Version: 1.8.0 (using KDE 4.6.0) OS: Linux As far as I know some high end cameras with an integrated GPS receiver have also a built-in compass, so they also "know" the direction at which a photo is taken, and can save this information in the photo's metadata. Reproducible: Didn't try Expected Results: Currently you can open a photo in the geo editor (map) to see and/or edit the location where the photo was taken. A great feature would be to be able to do another click into the map to define the direction at which the photo was taken. A quick Google search yields there are EXIF tags called GPSDestLatitude/GPSDestLongitude, or GPSDestBearing, which can store this information.
I would be interested in some sample images. We implemented support for this in the database a few years ago, but I never saw this in real life.
Unfortunately I don't have a camera which supports this, that's why I've put this on the DK wish list. ;-) So I can't provide any images. However, some investigation using Google seems to indicate the relevant EXIF tags are "GPS Img Direction Ref" and "GPS Img Direction" which are also mentioned here: http://www.exiv2.org/tags-xmp-exif.html Flickr supports displaying the EXIF data of uploaded photos, so a Google search for exif "GPS Img Direction" site:flickr.com yields a number of hits for such photos, including the camera model, e.g.: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gilbi/5997418061/meta/in/photostream/ (Sony DSC-HX5V) http://www.flickr.com/photos/35772676@N02/5876463774/meta/ (Casio EX-H20G) http://www.flickr.com/photos/11573583@N02/5974310287/meta/ (Apple iPhone 4) A huge number of photos found by this search has been taken by iPhones 4 or 3GS. Here's one which has been taken using a Canon EOS 500D: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trippinlarry/5477247804/meta/ (Canon EOS 500D) Since that camera does not provide a GPS or compass, the GEO tags must have been recorded with an external tagger, or have been added manually, using some application which already supports this.
Martin, This file still valid using kipi-plugins 2.4 ? Gilles Caulier