Comments on: Simple Geotagged Photo KML File Creator For PC/Mac

By: Sorbus

Sorbus — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:52:12 +0000

I got a bit confused with the interface, because it doesn’t like my geotagged images… It does indeed load the files, but the export function appears broken. I tagged them with GPS-PhotoLinker as it has the easiest and Mac friendliest interface: http://oregonstate.edu/~earlyj/gpsphotolinker/

Somehow PhotoKML doesn’t detect the geotag in the EXIF stamps, even though iPhoto, Preview and several Windows geotagging programs read them okay. It will still create a KMZ file, but when decompressed as a ZIP, there’s no KML file inside – Google Earth therefore won’t show anything. Having Googled this, it seems as though this is a common problem.

Thanks for the other links, I’ll see if they work well with my other programs!

By: Leszek Pawlowicz

Leszek Pawlowicz — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:27:46 +0000

Don’t have a Mac, so I’m not able to answer your question about why PhotoKML doesn’t work for you. Have you tried Prune:

http://freegeographytools.com/2008/prune-updated-now-with-automated-photo-geotagging-for-windows-mac-and-linux

or GPicSync:

http://freegeographytools.com/2007/photo-geotagging-iv-gpicsync

Supposedly, both are Mac OS X compatible.

By: Sorbus

Sorbus — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:31:14 +0000

It doesn’t seem to work for me on Mac OS 10.5.3. :(

When I try to load photos I know are 100% geotagged, it doesn’t let me open them.

It’s a shame, as I don’t always want to export to KML/KMZ from iPhoto all the time.

Anybody else had this problem?

Sorbus