[Qgis-user] Early beta of EasyGeoTagger available for download

[Peter Ersts]

Howdy QGIS Users,

We are happy to introduce a new plugin.

EasyGeoTagger (EasyGT) 
[http://biodiversityinformatics.amnh.org/open_source/easygeotagger/index.php?mid=67] 
is an easy-to-use open source software application for geotagging 
digital images that runs on Linux, OSX and Windows.

EasyGT comes with additional plugins that greatly extend the 
capabilities of QGIS. EasyGT includes a native QGIS data provider and 
accompanying plugin ( LoadExifDataset ) that allows a directory of 
geotagged images to be treated as vector ( point ) data source. Together 
with the Event Visualization Tool (eVis), natural resource managers, 
conservation practitioners and general enthusiasts have access to 
powerful suite of free tools for editing, mapping, and displaying 
digital images in a geographic context.

EasyGT is in the very early stages of development. This early release 
only contains a windows binary for use with the OSGeo4W package and 
build instructions for Linux ( don't need to build QGIS from source 
however ). Binaries for Linux and Mac OSX will be available sometime in 
the near future.

Version 0.3.0 currently includes the following capabilities,
    * Preview and tagging of JPG, TIF, PNG and most raw image files 
(e.g., NEF, CRW )
    * Manual editing of GPS EXIF data
    * Coordinate selection from Google Maps (requires Internet connection)
    * Coordinate selection from custom data layers when used as a QGIS 
plugin
    * Interactive selection of coordinates from delimited text files
    * Convert raw image files to JPG and copy all EXIF data
    * Scriptable through a built in Python console
    * Simple and flexible plugin interface for extending and adding 
functionality

We hope that you find this early beta interesting. Please provide us 
with some feedback! Also if anyone is interested in helping, we are 
always looking for contributors ( documentation, translators, and coders ).

-pete

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Peter J. Ersts, Project Specialist
American Museum of Natural History
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation
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New York, New York 10024
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