.
Rinse & Repeat
Out of the several thousand images that I tagged, only a handful (less than 20) refused to be tagged. Those files must be partially corrupted in some way because I can't see a common thread in the image data.
I then tested a few of newly tagged photos with the iPhoto '09 built-in Flickr uploader and it correctly placed them in my Flickr Map.
If you need additional information, I'll be happy to tell you what I can. I would really like to see this functionality in FlickrExport as I want to keep lat/long info with all my pix.
Jay -
Inappropriate?OK, so what's happening is that they're rewriting the EXIF headers and then having iPhoto re-parse the EXIF data.
I'll be honest and say that I'm not crazy about rewriting original image files. It feels slightly dodgy to me. -
Inappropriate?PS: Also, check out this blog post on the developer's website and read the last (14th) comment
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Inappropriate?>> I'll be honest and say that I'm not crazy about rewriting original image files. It feels slightly dodgy to me. <<
I can appreciate that, you wouldn't want your app to unintentionally corrupt a user's photo/collection.
However, I probably should have made my post as a separate question rather than latching on to this one.
The functionality that I really want is for FlickrExport to grab the Lat/Long when uploading to Flickr and I was hoping this would give you a clue for getting through the "walled garden" that you mentioned in the original reply.
If those are two completely separate issues, I apologize for taking up your time but I do appreciate the response - especially on a Sunday!
Thanks,
Jay
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