Google Earth photo tagging tool ships

Posted on 23 Apr 2007 at 09:34

Flickr does it; Google does it, and now you can do it. Geocoding, that is, as Houdah Software ships HoudahGeo 1.0, a simple photo tagging script that will pin images to virtual spaces on the globe, allowing you and your visitors to search for pictures not only by subject but also the location in which they were shot.

HoudahGeo is a universal binary that requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later, and allows you to quickly 'pin' images to a map. The selected location is written to the image's Exif data header, and can be exported as a Google Earth KML file. Once exported, the file can be posted online for public download and, after opening, will launch Google Earth and centre the planet on the location at which the image was taken.

HoudahGeo is launching at an introductory price of $24.95. This will increase to $29.95 with the 1.1 release, and $34.95 when it reaches version 1.2.

Full details can be found on the Houdah site.

Author: Nik Rawlinson

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