Usage of -geotag in the ECP ?

[cytochrome]

It is easy to geotag a files/folders using a track file with Photomechanic or Geosetter.
Easy also with a simple command line like exiftool -geotag log.gpx -geosync=65 F:\Provi_test_GPS. Works fine.

But in the ECP I am unable to get it to work. In the best of cases it reads the trackfile and the NEF, but does not write.

In some cases (I tried a lot..) it says there are no tags to write too.

Francis

[Mario]

What does ExifTool return in the output pane of the ECP as the result when you try this?
Warnings? Errors?

The -geotag has a vey special syntax when I recall correctly.

You can send me a couple of image files and a matching gpx file for my sample collection. I have no such files and hence I cannot experiment.

[cytochrome]

The output looks like this:
=====================================
-a
-overwrite_original_in_place
-geotag log.gpx
F:\PROVI_~1\_DSC5747.NEF
F:\PROVI_~1\_DSC5747.NEF

-execute9999
======== F:/PROVI_~1/_DSC5747.NEF
======== F:/PROVI_~1/_DSC5747.NEF
    2 image files read
==================================

The -geotag is a complicated operator. there is an intersting discussion by Phil HERE. He writes in it:

If you understand the concept of the Composite tags (tags derived from the values of other tags), then the Geotag tag is a similar concept, but the reverse.  There are many exiftool tags like this which do not represent fixed data in an image.

But usage in a Windows console is simple enough: with this:  exiftool -geotag log.gpx -geosync=65 F:\Provi_test_GPS  With this you synchronize all NEF in Provi_test_GPS with data from log.gpx and a time shift of 65 seconds (cause camera and my Garmin weren't exactly synchrone).

I try to zip 2 NEF from this folder and the log.gpx file

Francis

PS The ZIP of 2 NEF + track file is 36.5 Mo. What do I do?

[Mario]

Whic arguments do you use in the ECP?

Ypu can upload the files to my FTP server.
If you don't have the details yet, contact me via my contact email.

Please understand that this is a very low priority issue for me at this time. You can perform the task via the command line (which is different from what the ECP does, which is producing ARGS files for ExifTool, maybe not compatible with the geotagging extension). And there are also specialized tools like GeoSetter which make tasks like this very easy.

[cytochrome]

Mario:

The arguments were (and many variations around these):
-a
-overwrite_original_in_place
-geotag
log.gpx
{Files}
{File.PathS}{File.NameS}.NEF

The problem is : it reads the NEF and log.gpx, but it does not write to the NEF.

As you said I can do it easily with my command line, and for new pix I do it during ingestion with PhotoMechanic, super fast.

I tried it with the ECP only because somebody (Gerd?) asked for geotagging from within Imatch, but for me it is a non-issue. But I wondered why it did not work...

I will not send now the NEF + track file, you have more important things to do. If the subject come up again, i'll sent it

Francis