I am surprised Adobe Bridge hasn’t installed this iteslef yet. Perhaps there is a problem with cooperating with google. Thankfully however, there are enterprising coders out there that have solved the problem.
Field of View has made a geotagging panel for Bridge and it works quite well. I had my images geotagged from before, and what I was looking for was something that would show me a marker on a map inside bridge. This does exactly that. When you click on an image in Bridge, the Geotagging panel zooms into a pin on a Google map for that location. You can adjust the pin and save new geotag information, or set in a new pin if one doesn’t exist from before. There are a few issues however, and these should not be overlooked. To make sure I get these straight and you are aware of them, I have have copied and pasted them from the site. Before I get to those however, I would just like to applaud FieldofView for a great little Plug-In.
Known issues
NOTE: due to several issues listed below, the Bridge Geotagger script should be regarded more as a prove of concept than a production tool.
Do not use the Bridge Geotagger for mission critical files, or on for irreplacable (meta)data.
- Using the ’satelite’ or ‘hybrid’ views extensively will result in a temporary IP Ban from Google Maps!
Google does not like its API used locally, because there is no domain name to check against.*- The Bridge Geotagger script uses two small Flash movies to communicate from the Google Maps interface to Bridge. These need to be ‘trusted’. See the installation steps for instructions. The source of these SWF files is provided for you inspection.*
- Changes to GPS data may not be saved to JPG and/or TIF files when they are set to open in Adobe Camera Raw.
In the Bridge preferences, under ‘Thumbnails’, please make sure the ‘Prefer Adive Camera Raw for JPEG and TIFF files’ option is unchecked.- The Geotagging Panel may not show up after it is hidden. Restarting Bridge normally fixes this.*
- Removing GPS data may not work reliably.
- GPS data in XML files is not updated to reflect the changes made.
- The Geotagging tab always opens on the top left panel position, regardless of workspace settings.
- Only files that have a thumbnail and/or metadata can be geocoded at this time.*: These issues may be lifted if the Bridge Geotagger script moves away from Google Maps and start using Yahoo Maps Flash API. However, the satelite image coverage outside the US offered by Yahoo is abysmal.
Disclamer
The Bridge Geotagger is provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind. In no event shall the author be held liable for any damages whatsoever arising from the use or inability to use the software.
