Geocoding a digital picture using command line tools (preferably)

I have a bunch of pictures. I would like to have some command line
utility to add Latitude/Longitude information to the EXIF information
in the JPEG file without changing the image (compression etc.). I want
something like this

c:\> MYGEOCODE c:\chicago\*.jpg 47.89 -87.63

Where MYGEOCODE is the utility I am looking for and the numbers at the
end (47.89 and -87.63) are the latitude and longitude of Chicago.

So, all the JPEG images will now have this information included.

A GUI is also good. However, I want the saved image to be exactly the
same without any compression etc.


Thanks.

PGPS wrote:
> I have a bunch of pictures. I would like to have some command line
> utility to add Latitude/Longitude information to the EXIF information
> in the JPEG file without changing the image (compression etc.). I want
> something like this
>
> c:\> MYGEOCODE c:\chicago\*.jpg 47.89 -87.63
>
> Where MYGEOCODE is the utility I am looking for and the numbers at the
> end (47.89 and -87.63) are the latitude and longitude of Chicago.
>
> So, all the JPEG images will now have this information included.
>
> A GUI is also good. However, I want the saved image to be exactly the
> same without any compression etc.

Lightroom will allow information to be added to the IPTC and EXIF
fields, as well as creating keywords, ratings, etc. It's totally
non-destructive, as are any edits to the photo itself you may do.

How you automate this is beyond my experience.

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john mcwilliams

On 18 May 2007 08:22:33 -0700, PGPS <premgrps@gmail.com>
wrote:

>I have a bunch of pictures. I would like to have some command line
>utility to add Latitude/Longitude information to the EXIF information
>in the JPEG file without changing the image (compression etc.). I want
>something like this
>
>c:\> MYGEOCODE c:\chicago\*.jpg 47.89 -87.63
>
>Where MYGEOCODE is the utility I am looking for and the numbers at the
>end (47.89 and -87.63) are the latitude and longitude of Chicago.
>
>So, all the JPEG images will now have this information included.

Google for exiftool, which will do exactly what you want -
and pretty much anything else to do with image metadata.

--
John Bean

John Bean <waterfoot@gmail.com> writes:

> On 18 May 2007 08:22:33 -0700, PGPS <premgrps@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I have a bunch of pictures. I would like to have some command line
> >utility to add Latitude/Longitude information to the EXIF information
> >in the JPEG file without changing the image (compression etc.). I want
> >something like this
> >
> >c:\> MYGEOCODE c:\chicago\*.jpg 47.89 -87.63
> >
> >Where MYGEOCODE is the utility I am looking for and the numbers at the
> >end (47.89 and -87.63) are the latitude and longitude of Chicago.
> >
> >So, all the JPEG images will now have this information included.
>
> Google for exiftool, which will do exactly what you want -
> and pretty much anything else to do with image metadata.

Here is the link:
http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

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Michael Meissner
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