Map Panel (put target marker on the Streetview)

[kiwilink]

I am using Google in the Mapview.  I have pics with no Geo info.  So I look at the map and then take the little yellow man icon and place it on the street (which opens up Streetview).  Then I find exactly where I want to put the Target Marker except I don't think IMATCH will let me drop a Target Marker in Streetview.  If I exit back to the map I lose my exact place I wanted to drop the Target marker.  

Ami doing something wrong?  Should I be using a different source of map?  I didn't see anyone in the past ask this question.

Thank you

Kiwilink

[Mario]

StreetView is a totally different map mode of operation. You cannot drop the target marker into street view, I think the Google API and the Google JavaScript IMatch uses do not support this.
You will also notice that using commands like "Show on Map" in this mode open in a separate browser window and require a Google account etc. Totally different thing.

I think with Google Maps in hybrid or satellite view you will get exactly the results you want.

[kiwilink]

Yes, I will do this (Hybrid mode).  Thanks!!

[PandDLong]

I have had the same experience and I noted that even if you are in Google Maps (not in IMatch) the functionality of google pins in streetview is also quite different - so it is clearly a map provider difference.

I did notice in IMatch the marker for a photo does appear in streetview which is great (as does the target market as I recall).  If the location really matters to be exact, then I will place the target marker, change to streetview, find it and figure out how much to move and in what direction, get out of streetview, move the marker double-check, etc.

A bit tedious but if it really matters, that works.   (I have decided after doing it for a couple, it will very rarely matter that much).

Hope that is helpful.

Michael

[mastodon]

Hoho, that is my problem, too: one cannot drop the target marker into street view. So, I do the tedious approach like PandDLong. Any better methods "are wellcome".

[Mario]

Google disconnects the Street View from the normal map, it is basically an "overlay" hosted at Google, above the actual map.

What does Street View give you that the hybrid mode does not? Hybrid shows you every street corner, every street lantern, and objects down to maybe a meter:



IMatch target marker in hybrid view. I would say that this is precise enough to set coordinates of images?!

[PandDLong]

Yes, that view is enough detail.  But, I only get to that hybrid look in a few areas - typically major urban.  I get to it by zooming into the maximum effect.

Is there another way to get to this look - and to find out where it is available and where it is not?

Michael

[Mario]

and to find out where it is available and where it is not?

You will have to ask Google. Not all areas world-wide have this resolution (this is from London) and not all countries get the same map tiles and resolutions. If you zoom in to max and you don't get this kind of view, Google has no high-res data (yet). StreetView is totally separate from maps.

[mastodon]

Streetview is more convenient, because one can see always the walls, doors and windows, that are not always visible in hybrid mode.

[Mario]

Not sure why you need to see walls, doors and windows just to add GPS coordinates to an image. May be a fringe case.

As I tried to explain, when you switch to street view, you are "leaving" the Map Panel. Google puts an overlay over the map IMatch displays, and this overlay is fully controlled by Google. The JavaScript libraries IMatch fetches from Google servers don't handle this, IMatch cannot place markers on StreetView etc.

If you really, really need StreetView: Use Google Maps. Navigate Street View. When you found the spot you cannot see in the normal Google Maps, use the commands which Google may provide in your country for Street View to copy the coordinates into the clipboard, then paste them in the lat/lon in the IMatch Metadata Panel.

[kiwilink]

I'm reading your comments PandDLong and Mastodon.  My situation is a little different.  I have a D7000 Nikon with no Geo data captured from the camera.  When on vacations I was using Gaia GPS on my iPhone to keep track of important images.  This got tedious so I decided to just shoot a pic with the phone and the D7000 and grab the important Geo from the phone and paste into the Nikon images.  I stopped doing this.  When I got home I would go to Streetview and go down a street until I match where I took the shot.  I was trying to then drop a marker exactly in Streetview but  couldn't.  As Mario said, the Google hybrid is close and gets me a mark but going back and forth a few times between Streetview and the hybrid map is tedious with lots of images.  No more cameras for me without GPS capture.  I'm still trying to go thru 700 images of London from 2006 to try and find exactly where I shot the images.  Google finds some Landmarks but not enough.

Kiwilink

[jch2103]

@kiwilink - Re getting GPS coordinates with your existing camera, there are several GPS accessories on the market that will work with your Nikon. I can't recommend any specific ones, as I haven't researched lately. As always, there are some tradeoffs (primarily some extra battery drain, but this depends on the specific model) but these can directly add GPS coordinates to images as they're taken by the camera (similar to how SnapBridge works, except the camera gets coordinates directly from the GPS device and it's usually faster and more accurate). Good luck!

[kiwilink]

John

Thank you!  I did look at some and as a hiker with this additional weight I'm probably going to get a new camera.  Thanks for the reply!

[bekesizl]

John

Thank you!  I did look at some and as a hiker with this additional weight I'm probably going to get a new camera.  Thanks for the reply!

Another suggestion for recording coordinates is a smart watch.
I got the idea in this forum and have chosen a Garmin Instinct Solar, as from it I am able to download a detailed track as GPX and use it in the IMatch Map Panel to assign coordinates to my photos.
It is not cheap and surely not as easy having something connected with your camera all the time, but it is not a big extra weigth and very accurate. But it should be cheaper as a new camera.