Jan, author of Android and desktop version of Geotag Photos pro just returned from Thailand trip and took more than 5000 photos there. Sure all of them were geotagged using our Geotag Photos Pro application, but he also realized one thing – the geotaging was little bit slooow. Honestly, it took minutes to geotag those thousands of photos. Maybe not big deal for somebody, but we saw challenge to make another improvement. And when we realized to update desktop application, we also decided to add few new features. After busy days & nights beta final version is here!
- drastic speed improvements - really, now the geotagging of photos is about 10 times faster, especially on Windows platform. We also speed up loading of image previews and improved showing of progress when geotagging.
- fix camera time function is not limited for max 2 days anymore, new field for day is there. Read more about fix camera time function in this article
- something for PRO users. In this new version we support XMP file format and separate XMP files for photos. What does it mean? XMP is standard defined by Adobe for describing of pictures metadata. In compare with EXIF it can be stored in separate file – the advantage is, that original file with picture is untouched. Note – not every software supports this. For example Adobe Lightroom (and other Adobe apps) supports, but not iPhoto or Aperture. You can enable this feature in Setup window.
- few UI improvements - now app looks more native especially on Mac OS X
This Geotag Photos desktop application is currently in beta. After 3 weeks of testing and implementing your valued feedback we decided to release final version of Geotag Photos desktop application 3.0. You can still run older version, if you want, but we don’t know about any reason, why you should 
. We are also users of Geotag Photos Pro, so that we are very happy with this new version – especially that speed thing (about 10 times faster geotagging on Jan’s computer) is amazing.
We will be happy, if you share your experience with Geotag Photos Pro with others, either writing about it, tweeting, liking us on Facebook or so. With more customers more updates will come .
As always, we will be happy to hear your feedback and feature requests.
Yours,
Jindrich & Jan, authors of GeotagPhotos
After help from Jan Sarson, TappyTaps I started a new test of the updated beta version (3) with photos from my Canon camera (RAW – cr2).
The Geotag application works fast and creates XMP files.
I import the photos to Lightroom and the GPS data are shown in the Meta data section.
When I click on the GPS data, Lightroom opens Google Earth and show the photo location.
The location is within 4 meters which I find very god; I use a HTC Wildfire phone with the Geotag Photos Pro Apps.
I am very satisfied with the application and hope the final version will be available soon.
I have used the beta version for the last two weeks and I have to say this is a very good application. I have one wish and that is an online version so I can use it without an Internet connection, are there any plans for an online version?
I have a desire to GeotagPhoto Pro for Android. Iphone to have a auto logging mode continuous (on everytime change) it is possible to make this feature in android version?
The reason for my desire is to android version is not very accurate. I use a HTC Sensation with Android 2.3.4 and the setup of Geotag Photosmart Pro Autologous every 5 seconds and the minimum position change is 10 meters. Time on the Mobile and camera are synchronized.
Best regards
Jorgen Thomsen