Edit photo geo coordinates

rustyblades

Perhaps not a bug, but with the new photo editor > Location Data, there seems to be no way to enter a coordinate directly. It seems that the only options are to enter an address or drop a pin. With the older editor we could enter the coordinates directly. Entering decimal format was a pain but at least it could be done.

Has anyone found a way to enter coordinates directly with the new interface.

Thanks

Allen

rustyblades wrote: »

Perhaps not a bug, but with the new photo editor > Location Data, there seems to be no way to enter a coordinate directly. It seems that the only options are to enter an address or drop a pin. With the older editor we could enter the coordinates directly. Entering decimal format was a pain but at least it could be done.

Has anyone found a way to enter coordinates directly with the new interface.

Thanks

I just added this in and the pin showed in the correct position on the map.
38.6086,-90.2664
Looks like adding the coordinates directly worked.

Allen

What's really nice is you can move/drag the pin once it's in to a new location.

Edit: BTW, I copy all my coordinates directly from GoogleMaps to paste in.
I paste coordinates in address at top and hit on my keyboard. Perhaps the mag glass doesn't work.
Edit: search glass does work

docwalker

That is correct. If you enter the coords it will map.

rustyblades

Allen wrote: »

I just added this in and the pin showed in the correct position on the map.
38.6086,-90.2664
Looks like adding the coordinates directly worked.

Allan

Thanks for this. I was adding the N and W in front of the coordinates. I'll leave out the direction indicators and only use numbers. I also cut and paste the coordinates directly from google earth. I've got the google earth set up to display decimal coordinates. I use SilkyPix for RAW conversion and it converts the decimal to degrees but the map location uploads properly into Smugmug. I was only having a problem in adding coordinates to existing photos in Smugmug. I'm adding more coordinates now that the limit is 1,000 pins.

rustyblades

docwalker wrote: »

That is correct. If you enter the coords it will map.

Doc it may be helpful to others if the input screen or the help pages gave some guidance on the format. I checked the help pages and there was nothing there. In the older editor, the decimal format was shown as the format to enter coordinates.

rustyblades

docwalker wrote: »

That is correct. If you enter the coords it will map.

Doc, there is a small problem that I've discovered. When you type in the coordinates and select the search, the pin is dropped near the location but not at the location. If you hover over the pin, you'll see that the displayed coordinates of the pin are not the same as the ones typed in. I used your coordinates and some of mine. The behaviour was always the same. The pin is not dropped at the coordinate location.

Allen

As long as it is close enough you can drag it to new location. I tweak the location of mine all the time.
Especially after switching to aerial view.