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

By: Bob Palin

Bob Palin — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:53:51 +0000

Thank you for the help, it is definitely appreciated.

Bob

By: Leszek Pawlowicz

Leszek Pawlowicz — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:50:44 +0000

PhotoKML isn’t my program. It needs to generate a KMZ file, because that’s the only format that actually holds both the photos and the KML location information together in a single file. KMZ is fully compatible with Google Earth.

If you absolutely need to have just the KML data alone, without the photos, you have two options:

1. Change the KMZ extension to ZIP, then open the file in any zip program (like WinZip or 7Zip). You’ll see the KML file and the photo files togehter.

2. Open the KMZ file in Google Earth, then right-click on it, choose Save Place As, then select KML as the type you want to save it as.

By: Bob Palin

Bob Palin — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:10:59 +0000

Why do you call it PhotoKML and have a button that says Generate KML when in fact it only produces KMZ – I want a KML file – that’s why I downloaded it.

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