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Use the form below to share a photo thru the Free Viewer. For hotspot-enabled photos, use this form.
Enter your photo location URL, hit button Fill, then click on Link or Embed to copy the content. Links are used in various applications. View a panorama sample referenced in Google Maps, or see it in Google Earth.
Install and open ICE, drag and drop your photos and wait for the stitched image - it's automatic! Crop the image horizonally or vertically if needed, then export in the format of your choice (jpeg,png,HD,tiff,etc.) Some photo sets cannot be stitched by ICE. In such rare cases try using another (backup) free stitching software like Hugin or PTGui.
As alternative, you can use Microsoft Photo Tools - another free application.
Stitching software usually erases most photo information stored in the individual JPEG files, like camera make and model, exposure time, etc. You can restore this information and add more by using photo editing programs. With GeoSetter you can also geotag your photos - add the exact Earth position where the photo was taken. These latitude and longitude coordinates are used by Google, lockr and our viewer to show maps.
Install and open GeoSetter. Picture on the right shows the minimal steps to follow:
1 - select a folder with photos
2- select a single photo
3 - in the Search box, enter the location name where the photo was taken. If Google finds it, it will show a map with a red marker. Move the marker to the exact place.
4 - hit the icon "red marker with left arrow" to geotag your photo.
You can also add or edit other fields like country, state, city, author, etc. Finally save the photo file(s).
You can automatically update many photos at once using GPS tracks (trail of GPS points).
You can also geotag with Picasa (version 3 and newer) by selecting one or more pictures and hitting the Geotag button. You need to have the free Google Earth application installed, since Picasa geotagging is done through Google Earth.
The viewer can read GPS data from a JPEG photo file and pop-up a Google Map with its location. When GPS data is present, the control panel info icon is green -.
The viewer has an optional parameter LatLon which is used to set the geotag of your photo. Use website getlatlon.com to find your photo location on the world map. The Latitude and Longitude will appear automatically below the map. Copy the two numbers and paste them in your web page in viewer parameter LatLon. Replace the comma with a semicolon and cut down precision to 5 digits after the decimal point. Example: LatLon=69.66102;19.00703
Remote JPEG files are loaded into the viewer without a problem. Remote XML and MOV files, however, require permission. Their remote domains must have file crossdomain.xml allowing access, like this one on Flickr. If crossdomain.xml is not present, you can still get the file, but you need to have a local proxy. Here is an example of a working PHP Proxy Script. With this proxy, the viewer setting would look like: Image=http://yourServer.com/imgproxy.php?url=http://www.mediavr.com/media/eurekatower.mov
Get here a sample collection of panorama URL files you can open in the viewer.
- Open your browser, type or paste a photo link(URL) in the address box and hit Enter.
- After the image has loaded, click on the address box icon and drag to an open folder in Windows Explorer (or to Desktop in Vista).
- A new link file will be created. The extension is ".url", but is invisible by default in Windows Explorer.
Try puzzletouch.com - a great way to share photos.
