GeoFinder in CDFinder


CDFinder has the best GPS (geotagging) integration!

What are GPS or geocoding tags?

These are standard geographic locations, or GPS coordinates for photo files, and the process of adding these is called geotagging or geocoding.

Fortunately, there are some hardware attachments for certain SLR cameras (some Nikon and Canon models, and the Fujifilm S5pro) lately, from dawntech and Solmeta, which add the GPS information directly when shooting (available from http://www.gps-kamera.eu/ and others)

A really good detailled description about how to get into geotagging can be found here: An ABC of geotagging photos on the Mac

To add the geotags to your existing photos, just use CDFinder itself, or the excellent HoudahGeo software, which can also be used to pair GPX and NMEA track files to new photos.

The free GPS-Info app, written by the CDFinder-Team, even displays the geotags of a photo directly in the Finder. More...
GPS data displayed in CDFinder Inspector


CDFinder 5 is able to catalog that embedded GPS information and actually uses it in the innovative GeoFinder.

With CDFinder, you can even search for other photos taken near a location, or display the GPS location in Flickr, Panoramio, Google Maps, MapQuest, SmugMug, WikiMapia, Yahoo Maps, Geody, OpenStreetMap, or Woophy.

CDFinder: The Geo Photo Manager


The GPS photo data in CDFinder will be displayed in the Inspector, in the EXIF (Photo Info) section:

(please look at the "Location" data)



GeoFinder


The most amazing and unique ability of CDFinder allows you to display all photos that were taken in a certain distance near a selected photo.

For that, select one photo you are interested in. Then, in the context menu for that photo file, select "All photos taken near..."

CDFinder GPS context menu

Then, CDFinder will ask you for the desired distance. Here, you can use kilometers, meters, or feet and miles as the unit of the distance.

Unique GeoFinder for the GPS search

Afterwards, all photo files within that distance of the original photos will show up in the Found Items window.


Reveal in Google Earth


Also, with CDFinder, you can even let Google Earth 4 show you where that photo was taken.

Just select the photo in CDFinder, and open the contextual menu for the item:

GPS context menu in CDFinder

If you select "Show Geotag (GPS) in -> Google Earth", CDFinder will then ask Google Earth 4 to display that location:

Google Earth result for CDFinder GPS data
This requires Google Earth 4 or newer to be installed on your computer.


Export as KMZ


Of course, you can use CDFinder to create a universal KMZ file with the GPS tags of one or multiple selected photos, and later use that in either Google Earth or any other KMZ enabled application.

CDFinder even stores the IPTC caption, important EXIF camera data, and a thumbnail of your photos in that KMZ file, making it perfect to send friends vacation photos, for example.

Upload photo to Locr.com


Locr Logo
Upload your photos to the Locr server directly from inside CDFinder. Select any photo with a geotag, and use "Upload to Locr.com" from the context meni. That is was easy!

Show the location of a photo on web sites


With CDFinder, you can even display a GPS location in Flickr, Panoramio, Google Maps, MapQuest, SmugMug, WikiMapia, Yahoo Maps, Geody, OpenStreetMap, or Woophy. Just open the context menu for a photo (as shown above), and select Flickr or any of the other services.

But wait, there is more! You can even extend the menu that CDFinder shows for yourself! The CDFinder Users Guide will tell you how to accomplish that.

Also, in the future, expect to see more GPS related integration in CDFinder.

If you have suggestions, just let us know!

Useful links

GPS-Info: http://www.cdfinder.de/en/en/en/gpsinfo.html
Locr Community: http://www.locr.com
Geotagger: http://craig.stanton.net.nz/software/Geotagger.html
Crosshairs for Google Earth: http://craig.stanton.net.nz/software/files/crosshairs.kmz
myTracks: http://mytracks.sourceforge.net
OpenStreetMap: http://www.openstreetmap.org/
GPSBabel: http://www.gpsbabel.org/
GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr: http://www.gisteq.com/MACsoftwaretour.php
LoadMyTracks: http://www.cluetrust.com/LoadMyTracks.html
Bt747 How-To: http://www.trick77.com/2008/07/12/how-to-holux-m-241-with-bt747-v148-gps-logger-software/
Solmeta DP-GPS N2: http://www.solmeta.com/en/products_detail.asp?id=10
Dawntech di-GPS Pro: http://www.dawntech.hk/di-GPS/products.htm
iPhotoToGoogleEarth: http://craig.stanton.net.nz/software/iPhotoToGoogleEarth.html
PhotoInfoEditor: http://www.mmisoftware.co.uk/pages/photoinfoeditor.php
PhotoGPSEditor: http://www.mmisoftware.co.uk/pages/photogpseditor.php
GPSPhotoLinker: http://www.earlyinnovations.com/gpsphotolinker/
Maperture: http://www.ubermind.com/products/maperture.php
Geotag Icon Project: http://www.geotagicons.com/
Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
HoudahGeo: http://www.houdah.com/houdahGeo/