Bug 188642 - GPS data in Digikam shows the wrong places on the map
Summary: GPS data in Digikam shows the wrong places on the map
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Geolocation-Workflow (show other bugs)
Version: 0.10.0
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2009-04-02 10:08 UTC by Frank Hommes
Modified: 2012-06-27 11:08 UTC (History)
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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