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====== Photo Locator (Standalone) ======

===== Download =====

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===== Availability =====

The Photo Locator application is available in 2 forms : 

  - [[43:orbitgis_extensions:photolocator:index|Photo Locator Standalone]] : Can be used as a standalone application.
  - [[43:orbitgis_extensions:photolocator:standalone|Photo Locator Extension]] : Requires Orbit GIS or Orbit Explorer Plus to operate, but adds interactive geocoding.

===== Introduction =====

Photo Locator allows you to : 
  * Explore your GPS-tagged photos in Google Earth without having to publish them to an online service! 
  * Export your images to the Google Earth KMZ format
  * Export your images to any GIS system that supports the Shape format







===== Tutorial =====

=== Open a Directory ===

First step is to select a directory containing photographs.

{{opendir_1_small.png|Select a directory}}
{{opendir_2_small.png|Browse the images}}

=== Edit Project Name ===

Next edit the project name.

  * When exporting to Google Earth, the project name is configured as the name of your placemarks file.
  * When exporting to Shape, the project name is added to each object.

{{project_small.png|Edit the project name}}


=== Open or Export ===

Now open or export the images!
  * Right-click a photo and press "Open in Google Earth" to locate an image right away or 
  * Click one of the toolbar buttons to batch-export all the images.

Exporting to Google Earth :

{{clipboard01_small.png|Explore your photographs using Google Earth}}
{{earth_small.png|Close up on the image caption}}

== Note on Vector Files ==

Orbit PhotoLocator can also integrate RICOH Memo attributes into the exported shape file.\\ 
Make sure the .MTA file (defining the attributes) is present in the same directory when exporting!.

== Note on Google Maps ==

If you place .kmz files somewhere online, you can view them in Google Maps by filling in the address to the kmz file as a google maps search location!