Bug 188642

Summary: GPS data in Digikam shows the wrong places on the map
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Frank Hommes <freanki>
Component: Geolocation-WorkflowAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: freanki
Priority: NOR    
Version: 0.10.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 1.0.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Frank Hommes 2009-04-02 10:08:16 UTC 
Version:           0.10.0 (using KDE 4.2.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

When I enter the gps data on
image --> geolocation --> edit coordinates
it shows the wrong place.

When I select a specific place (dome of cologne) then Digikam shows the wrong GPS-coordinates to that point.

Digikam seems to differ in around 30km on the east-west coordinate.
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2009-04-02 10:42:11 UTC 
From digiKam Geolocation sidebar tab, open coordinates to an external web service as googlempas to see if gps position are right on image. If yes, problem come from marble used to display map.

Gilles Caulier
Comment 2 Frank Hommes 2009-04-02 11:10:46 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> From digiKam Geolocation sidebar tab, open coordinates to an external web
> service as googlempas to see if gps position are right on image. If yes,
> problem come from marble used to display map.

It seems, I just just found the problem.

You can't enter the gps-position for 51° 18' 18.46", +7° 16' 50.34" like this:
51.181846,7.165034.
The right way would be 51.305128,7.280651 which is called decimal degrees.

It would be nice of course, if people could also enter the gps data as degrees, minutes, seconds, but that's more a wish and it belongs to kipi-plugins. I don't know if this wish is right here.

Thanks anyway :)

Frank