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The 1st step is to select the images that you want to use. The 2nd step is to geocode them using any of the available methods.
There are 3 ways to select the images that you want to geocode.
1. Select all images in a specific folder.
2. Select one or more image from a specific folder.
3. Dragging and dropping images onto the main grid.
You can select JPG, DNG, TIF, BMP, PNG, NEF, CR2, MRW, and ERF formats. If the image is not an EXIF format, you won't be able to georeference it from a GPS tracklog, automatically from a GPX file that contains only waypoints or from an imported NMEA sentence file. Using any of those methods requires a valid EXIF time stamp which PNG, BMP and non-EXIF JPGs do not support. You'll have to either manually georeference them or do so from the waypoints in your GPS unit.
When the RotateWhenLoaded preference option is True (the default is False), the orientation of the image is read from the image's EXIF header and, if required, the image is rotated appropriately. The rotation is lossless, permanent, and applied to the original image. The program does not support the rotation of RAW formats such as NEF, CR2, MRW, and ERF files.
If an image is JPG, DNG, TIF, NEF, CR2, MRW, or ERF format and already has valid time, latitude, longitude, direction, altitude and description data in the EXIF headers, that information will be loaded as well.
The Google Earth and Google Maps features allow you to automatically make use of a JPG's EXIF and IPTC information.
Most 3rd party graphic programs don't support the EXIF format, so if you edit your images and then resave the file, the EXIF information will be lost. Most digital cameras create EXIF compliant JPG files.
After an image is loaded, you can perform various operations on it (such as removing it) by double clicking on the filename and then selecting an option from the resulting pop-up menu.
If you've imported or downloaded location data prior to selecting the images and if the images are EXIF format with valid timestamps, they will be automatically georeferenced and you'll see the latitude, longitude, altitude, and direction values in the file list. Otherwise, all you'll see in the list is the file name and any existing EXIF data. Not all images will contain all of the information, especially the altitude and direction data.
If you've loaded audio files prior to selecting the images, each image will be associated with the audio file having the closest timestamp. If you want to manually associate the two, you should set the AudioAutoAssociate preference to False before loading either.
Unless you've changed the program option for doing so, your original images will not be affected when processed, i.e. they will first be copied to a folder of your choosing and processed from there.
DNG, TIF, NEF, CR2, MRW, and ERF files are not supported in Google Earth, Google Maps, or Flickr. If your image list contains these files and if you later choose one of these export options, you'll be prompted whether to convert them to JPG format before proceeding.
The program does not support the writing of RAW raster data found in DNG, NEF, CR2, MRW, and ERF files, so, before stamping, they have to be converted to JPG format.
The program fully supports writing EXIF data to DNG, TIF, NEF, CR2, MRW, and ERF files, so there's no need for the program to convert these to JPG before doing that, i.e the original format will be retained. The operation is lossless too.
If your camera's RAW format isn't supported, you can convert them to DNG using the free Adobe DNG Converter.
You can automate the selection of images by specifying the appropriate command line parameter.
When you select an entire folder, all JPG, DNG, TIF, PNG, BMP, NEF, CR2, MRW, and ERF files in that folder will be selected. You can quickly choose an entire folder by pressing F2.
The default image folder is always set to the folder that you last selected and is used when the program is automated.
Select this option to select one or more image to add to the list. To select multiple images, click while holding down the Ctrl key.
You can load images by dragging and dropping them onto the main grid. If valid location data exists prior to dropping the files, the images will be automatically geocoded.
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