Comments on: geotagging in Aperture with Maperture

By: Übermind

Übermind — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:23:06 +0000

Maperture Pro BETA 1.1.8 is now available for download! Go to http://www.ubermind.com/beta, take it for a spin, and tell us what you think.

By: Übermind

Übermind — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:40:12 +0000

Hey all,

I just wanted to chime in on your discussion…

About Embedding GPS metadata…

Unfortunately this is a bug in the way Aperture deals with plugins exporting versions. It seems certain metadata fields will not export unless you export a new master image. We have contacted Apple about this issue and hopefully will be included in a future update. If you export a new Master image, the GPS metadata will be correctly embedded for upload. But it’s a two step process and we would like it to be more streamlined. I still need to do some further testing with the new updates to see if there is any progress here. And will keep you updated.

About working with referenced files in Aperture with Maperture…

After some testing, it does seem like there is an issue when working with files not stored in the Aperture Library. When geotagging images Maperture will erase all IPTC data in these referenced files. There are limitations in the API which hinder the abilities of an edit plug-in within the host application. So you will need to have your images stored in a managed Aperture library to use the plug-in to it’s fullest at this point.

And we are also testing Maperture Pro BETA currently which has several enhancements and fixes and can be found below.

http://www.ubermind.com/beta

Thanks!

By: motivio

motivio — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:15:57 +0000

The credit/copyright metadata is affected if your RAW files are referenced in Aperture.
I can confirm this!

By: Nathan Henderson

Nathan Henderson — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:24:32 +0000

@anitsirk I just geotagged a bunch of photos using the latest version of Maperture, and my credit/copyright metadata was not affected. I’m guessing the problem you mentioned has been fixed. If would be nice if the keyword tagging was optional.

By: anitsirk

anitsirk — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:24:28 +0000

Just an addition that might be important: If you had entered credit and copyright notice information before geotagging images with Maperture, you will loose that information and have to re-enter it. Furthermore, Maperture adds the keyword “Geotagged”.

By: anitsirk

anitsirk — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:47:29 +0000

Until now I used Geotagger (http://craig.stanton.net.nz/software/Geotagger.html) in combination with Google Earth which works well. The only drawback is that you have to geotag the photos outside of Aperture through Finder. That is a bit cumbersome. Thus, I will gibe Maperture a try. Thanx for the post.

By: geotagging | Will's Similiblog

geotagging | Will's Similiblog — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:57:21 +0000

[...] video tutorial. The plugin is currently a free download in alpha from Übermind. (Thanks D’Arcy, for your post on this!) (I’m also using the Übermind Gallery2 export plugin for Aperture, to upload photos [...]

By: Will Taylor

Will Taylor — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:34:39 +0000

Thanks D’Arcy!
I downloaded & installed this immediately after reading your post – a wonderful application.
I’ve just set up geotagging in my Gallery2 installation, using the Gallery2 Map module – see

http://wt.similibus.org/2008/08/15/geotagging/

& so far it’s working quite nicely. Nice GoogleEarth integration from the Gallery2 Map module – see the screencast in my post.