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Google Earth geotag inaccuracies
After doing a batch of photos of the golden gate bridge, editing around 8 photos in a picturesync batch of 28, half of the geotagged photos showed in the location I expected after uploading to flickr, and half showed up in Oakland! Flickr Maps geotag interface makes it very easy to drag the incorrect locations group over to the other (with a "snap" effect) and update the coordinates on the incorrect photos, but now I'm out of sync with what is on my hard drive.
I am going to stop using PictureSync for Google Earth geotagging for now since I'd rather have no data than inaccurate data. In general I would prefer a map interface to tag rather than text data, helps ensure accuracy in the data entry phase. Hopefully PictureSync geotagging will get more robust.
I am going to stop using PictureSync for Google Earth geotagging for now since I'd rather have no data than inaccurate data. In general I would prefer a map interface to tag rather than text data, helps ensure accuracy in the data entry phase. Hopefully PictureSync geotagging will get more robust.
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Inappropriate?I've never had a report of an inaccuracy in the location assigned when geotagging a bunch of selected photos all at once. What happens when you open one of those files PictureSync again and click the Google Earth button (it'll show the location, instead of setting it). If it shows the correct location in Google Earth but not Yahoo Maps, can you send me a copy of the file (a copy of one that's okay would be good too). You do need to zoom in a fair bit to make sure the centre of the Google Earth window is showing where you want to position the photos.
The geotagging with Google Earth feature was indeed almost an afterthought, map based pins are definitely needed! But first I'm rewriting the underlying service and plugin framework...the next version will separate the 'sync' from annotation editing more.
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