Questions tagged [geotagging]

The process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media.

The process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media such as photographs or videos, websites, SMS messages, QR codes, or RSS feeds. This data usually consists of latitude and longitude coordinates, though they can also include altitude, bearing, distance, accuracy data, and place names.


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PHP / Google Maps - Geofence

I am attempting to create a simple tracker using php and google maps. Right now I have the tracker working but I want it to detect proximity to certain markers. For example if the user is within 30m of the my "house" (a marker) the script will…
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Searching for images on the basis of latitude and longitude based proximity

I want to make a flickr application which searches flickr database and look for images which are close to the latitude and longtitude that I give to the application. Is such an application possible? If yes can someone point me to adequate pointers…
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Arranging photos on a map

I am trying to create an application where photos are laid out on a map such that they are close to the lat/lon they correspond to, and yet do not overlap with each other. An example of what I am…
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Open source library to get geotags from images?

Is there an open source library to efficiently and reliably get geotags from an image? I want something system agnostic, hence a library instead of a program. I would love something well documented and in Python but any language works. I'm not…
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Can't retrieve user country from AWS CloudFront

I've an static application running on CloudFront hosted by S3, and I'm trying to receive user country in my API running on EC2, without success. CloudFront configuration: S3 CORS configuration:
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Geographical identification location (GeoLocation/GeoTag) in SVG

I am wondering how to geotag SVG maps. My search results Geotags are available in metadata formats such as Exif, XMP and GeoTIFF. There is even a geotag for SMS (based on "geo:" URI) But there is no geotags in SVG standard. And not found…
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Geolocation without HTML5 API

All! I need to determine current user City. With HTML5 it's not a problem. But i need support old browsers (leke are ie 7,8). First of all i thought to find location using IP address. But its not easy to implement (i need actual database with…
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How do I convert these image EXIF GPS coordinates into Decimal Lat/Lng?

I'm writing some image processing code, and I'm pulling out the GPS coordinates, however they are in some sort of integer array that I can't figure out how to convert to Degree/Minute/Second or Decimal form. Lat:…
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Geotagged dbpedia sparql query - want to include abstract in result set

I have the following query which works: SELECT ?page ?lat ?long (bif:st_distance(?geo, bif:st_point(42.883, -72.8981))) WHERE{ ?m foaf:page ?page. ?m geo:geometry ?geo. ?m geo:lat ?lat. ?m geo:long ?long. FILTER (bif:st_intersects (?geo,…
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How accurate is the Location information of Geotagged photos?

This question is a bit subjective and not exactly a programming question but very relevant to an idea i am trying to develop. I want to know the personal opinion and information of developers who have dealt with Geotagged information and what they…
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geo-stamping and geo-tagging in android

I have got a requirement to implement to Geo-stamping for images taken through Android device camera. I am wondering whether Geo-stamping and Geo-tagging both are same or different. How do i achieve Geo-stamping in android. Is that all i need to set…
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ios write geotag into image

I need to read a jpg image (not from the imagelibrary) and write into them the exif geotag data taken from the iPhone gps how can I do this? thanks in advance. Paolo
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SEO Geotargeting virtual folders of a website

I have a service that is offered in multiple countries on the same domain. It is structured using virtual folders for each country, for example: www.example.com/uk www.example.com/usa www.example.com/france Previously we used separate domains for…
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How can I programmatically check whether geo-tagging is enabled?

I spent some time searching for an answer by myself, but couldn't find a solution. Is it possible to check programmatically in my App, if the option for geo-tagging pictures in the settings of the camera-app (which I use) is activated or not?
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Removing GPS EXIF data with PHP

This morning I was woken up by a call from a client running a Concrete5 website, saying that any images uploaded to their website suddenly stopped working. After an hour or two of experimentation and study I realized the root cause of the issue. A…
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