This Learning to Geotag website is one of a few of my sites recently destroyed by a former hosting provider’s server upgrade. In the transfer to the new server, they corrupted the database that held everything together.
I am in the process of cranking everything back up as well as launching a new podcast series that debuted just last weekend. I should have this site back on track in August (2010).
My posts until the corrupted database meltdown were mostly documenting my struggle to get started with geotagging. Finding a way to get all the pieces of my particular geotagging puzzle to speak to one another was not a simple process.
I have my original text and graphics, and I will soon post a succinct retelling of that getting started story here on the new site. Hopefully my ongoing exploration in this field will benefit a few others along the way.
The good news is that with each day that passes, the world is becoming more friendly towards geotagging pursuits. It’s only going to get easier to geotag and to use attached GPS data to enjoy new ways of sharing and interacting with photos.
Having a small, low cost geotagging device as a standard piece of life gear also provides the ability to document routes and easily relocate unplanned destinations after a day of exploration.
Some personal geotagging good news can be seen now at JapanPhotoJournal.com. Though that site’s database was also corrupted by my previous provider, with its relaunch I’ve achieved the main goal I was striving for with my geotagging efforts; I’ve figured out how to use data acquired with a GPS data logger to add maps on my websites that reveal the precise locations where photos were taken, as well as provide reference points for the locations my Japan podcast episodes were recorded in.
Please have a look at JapanPhotoJournal.com to check out my main geotagging project. And stop back in here to learn with me as I dig deeper into the world of geotagging.
Thanks for visiting.
Dan Savage [Email]
