Bug 310812

Summary: Geocoding photos by using place names information from metadata (IPTC, XMP)
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Seb gps-camera.eu <shofer>
Component: Geolocation-EngineAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: caulier.gilles, iwannaberich, jose_oliver
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 3.0.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://www.geoiptc.com/EN/Index.html
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Current Geographic search options

Description Seb gps-camera.eu 2012-11-28 12:13:07 UTC 
A lot of users may have done proper tagging with place names (EG, FR, France, Paris, Pigalle) in IPTC or XMP. 

==> This data can be uses to derive - more or less precise - lat/lon/alt coordinates.
==> This would help to make the pictures available for map search tool, ...


Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
Pictures with geotags (coordintes) with reduced work.


http://www.geoiptc.com/EN/Index.html shows that this can work.
Comment 1 José Oliver-Didier 2022-11-05 19:27:54 UTC 
Created attachment 153499 [details]
Current Geographic search options

IPTC Location fields - Country, State-Province, City and Sublocation fields should be searchable.
Comment 2 José Oliver-Didier 2022-11-05 19:29:59 UTC 
Previous comment was intended for another related bug - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351987