Programs are popping up everywhere to share photos via email or over the Internet. Many of these are timeline based–which makes a lot of sense. But sometimes I’d also like to know where the photo was taken. I’m wondering, does anyone know of an application that can overlay maps (temporarily) in a viewer? A map-augmented photo might look like this:
I imagine there’s a program out there that does this.
I’m looking for something simple, with not much more complexity than say PhotoStory. Seems like I should be able to walk through each photo within a wizard, type in a location or drill down to it’s location in a map (wouldn’t it be cool if cameras auto-captured GPS info too?), select a map style, and then generate a slide show.
(Searching for something like this is a bit tricky I’ve found. I don’t know quite the right words to use in Google so I’m finding a lot of stuff I’m not interested in. And, who knows, I might have tripped across the right program, but read right past it.)
I’ve read that there are some digital cameras that allow you to connect a GPS and it will save the info in the EXIF header. I’m not sure what cameras are able to do it.
You might want to check out the Microsoft Research project WWMX at http://wwmx.org. Its not exactly what you are looking for, but its kinda cool.
Matt, Thanks for the link. I had taken a quick look at WWMX, but I have to admit I didn’t dig very far. My first impression was that it was a community photo-posting site. I’ll look again.
Rick, I see from Google that Kodak had a GPS camera/camera system for awhile, but I’m not sure now. A GPS-equipped camera sure sounds like a winning capability to me.
This product lets you link your photos to a map using the gps track log. Only works for New Zealand though. http://www.maptoaster.com/maptoaster-topo-nz/index.html
RE: WWMX. Using the client application, you can add photos, and it will create a PhotoStory with a map overlay showing your geographic path.