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Tagging an image, To tag an image – DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 User Manual

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Tagging an Image

Once you successfully tag your digital images to a GPS log file or track file, you can view the

points at which the photos were taken on the map in your DeLorme program.
Before you begin, you must download the GPS log file or track file and digital photographs

to your computer. See

Receiving a Track From Your Third-party GPS Device

for information

on using the Exchange Wizard to transfer files.

To Tag an Image

1. Click the GeoTagger button

on the toolbar to open the GeoTagger Wizard.

2. Select Images and click Next.
3. In the Photo Directory box, type the path and file name for the folder (not specific

images) on your computer where the images are stored.

OR

Click Browse to search for the folder on your computer.

4. Under Time Zone, select the time zone where you were when you took the pictures.

See GMT Time Zone Information for a table of time zones by state.

If Daylight Saving Time was in effect (second Sunday in March through first Sunday

in November), select the Adjust for Daylight Saving Time check box.

5. Under GPS Data, select Track or GPL File.
6. If you selected Track, the list of track layers in the Draw tab displays in a tree menu.

Click the plus sign to expand the tree menu, and click the track. You can select only

one track at a time.

If you selected GPL File, in the GPS Data box, type the path and file name for the

file or click Browse to search for the file on your computer.

7. Click Next.

The Image list displays the images that will be tagged. Click an image to preview it

in Image Preview window.

8. Under Time Offset, if the time on your camera differed from actual time when you

recorded the data,

calculate the offset

, type the actual time in the Matching GPS

Time text box.

9. Click Next.
10. Select how you want to place the image on the map.

Hyperlink–A MapNote with a hyperlink to the image displays on the map.

Embedded–A MapNote with a thumbnail image hyperlinked to the image

displays on the map.

Symbol–A camera symbol with a hyperlink to the image displays on the map.

11. Click Next.

A message displays telling you that you successfully tagged your images. Click

Finish. When you view the GPS log file or track on the map, you can see where the

images are tagged.

OR

An error message displays; usually this is because the timestamps for the camera

and the file or track do not match.