I'm hoping you won't reget touching geolocation because it's another can of worms like video metatdata :-), but I'll risk it:
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=> Could you implement a feature that adds the distance to wherever the geolocation is, and/or make the gps coordinates of the geolocated location available somehow?
I'm not sure I understand your lengthy description, but I think that ExifTool may already do what you want. For example, the distance/direction from a GPS point to a known feature is given in the last 2 tags returned:
> exiftool -api geolocation="3.12345,-42.43536,New York City"
Geolocation City : New York City
Geolocation Region : New York
Geolocation Country Code : US
Geolocation Country : United States
Geolocation Time Zone : America/New_York
Geolocation Feature Code : PPL
Geolocation Population : 8800000
Geolocation Position : 40.7143, -74.0060
Geolocation Distance : 5240.33 km
Geolocation Bearing : 326
- Phil
Quote from: Phil Harvey on April 20, 2024, 07:07:13 AMI'm not sure I understand your lengthy description, but I think that ExifTool may already do what you want. For example, the distance/direction from a GPS point to a known feature is given in the last 2 tags returned:
I'm sorry for the length, I just wanted to legitimize my feature request.
Thanks for your command line that outputs the distance - I didn't see exiftool -api geolocation "-geolocation*" https://exiftool.org/geolocation.html ... will to to do better next time.
Great. The Geolocation feature was indeed a lot of work, but rewarding because this is a fun feature that I will use myself.
- Phil
Edit: Also, browsing the documentation I don't think I have explained this feature very well. I've got some more work to do there...
Edit2: I've added an example to demonstrate this feature on the Geolocation page (https://exiftool.org/geolocation.html#DefInput).
Version 12.84 will have a cool new ability that will allow you to find the nearest N features from a given GPS point (not just the closest). For example, this command finds the nearest 4 features:
exiftool -a -api geolocation=49.48,6.37,num=4
I can imagine this feature being used in a GUI to present the user with a set of choices for the location name they prefer.
- Phil
Quote from: Phil Harvey on April 21, 2024, 09:33:34 PMVersion 12.84 will have a cool new ability
Great, and it'is really appreciated.
It didn't take me too long to write a windows shell script that really enhances my Lightroom experience:
1. add the distance and the direction (like in N, NNW, NW, ...) to a City tag,
2. add a tag that contains the distance and direction to my home town from the shooting location.
This is only possible because of your work and the flexibility of exiftool,