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GeoSetter Changelog

What's new in GeoSetter 3.5.3 Build 2195

Oct 30, 2019
  • Changes:
  • Sometimes GeoSetter crashed when checking changed languages, for example after startup

New in GeoSetter 3.5.2 Build 2194 (Oct 24, 2019)

  • Requesting location data from GeoNames didn’t work correctly with special characters, for example German umlauts

New in GeoSetter 3.5.1 Build 2192 (Oct 22, 2019)

  • After moving my webspace to a new provider, checking available updates didn’t work anymore. It will be done now by using a secure SSL connetion.

New in GeoSetter 3.5.0 Build 2188 (May 11, 2018)

  • One improvement to the former version 3.4.16 is now the support for Google’s requirements regarding the version of Internet Explorer. Additionally there were problems with image files from iOS 11 devices in the last weeks, which have been read in very very slowly. This is also fixed now. Furthermore there are a lot of minor changes and fixes which I did during the last years. I will not list them all here now.
  • Please note: I removed the functionality for synchronizing metadata between files and folders because of some problems. As far as I know not so much users will miss that – I hope.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.82 Build 2184 Beta (Feb 27, 2018)

  • [User Interface] Download of Beta 3.4.82 not possible or wrong URL - resolved.
  • [User Interface] Fehler bei Installation von v 3.4.82 BETA - resolved.
  • [User Interface] geosetter warning regarding embedded Google Maps -- unsupported browser - resolved.
  • [User Interface] Google Maps - resolved.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.51 Build 2164 Beta (Jun 12, 2015)

  • [User Interface] Program does not start - resolved.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.50 Beta (Jun 12, 2015)

  • [User Interface] Portable version crashes - resolved.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.48 Beta (Jun 12, 2015)

  • [User Interface] Processing Sony RX100M2 pictures slows GeoSetter to a crawl. - resolved.
  • [Image Data] Sony SLT-A37 Image preview green tint - resolved.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.46 Beta (Jun 12, 2015)

  • [User Interface] change the size of the "Edit Info" dialogue when multiple images are selected - resolved.
  • [User Interface] Resizing "Edit Info" dialog - resolved.
  • [User Interface] Option to disable relative movement of target coordinates if position coordinates are moved - resolved.
  • [User Interface] Image Info - some Values truncated/clipped in ExifTool view - resolved.
  • [User Interface] Remove location data by pressing a button in dialog - resolved.
  • [User Interface] Accept coordinates pasted from Google Maps - resolved.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.42 Beta (Jun 12, 2015)

  • [User Interface] Unable to search - resolved.
  • [User Interface] Map window does not synchronize with image location (Map Error) - resolved.
  • [User Interface] Marker aus GPX Datei werden in Karte nicht mehr angezeigt - resolved.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.38 Beta (Jun 12, 2015)

  • [Image Data] Support for Phase One RAW files (iiq) - resolved.
  • [Image Data] Support for user defined ExifTool folder - resolved.
  • [User Interface] critical error - resolved.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.34 Beta (Jun 12, 2015)

  • [Image Data] direction during CR2 files will always overwrite the Edit (Friedemann) - resolved.
  • [User Interface] maps do not work anymore - resolved.
  • [Image Data] GeoSetter rating always sets automatically (almost) to 1 star, although the rating is "0" - resolved.
  • [Image Data] Incorrect Data from Nikon P510 - resolved.
  • [Image Data] Copy Image Data to Clipboard no longer works as expected - resolved.
  • [Image Data] Image Direction is changed without user input. - resolved.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.29 Beta (Jun 12, 2015)

  • [Image Data] Use map file from local machine instead of file from my web page - resolved.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.28 Beta (Jun 12, 2015)

  • [Image Data] Timezone 0 will be added when assigning position from map - resolved.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.26 Beta (Jun 12, 2015)

  • [Image Data] Support for KML extension gx:Track including gx:coord - resolved.

New in GeoSetter 3.4.14 (Jan 31, 2011)

  • Height of dialog for editing meta data (Ctrl+E) is now changeable
  • Updated help file
  • Problem with loading updated translation files

New in GeoSetter 3.4.12 (Jan 24, 2011)

  • Using new public GeoNames server and adjustable user name. Registering for your own user account is highly recommended!
  • Maximun visible track points on map adjustable in program settings
  • Follow and center focused image file on map
  • History of map views did not work correctly (toolbar on top of map)
  • Synchronizing with GPS track files sometimes produced wrong results when using more than one track file
  • Some other small changes, improvements and fixes

New in GeoSetter 3.4.9 (Jan 17, 2011)

  • Release version will now also check for beta versions (optional)
  • Updated help file (many thanks to Heiko Leupolz)
  • Updated translations for Spanish and Japanese (many thanks to Santiago Del Brío and Atsushi Murai)
  • Deleting images was not possible
  • Explorer context menu icon appears in wrong column on Windows XP
  • IPTC Source/Description URL hasn’t been saved to XMP data
  • ExifTool info panel forgets collapse states and column size
  • Some other small changes on user interface

New in GeoSetter 3.4.2 (Jan 13, 2011)

  • Sometimes doing ratings by keyboard does not work
  • Sometimes map crashed on application terminate

New in GeoSetter 3.4.0 (Jan 11, 2011)

  • New designed interface and functionality for synchronizing meta data between image files
  • Support for custom file types
  • Support for compass information of Mikrokopter track files
  • New map type MyTopo
  • Quick access to adjust thumbnail sizes and visible lines of meta data in thumbnail view
  • Improved ExifTool info panel (Ctrl+I)
  • Sometimes saved wrong UTF8 flag for IPTC data in combination with creation date
  • Wrong reading of Microsoft rating tag from XMP data
  • Missing preview of Pentax K-5 RAW files
  • Explorer context menu did not work under Windows 7
  • Timezone have been ignored in GPX track files
  • Wrong coding of international characters in Google Earth export

New in GeoSetter 3.3.60 (Jan 11, 2011)

  • Optional synchronizing of heading data when synchronizing with GPS track files.
  • After saving of creator data (Byline name in GeoSetter), maybe Adobe software did not recognize some meta data anymore (including development settings in Lightroom) after initially saving the creator with Lightroom 3 in a wrong way. An updated version of ExifTool (8.26) recognizes this problem now and creates a warning (many thanks to Phil Harvey!).

New in GeoSetter 3.3.57 (Jan 11, 2011)

  • Support for binary files of WinTec WBT-202-GPS-Logger (by using GPSBabel Beta 1.3.7)
  • Adobe applications do not recognize metadata anymore after saving creator in XMP data (still needs clarification, saving of creator is temporary disabled)
  • Program hangs up when showing info panel (Ctrl+I) after updating to ExifTool > 8.23
  • Dialog for selecting location data appears after GPS synchronization although an image is located in radius of favorites containig data for auto assignment
  • NMEA GPRMC parsing mismatch
  • Starting GeoSetter with param file in collection mode does not work correctly
  • Left click on image marks as modified
  • CPU usage too high in idle mode
  • Some other small changes, improvements and fixes

New in GeoSetter 3.3.48 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • GeoSetter will start faster now when web location service is not available
  • Metadata has not been saved completely sometimes on first save command when XMP data has been newly created

New in GeoSetter 3.3.43 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Right click on blue image markers for assigning/copying image data
  • Right click on map for assigning image positions and selecting nearby images
  • Assigning keyboard shortcuts to search-/filter templates
  • Filetype option for setting file date to taken date when saving image data
  • Setting file date from taken date for selected image files
  • Track files with lots of waypoints (>1.000) have been shown very slowly
  • Problem with special library folders under Windows 7
  • Some other small changes, improvements and fixes

New in GeoSetter 3.3.32 (Mar 11, 2010)

  • The rename function caused sometimes the image files to be renamed to a new name without file extension

New in GeoSetter 3.3.30 (Mar 11, 2010)

  • Some minor changes regarding assigning image direction in map
  • Map panel can not me moved after undocking from main window
  • Some other small changes, improvements and fixes

New in GeoSetter 3.3.18 (Mar 11, 2010)

  • Editor for camera crop factors for calculation of 35mm equivalent focal length and therefore correct display of view angles on the map
  • Setting and saving view point (with optional locking of image direction)
  • Assigning map position and image direction in one step
  • New filter options
  • Showing lens and camera owner name
  • Comparing dates in search and filter
  • Saving data of selected images
  • Select all / invert selection
  • Set GPS date from taken date
  • Keyboard shortcuts did not work with focused map
  • Face tags written by Microsoft Live Photo Gallery have not been recognized
  • Date of GPS date has not been read
  • Some other small changes and improvements

New in GeoSetter 3.3.10 (Mar 11, 2010)

  • Editor for camera crop factors for calculation of 35mm equivalent focal length and therefore correct display of view angles on the map
  • Setting and saving view point (with optional locking of image direction)
  • Assigning map position and image direction in one step
  • New filter options
  • Showing lens and camera owner name
  • Comparing dates in search and filter
  • Saving data of selected images
  • Select all / invert selection
  • Set GPS date from taken date
  • Keyboard shortcuts did not work with focused map
  • Face tags written by Microsoft Live Photo Gallery have not been recognized
  • Date of GPS date has not been read
  • Some other small changes and improvements

New in GeoSetter 3.3.1 (Feb 5, 2010)

  • Added Option to hide/show direction marker in map of focused image
  • Fixed some minor problems with filter (for changed image files the filter will not be applied immediately, instead they will be filtered after save or by using new option “Update On Changed Files”)
  • Window layouts has not been restored by using “File | Restore Settings…”
  • Fixed problem with timezone Europe/London (daylight saving time has not been calculated)
  • Hopefully fixed ExifTool problem regarding “Error renaming temporary file to…”

New in GeoSetter 3.3.0 (Feb 2, 2010)

  • Editing and showing image directions
  • Show/hide overview map
  • Filter setting for startup
  • Enable/disable custom filter
  • Filter info
  • Show faces (identified by Google Picasa or Windows Live Photo Gallery)
  • Assign waypoints names
  • Activate/deactivate file hints
  • Sometimes excpetion when tagging THM files
  • Some other small changes and improvements

New in GeoSetter 3.2.6 (Jan 13, 2010)

  • Save last used filter and optional restore on startup
  • New register “Startup” in settings dialog (Screenshot)

New in GeoSetter 3.2.5 (Jan 11, 2010)

  • Changes may be saved also to RAW files when option was enabled to save only XMP sidecar files
  • Buttons disappeard in dialogs on Vista and Windows 7 when pressing ALT key
  • Filter/search condition did not work with OR on filenames
  • Sometimes exception in Edit Data dialog (”Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window.”)
  • Some additional minor fixes on the user interface.

New in GeoSetter 3.2.3 (Jan 8, 2010)

  • Crash on startup on some system configurations

New in GeoSetter 3.2.1 (Jan 8, 2010)

  • Data of image files has not been read when image file was located in a folder containing Asian characters.

New in GeoSetter 3.2.0 (Jan 8, 2010)

  • Supports multiprocessing when saving image data
  • Functionalety for renaming image files
  • Copy and paste of meta data
  • Option to show imperial measurement units
  • Selection of IPTC character coding
  • Customizing toolbar
  • Shortcuts for menu commands
  • Save and restore of program settings
  • Edit and assign data templates)
  • ExifTool update info
  • Support for MTK GPS loggers by using GPSBabel (iBlue 747 etc.)
  • Support for Holux GPS logers by using GPSBabel
  • Adjustable startup folder
  • Image preview in tooltips
  • Optional use of remote images for Google Earth export
  • Display of track length and track point distance in track panel
  • Selection of images by using reference image on map
  • Custom image title for Google Earth export
  • Support for THM files
  • Exclude KMZ files from automatic display of tracks in current folder
  • Wrong sorting of images
  • Problems with Explorer shell extension
  • Timezone has been overwritten sometimes while saving changes
  • Writing GPS tag exif:GPSVersionID
  • Problem with some GPX files
  • Problem with some KML files
  • Many other small changes and improvements…

New in GeoSetter 3.1.20 (Aug 28, 2009)

  • ExifTool could corrupt Nikon NRW files
  • Renaming file in GeoSetter doesn't rename sidecar file
  • GPX not valid with specific description data
  • Problems with support for Exif Artist
  • Support for CoPilot track files

New in GeoSetter 3.1.16 (Aug 4, 2009)

  • Support for OziExplorerCE waypoint files
  • Support for Garmin MapSource track files
  • Support for Canon THM files
  • Support for changing Exif artist
  • Updated version of ExifTool to support DNG 1.3
  • Option to reset filter
  • Wrong display of GPS time
  • Canon CRW files contain no date time value
  • Crash in settings dialog on some Chinese systems
  • Local characters will be garbaged sometimes when exporting to Google Earth
  • Cannot read GPX way points file
  • Automatic assignment of location data doesn't work
  • Error when reading GPX files with XML version="1.1"
  • Wrong display of GPS Speed Values
  • Some problems regarding filter functionalety
  • Exported kmz-Files will not open in GoogleEarth
  • Sometimes crash with Panasonic RAW files
  • Changing coding for IPTC values have to force rewriting of complete IPTC data
  • Wrong orientation in Lightroom after initially creating XMP of ARW files
  • Several minor bug fixes

New in GeoSetter 3.1.5 (Jun 9, 2009)

  • Preview of ARW files displays in very low resolution
  • Sometimes changes can't be saved
  • Ratings won't be read sometimes
  • Strange progressbar behaviour when uploading to locr
  • Some RAW files will be exported in wrong orientation to Google Earth and locr
  • Cannot modify timezone value
  • Wrong Time Zone for Athen

New in GeoSetter 3.0.14 (Mar 18, 2009)

  • Updated to ExifTool 7.67

New in GeoSetter 3.0.4 (Aug 22, 2008)

  • Wrong behaviour with file type filters when changing folders
  • It was only possible to save changes to XMP sidecar files for TIFF files

New in GeoSetter 3.0.3 (Aug 20, 2008)

  • fixed Bug in search and filter conditions
  • fixed Wrong button positions in some dialogs

New in GeoSetter 2.2.1 Build 375 (Dec 17, 2007)

  • Exception when sorting by text columns
  • Ok button in data dialog