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Geotag Changelog

What's new in Geotag 0.103

Sep 17, 2017
  • Fixed problem using later versions of Exiftool

New in Geotag 0.102 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Workaround for Webstart redirect problem.

New in Geotag 0.101 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Fixed problem when writing changed images.

New in Geotag 0.100 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Fixed a Google Earth problem on Windows

New in Geotag 0.099 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Fixed a clipboard issue

New in Geotag 0.098 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Fixed some packaging issues

New in Geotag 0.097 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Disabled map tilt in Google maps

New in Geotag 0.096 (Aug 7, 2015)

  • Added Italian translation

New in Geotag 0.095 (Nov 4, 2014)

  • Added Swedish translation

New in Geotag 0.094 (Apr 29, 2014)

  • Added Greek translation by geogeo.gr

New in Geotag 0.093 (Apr 29, 2014)

  • Added a description column to allow direct editing of EXIF user comment
  • Icon in KML/KMZ export now configurable.
  • Optional header/footer fields for KML/KMZ export. Use at own risk.
  • Updated copyright notices in all source files.

New in Geotag 0.092 (Feb 5, 2014)

  • Fixed deployment problems

New in Geotag 0.091 (Feb 5, 2014)

  • The geonames.org API had changed slightly.

New in Geotag 0.090 (Nov 26, 2013)

  • Removed references to Google MAps API version 2 as it is now obsolete

New in Geotag 0.089 (Nov 20, 2013)

  • Almost complete rewrite of the Google Maps functionality.
  • Google Maps will switch off version 2 of their API on Nov 19, 2013
  • and Version 3 of the API is very different, so I expect problems.
  • Mouse wheel zoom is now enabled by default in Google maps and the
  • option to turn it on/off has been removed. In case of problems, please let
  • me know early.

New in Geotag 0.088 (Nov 20, 2013)

  • Removed warning due to new Java 7 security settings

New in Geotag 0.087 (Oct 11, 2013)

  • New Russian translation

New in Geotag 0.086 (Oct 8, 2013)

  • Fixed problem with Java 6

New in Geotag 0.085 (Oct 8, 2013)

  • Removed several compile warnings.
  • Fixed problems with Java 7.

New in Geotag 0.084 (Oct 8, 2013)

  • Release 0.083 failed due to unsigned jar.
  • Re-releasing. Added jar signature verification to release process.

New in Geotag 0.083 (Oct 8, 2013)

  • New Spanish translation
  • New Polish translation

New in Geotag 0.082 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Release 0.081 failed due to unsignedjar. Re-releasing

New in Geotag 0.081 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Added support for Samsung SRW files
  • New Czech translation

New in Geotag 0.080 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Fixed problem reading images tagged by Adobe Lightroom (Apparently they save latitude/longitude as zero divided by zero.)

New in Geotag 0.079 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Fixed bug 3241411:
  • Negative altitude got saved as positive

New in Geotag 0.078 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Added Flattr button. Maybe I can finance my Flattr habit

New in Geotag 0.077 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • New Brazilian Portuguese translation

New in Geotag 0.076 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Fixed ClassLoader problems with Java Web Start

New in Geotag 0.075 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • New Dutch translation

New in Geotag 0.074 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • No longer changing default Locale when explicitly using a .po file specified on the command line.
  • Fixed problem with undefined tags (Nikon P6000)
  • Updated Danish translation

New in Geotag 0.073 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Fixed a problem with .po files being opened with the wrong charset on Windows.
  • Added automatic generation of comments in .po files to help translators.

New in Geotag 0.072 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Fixed missing translation of Javascript text.
  • Google Earth path is now configurable for Linux

New in Geotag 0.071 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Geotag now uses GNU gettext po files for translations.
  • Major change under the bonnet that hopefully will go unnoticed.
  • Support for Nokon NRW files.

New in Geotag 0.070 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Fixed image view problem for images damaged by
  • Google's Picasa.

New in Geotag 0.069 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Added option not to keep backups when writing
  • Exif data.
  • Fixed Javascript problems with French translation

New in Geotag 0.068 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • New French translation by Frédéric Darboux added.

New in Geotag 0.067 (Jul 25, 2011)

  • Fixed a problem find locations for a single image

New in Geotag 0.066 (Jul 18, 2010)

  • Fixed problem with directions not being saved in XMP files
  • Now remembers last file filter used.
  • Replaced "->" with proper Unicode right arrow character where displayed.
  • Based on patched submitted by Dominic Battre:
  • Fixed problems with deleting location information.
  • Improved file chooser dialog.
  • Fixed timezone problems in the date/time chooser dialog.

New in Geotag 0.065 (Jul 2, 2010)

  • Fixed problem with altitudes in feet
  • Now signing jar with new key - old one was about to expire soon.

New in Geotag 0.064 (Jun 13, 2010)

  • Fixed compilation problem with OpenJDK

New in Geotag 0.063 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Workaround for bug 6880336 in Java 1.6.0_18

New in Geotag 0.062 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • [2826751] Added support for Panasonic RW2 files, if exiftool version >= 7.73 is installed
  • [2826752] Add support for XMP files as images

New in Geotag 0.061 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • [2825930] Support for IPTC:Sub-Location

New in Geotag 0.060 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • [2820048] Geotag now always shows the 'What next' dialog if exiftool is not found on startup.
  • [2817511] Geotag claims success when exiftool fails.
  • [2810269] Loading GPX file should show progress
  • Code cleanup

New in Geotag 0.059 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Fixed bug [2039352]: When alt is set to feet location copies turn to meters
  • Fixed bug [2020068]: geotagging fails for GPX data without tags

New in Geotag 0.058 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Overlooked one place where [2648519] wasn't fixed.

New in Geotag 0.057 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Fixed [2648519] Need to be able to specify arguments containing spaces
  • Updated copyright message.

New in Geotag 0.056 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • The geonames.org is now a user setting. this resolves problem [2535122]

New in Geotag 0.055 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Improved Webstart file

New in Geotag 0.054 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Geotag now has its own icon!
  • Geotag application icon produced by Bruce McKenzie with input from David Hall, icerabbit and Andreas Schneider.
  • Further preparations for the translation tool.
  • Fixed bug [1999376]: Track points without time stamps

New in Geotag 0.053 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Impoved KML export (Jason Winnebeck)
  • Thumbnail size now configurable (Jason Winnebeck)
  • Click count for manual edits now configurable.
  • Altitudes can now be retrieved from geonames.org.
  • Preparations for a built-in translation tool.

New in Geotag 0.052 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Fixed bug [1955019]: can't save empty location
  • Fixed bug [1892267]: Broken Manually Editing Altitude

New in Geotag 0.051 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Now supporting time zones that don't have a whole number offset from GMT (like Alice Springs).

New in Geotag 0.050 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Speed up for loading images on Windows. Linux should not be affected. Any feedback (better/worse/unchanged) is welcome

New in Geotag 0.049 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Menu items that only make sense for multiple images are no longer displayed on Google maps if only a single image is shown.
  • Updated Danish translation

New in Geotag 0.048 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Images can now be removed from the images table. Note that this will not delete the images, but just remove them from view. CRW files can now be geotagged (using XMP files only)
  • Fixed bug [1865891]: "copy location name" function not copying "city" field
  • Added workaround for Java/Swing bug preventing table columns to be moved properly.

New in Geotag 0.047 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Fixed bug generating KMZ files under Windows

New in Geotag 0.046 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added Danish translation by Uffe Ougaard.

New in Geotag 0.045 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Bug fix 1860333: XMP:GPSTimeStamp error message

New in Geotag 0.044 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added support for reading GPX 1.1 files.

New in Geotag 0.043 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Coordinates can now be set by copying them to the clipboard from any external application.

New in Geotag 0.042 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Fixed bug when reading XMP files with location names, but no coordinates.
  • Fixed bug reading geonames information with non-English query language.

New in Geotag 0.041 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • The geonames.org query language can now be overridden in the settings dialog, to stop Norwegian users getting place names in German only.

New in Geotag 0.040 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Fixed problems with reading multiple GPX files.

New in Geotag 0.039 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Geonames.org queries now use the correct language.
  • Major code cleanup.
  • Added support for proxies.
  • For reverse geocoding there is now a difference between locations and cities.

New in Geotag 0.038 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Now displaying alternative location names.
  • Now using the geonames findNearby query instead of findNearbyPlaceNames, resulting in more location names being returned, not only populated places.

New in Geotag 0.037 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Altitude, latitude and longitude can now be manually edited.
  • There are now several display formats to choose from for displaying latitudes and longitudes.
  • The altitude can now displayed in feet as well as in metres.

New in Geotag 0.036 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added keyboard navigation with arrow keys

New in Geotag 0.035 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Right clicking on the image preview now opens the popup menu for that image.
  • Search radius for reverse geocoding can now be specified in kilometers/kilometres or miles.
  • Added 3rd supported language: British English ;-)
  • General cleanup and minor fixes.

New in Geotag 0.034 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added ability to change location name to another location found nearby. This also includes names from Wikipedia entries.
  • Added ability to manually edit place names and to copy them to other images.

New in Geotag 0.033 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added reverse geocoding with geonames.org
  • The Edit menu now contains menu items to select all images, images with locations or images with new locations.
  • It is now possible to display nearby Wikipedia entries on the Google Map.
  • Display of thumbnail images in tooltips can now be turned off for better performance.

New in Geotag 0.032 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added export to Google Earth KML/KMZ files.
  • Redesign of the Settings dialog.

New in Geotag 0.031 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • More big speed increase for matching tracks.
  • The 'Show tracks on Google Maps' setting has been removed from the Settings dialog and added to the menu on the Google Map.

New in Geotag 0.030 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Matching tracks to images is now almost 10 times faster than before.
  • Now asks before overwriting GPX files.
  • Added keyboard shortcuts to the Google Maps menu (Feature request 1809768)

New in Geotag 0.029 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added drag-and-drop support for adding files.
  • Google Map menu open/closed state and scroll wheel zoom status are now remembered.
  • Bug fixed: 1810081

New in Geotag 0.028 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added a menu to the Google Map to ease navigation between several images on the map.

New in Geotag 0.027 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Fixed Javascript problem, resulting in thumbnail images not being displayed.
  • Enabled scroll wheel zooming for Google Maps.

New in Geotag 0.026 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Geotag now works with Internet Explorer. Several ugly work-arounds were needed to keep this weird software happy. All other browsers were just fine.

New in Geotag 0.025 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • As there are problems with Internet Explorer, a setting for the browser path was added.

New in Geotag 0.024 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • More than one image can now be opened on a single Google Map.
  • Displaying tracks on Google maps is now either on or off. The other choices didn't make sense with more than one image displayed.
  • Image direction can now be edited manually, either as an angle or a cardinal direction (e.g NNW).

New in Geotag 0.023 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added to ability to display and tag TIFF images.
  • New About dialog with working hyperlinks.

New in Geotag 0.022 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Now shows an error message if a GPX file could not be read.
  • Added a 'Geotag web site' item to the Help menu

New in Geotag 0.021 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Checking available memory on start-up and issuing a warning if it's not enough.
  • Temporary files are now deleted on exit

New in Geotag 0.020 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Bug fix release: Fixed problem with image direction when using with Google Earth

New in Geotag 0.019 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Images without coordinates will not automatically accept the default coordinates when shown in Google Earth.

New in Geotag 0.018 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added check for a new version on program start-up.
  • This can be turned off in the Settings dialog.

New in Geotag 0.017 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Mainly a bug fix/usability release.
  • Main difference: When showing an image without coordinates in Google Maps, the last displayed coordinates at a lower zoom level are now displayed (assuming the image is in the same general area as the previous one)

New in Geotag 0.016 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Now can set the image direction with Google Maps.
  • Now can handle displaying all tracks on a Google map.
  • Done by not sending points to the maps are are so close in the track, that they make no visual difference.
  • Now reporting back and remembering changes in map type in Google maps

New in Geotag 0.015 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added ability to display GPS tracks on Google Maps.
  • The last selected Google Maps zoom level is now reported back to Geotag and used for the next image opened in the browser..

New in Geotag 0.014 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added possibility to specify additional exiftool arguments.

New in Geotag 0.013 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • The column headers now have tool tips.
  • Column widths are now saved as preferences.
  • Column positions are now saved as preferences.
  • The table font can now be changed.

New in Geotag 0.012 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added handling of PPM thumbnail images.

New in Geotag 0.011 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added support for the following RAW file formats: ARW, DCR, RAF, SR2, SRF, X3F. Exiftool can only read those files, so locations are automatically stored in XMP sidecar files.

New in Geotag 0.010 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added support for XMP sidecar files

New in Geotag 0.009 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added support for dcraw external program to display RAW images

New in Geotag 0.008 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added support for .thm files (instead of .crw files which can't have EXIF data written to them).

New in Geotag 0.007 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Fixed bug with null altitudes.
  • Now writing stdout/stderr to log file

New in Geotag 0.006 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added support for the following RAW file formats:
  • CR2, DNG, ERF, MEF, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, RAW
  • Images are now sorted by GMT time stamp rather than by name

New in Geotag 0.005 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Messed up version information - had to re-release

New in Geotag 0.004 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added support for Google Earth

New in Geotag 0.003 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added support for GPSBabel
  • Added possibility to save .gpx files
  • Better behaviour if exiftool is not properly configured

New in Geotag 0.002 (Oct 26, 2009)

  • Added settings dialog and made the path to exiftool configurable