3

I want to add coordinates to a picture that has been taken without GPS activated.

Any app for this?

Requirements:

  • Runs on Android
  • Add coordinates to EXIF data
  • Select point on a zoomable/scrollable map
  • Free, ideally open source

Bonus:

  • At startup, center map on my current location
  • Batch addition
  • Modification of existing coordinates, in case of GPS error

1 Answer 1

1

Oh, there are several of those. I have not tried any of them myself, but the probably best candidates seem to be:

EagleEye is probably the best choice here. I use its companion app PhotoMap, and am quite happy with it (it's based on the very same code, but rather a "lite" version lacking e.g. the feature to show pics without GeoTags and add the latter). Support is superb, issues I had were usually fixed within a week (if not faster).

For your task, it shows you the picture along with a map, and lets you visually move the "pointer" to the coordinates you want to write to the photo's Exif data:

EagleEye GeoTag
Edit GeoTags with EagleEye (source: Google Play; click image for large variant)

Of course you can edit existing GeoTags the very same way: simply drag the baloon to where it belongs. The app has a ton of other useful features, including

  • showing your photos by country or place
  • include a "GPS path" to show the order they were taken (map view)
  • show by year/month, distance, name, folder

And more. EagleEye is free and without any advertisements. Though I didn't use the app (yet) myself, most of its features (and behaviour) is known to me by its sister-app I'm using. Runs stable, is fun to work with. In short: This one you should definitely give a try :)

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge that you have read and understand our privacy policy and code of conduct.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.