Automatic geo-tagging of images just got cheaper and easier using the Breeze Systems’s Downloader Pro software ($29.95). It automatically syncs GPS data collected from devices like Sony’s GPS-CS1 tracker ($150), right.
The software automatically tags photos with embedded location information as the images are later downloaded to your computer.
Sony’s stand-alone GPS device (right) can be turned on and put in a pocket or purse, independently. It records accurate time, tagged to your location.
Since most digital cameras also automatically embed time (and other information) inside the image using Exchangeable image file format (Exif), the Breeze System’s software simply synchs up the files, matching time tags, and embedding the downloaded images with GPS coordinate data using the Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) standard.
Handy for Live Maps and Google Map Mashups. Panoramio allows you to locate photos exactly over the place they were taken. You can store up to 2 Gb at your personal area in their original size and quality and locate your photos in the place they were taken. DailyWireless has more on Geocoding Photos and Data with software like PhotoGPSEditor.
Tech Crunch says the basic format for embedding images into a web page using the <img> tag has been around almost as long at HTML itself, since the first graphical web browser. It works, and it is used constantly. But can it be better?
Advertising network AdBrite, which is always looking for new ways to think about things, says it can. This morning, AdBrite launches BritePic to help people add a lot of new functionality around embedded images. Just by changing the embed code, web publishers can add a caption, watermark, zoom, share, resize and other features. And an advertisement, if they choose to.
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