Back in December I did a post about digiKam's new tagging features. In that article I briefly mentioned another new feature that supports adding GPS coordinates to a photo's metadata. Today I'll explore how to do it.

While I don't know of any digital cameras that come with built-in GPS to automatically add coordinates, it is possible to use a GPS device to gather geolocation data separately. One device marketed for this purpose is Sony's GPS-CS1 GPS Device for CyberShot Digital Cameras. But if you are like me and don't own a GPS, don't despair, it's still easy to add the coordinates yourself.

digiKam can add coordinates in one of two ways. The first is by importing a GPX file and the second is by selecting a location from Google Maps. The coordinates you define through these methods include longitude, latitude, and altitude. If you use the Google Maps method then the altitude will always be set to 0. You can change it manually if you wish.

I used digiKam version 0.9 and kipi-plugins version 0.1.4 for this example.

Import GPX or TCX files:
  You can load your route from GPX or TCX files which are created by your GPS device.

  Browse your computer to select the wished file then click "Send!"

  Once your file's uploaded, you can display your route on the main map to get more options or immediately save the route.

Open Source GPS Tracking System. It allows to use mobile phones with J2ME support as mobile trackers and see its tracks on Google Maps online. There is a web RESTful API for GPS data input. See details on http://www.wannatrak.org

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GPS Visualizer is a free, easy-to-use online utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data (tracks and waypoints, including GPX files), driving routes, street addresses, or simple coordinates. Use it to see where you've been, plan where you're going, or visualize geographic data (business locations, scientific observations, events, customers, real estate, geotagged photos, "GPS drawing," etc.).