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dfandrich / gpscorrelate

C program to match GPS tracks to photographs, and store the matches in the EXIF data in the photographs.
https://dfandrich.github.io/gpscorrelate/
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Mention tremendous new need for this program due to new Dreamliner etc. airplanes that block GPS #19

Closed jidanni closed 1 year ago

jidanni commented 1 year ago

In the introduction you might mention that the chief use of this program might have been for back when cameras didn't have GPS, and one didn't own a cellphone.

But it turns out there will be an enormous new "market" for this program: Due to electrostatic adjustable tinted glass, there is alas no more GPS signal penetrating newer airliners like Boeing's Dreamliner.

Yes, window shades are out of style, and so is our precious GPS signal.

Yup, the only way to put the coordinates back into the EXIF's on all those pictures you took of the Aleutian Islands is to (within one week of landing, else pay) go to e.g., the FlightAware website, download the KMLs, and convert via gpsbabel to GPX, and then use them in this program!

dfandrich commented 1 year ago

That's an interesting use case and might be worth mentioning. Now that pro level DSLR all seem to have built-in GPS and point-and-shoot cameras are going away, there aren't a lot of cameras left that don't geotag photos already.

dfandrich commented 1 year ago

Added a mention as part of commit #965ad0a3