If you are an advanced user, you can drag it anywhere. Drag this binary executable to the desktop. After saving the ZIP archive, open it to find 'exiftool(-k).exe'. For the sake of simplicity, you will save the file to your desktop (or your browser's download directory). So, you will download 'exiftool-9.37.zip' from the web site. You can get the ExifTool on the ExifTool by Phil Harvey web site.Īt this writing ExifTool is version 9.37. ExifTool is a separately downloadable software, so you will need to get it. The 'Geotag' software also need the ExifTool to write the GPS coordinate into your photographs. Follow the instructions in the ' Easiest Way to Install Java for a Browser' article to set-up JRE.Ĭomments & Discussion > Setting Up ExifTool Luckily, it's not too hard to set-up JRE.

That is because the 'Geotag' software you will be using to geotag your photos requires JRE to run. In the future, we may expand this article for Mac users or write a separate article explicitly for Mac users.Ĭomments & Discussion > Setting Up Java Runtime Environmentīefore you can geotag your photos, you'll need to set-up the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

This article is currently written for Windows users. After setting up your computer to geotag, read the ' How to Add Location to Your Photos with Geotag' article to start geotagging your exciting photo adventuress. This article will help you set-up your computer to geotag your photos based on GPS logs. Once you have the GPS location file, you can use it to geotag with your photos.

For example, you can use your Android phone track as shown in our ' How to Use GPSLogger to Track Photo Locations' article. But if your camera doesn't already track location, you can still track your location with a separate GPS. Many high-end SmartPhones, such as Android and iPhone, already track location on every photo taken with its build-in camera. A handful of digital camera have built-in GPS today. It's quite fun, exciting, and memorable to keep track of where your photos are taken.

Set Up GeoTag to Add Location to Your Photos

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