Geotagging

Using location data

If your images are already geotagged then the map will display the location it was taken with an 'inverted teardrop' shaped pin.

If not you can tag the images by either using the search box to look for the location (click in the search box and start typing to start the search, or as results appear pick from the list of locations suggested, the map will then have a grey inverted teardrop at the search location).

To accept the location you must now click on the bottom of the grey teardrop icon to place an inverted red teardrop. You can zoom in to make finer adjustments to the desired location.

Alternatively you can enter the coordinate in the format 59.3325800, 18.0649000 (e.g. Latitude North, Longitude East for Stockholm, Sweden) in the coordinates box at the bottom. Use negative numbers for South and West.

For images without embedded GPS data the location shown will be either a 'World' view (no project images have gps data) or the location of the last image in the ordering sequence that has GPS data, those coordinates will not be entered (no inverted red teardrop pin visible on the map) unless you click on the map to place a pin. Having added a location pin notice the coordinates of the location will be at the bottom of the window.

Changing an embedded location

If an image has an embedded location and you want to move it to another location click on the inverted red teardrop and drag it to the desired location. You may need to zoom out and in again to get the exact location required.

Resetting the location

Images that have embedded GPS data, such as from from GPS enabled devices, have a 'reset' icon instead of a trash can. It is disabled unless the image also has xmp GPS data (e.g. tagged by jAlbum), in which case it is enabled and clicking will reset the location to the natively embedded position. Note, this does not delete the tagged metadata, it merely updates it to the embedded location.

You can see the native metadata in explore mode by right clicking on the image and selecting 'List metadata' it will be listed as Gps.GPS Latitude and Gps.GPS Longitude

Images that only have xmp GPS data, for example those tagged only by jAlbum will display a trash can at the lower right - see top image above - clicking the icon will remove the location information.

You can see the metadata in explore mode by right clicking on the image and selecting 'Extensions>List metadata' it will be listed as xmp.exif:GPSLatitude and xmp.exif:GPSLongitude

Google icons

If you click any of the Google links, like terms & conditions, Map Data a popup window will open with additional information. Just close the window when done reading it.

Using locations within an album

A prerequisite of using location, or indeed any, metadata in your album is to have Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Include photographic data in generated pages turned on. That ensures the metadata is available for skin's to access as required. How skin's that support maps work may be different for each skin, but if using Google Maps most will probably now require a Google Maps API key.

To save the metadata associated with an image to that image file ensure that Preferences>General>Image editing>Write xmp metadata to images is turned on - it is on by default, so will only be off if you have previously changed this preference setting!

For specific skin information try the skin manuals page or the skin's 'home' page on jAlbum for further information.