{"id":346,"date":"2011-02-19T21:51:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T19:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/kib_blog\/?p=346"},"modified":"2013-04-18T23:32:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T21:32:53","slug":"helicopter-photos-gps-geotags-and-a-copper-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/helicopter-photos-gps-geotags-and-a-copper-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter, photos, GPS, geotags and a copper mine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some time ago the construction manager on my current project told me about some software that would automatically geotag photographs by matching their date\/time with a GPS track. He used to work for BHP Billiton, so the software was hideously expensive.<\/p>\n

Experience has taught me that there are free versions of most clever or useful software. In this case it is called GeoSetter<\/a> and it is really quite good (maybe a few issues with the interface, but nothing I can’t live with).<\/p>\n

I’ve had it installed for a while but haven’t taken the time to fiddle with its more advanced capabilities. My current client is spending a lot of other people’s (investors) money, and they need to show them what they are doing with it. So they charter a helicopter every month to do an overflight: I didn’t go (Mr Construction Manager didn’t want both his engineers on the same aircraft in case it crashed…) but my colleague took a few decent pictures and had the Garmin with him.<\/p>\n

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Google Earth Play Tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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  1. Download from the links below and open in Google Earth<\/li>\n
  2. Rummage down the right hand side under “Places” (your set up may vary)<\/li>\n
  3. Select “February 2011 Overflight”<\/li>\n
  4. Click on the “Play tour” icon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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