Bug 385471

Summary: Geolocation Editor Opens Map To A Random Location
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: hardy.public
Component: Plugin-Generic-GeolocationEditAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: caulier.gilles, metzpinguin
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.7.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Microsoft Windows   
OS: Microsoft Windows   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 5.8.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description hardy.public 2017-10-07 16:59:24 UTC 
I guess this is more of a request.

After selecting one or more thumbnails with GPS coordinates then launching the Geolocation Editor, it centres randomly hundreds or thousands of miles away from any of the image's locations. Of course this is quickly rectified by clicking a thumbnail.

Suggest the following rules:

No images have coordinates -> Centre map from last usage of the Geo Editor.

Some images have different coordinates -> Centre the map on the first image in the list with coordinates.

All images have different coordinates -> Centre the map on the first image in the list.

All images have the same coordinates -> Centre map on any image.

Thank you.
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2017-11-11 19:21:03 UTC 
In the next version (digiKam-5.8.0) the problem of random zoom and position will be solved. The wish that we automatically jump to coordinates of an image in the list, I think that is not a good idea. If the coordinates are incorrect, the view also lands somewhere on the north or south pole.

Maik
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2017-11-13 19:44:21 UTC 
The next 5.8.0 pre-version bundle can be downloaded from there for testing :

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

About the jump to coordinates of an image in the list, i join the Maik viewpoint. This can be a problematic behavior.

Gilles Caulier
Comment 3 hardy.public 2017-11-16 18:05:05 UTC 
Thank you. It is improved.