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GeoSetter in use - Canada
An example of GeoSetter in use - Canada

GeoSetter

 

GeoSetter

 

GeoSetter was a key piece of software for me after I had a digital camera but before I had a GPS attachment or built in GPS for my digital camera.

I used it primarily to time shift photos where I forgot to change the camera clock to the location I was in and to geolocate my photos. Some photos I also established to point of view by triangle of the lens used.

Let me explain that last one more fully. If the EXIF of the photo has a fixed lens, not a zoom lens, that lens will have a fixed area of coverage which can be represented by a line down the centre of the lens straight to the scene being captured. Either side of that is a right angle triangle whose angle depends on the lens in use. The triangle each side of the centre line is represented by a flat cone. Using the images of the map you can locate the edge of the photo, and therefore the edge of the cone. Repeat for the other side of the photo and you have established two points of the triangle. With those two points fixed and the angle fixed, it becomes apparent where the camera was to produce that photo, provided it has not been cropped.

Google Earth Projects - Tracks

 

Google Earth Projects

 

This article is about the use of Google Earth Projects in regard to data logged tracks or routes.

Travel website mapping

 

Travel website mapping

 

The goal is to produce engaging maps of the places visited so as to enhance and support the stories. To give a pleasurable reading experience to the visitor as well as information. Interactive and responsive to content would also be welcobe. 

A moving trace showing progress along a route would be ideal. I did achieve that for a while, and have this note elsewhere on this site. '... a map will appear which will run an animation of the route. It is currently under development and is a bit experimental. However, that now returns an Error page. The product was by www.animaps.com, but that also leads to a Error page'. Unfortunately, That is back on the wish list. Michael Palin programs have it, so there must be a way.

Photo location

 

Photo location

Where did I take this photo? I can see the subject of the photo in the image. What time did I take the photo?

Different techniques are required depending on the source of the image.

Garmin Geko

 

Garmin Geko

GPS tracks for mapping

 

GPS tracks for mapping

 

Before I started using Satnavs I had three main sources of GPS tracks.

Previously, information about routes taken came from memory, notes and diaries, paper maps marked up with progress.

GPS recorded logs mad the process so much easier.

Counter

 

 

Free counters!

 

 

 

 The flag counter below is for my original travelogue, which is slowly being replaced by this one, but can still be found here.

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News Flash

Repairs following hosting move

 

Spending some time this May repairing links and photos damaged in the move to the new website host. Particularly the articles transferred form the previous travelogue to this, the current Travel website. 

Change of host Sept 2023

 

Change of host Sept 2023

 

In the begining of August 2023 I transfered my ivanhurst.me.uk sites, including this one from 123-reg to IONOS. It was meant to be a simple task. However, that was to to be the case. The reason for the move was primarily the hugh increase in price that 123-reg was applying regarding email boxes. Previously, the upto 500 of the boxes were included in the various hosting packages I had. Now they were going to charge for each mailbox based on size, and as far as I could make out, this was going to cost me nearly £2,000. This was not acceptable, and I did not get satisfactory answers from support. So I turned off all the auto renews and stated to move sites and domains accross to IONOS.

Travel data problems

 

Travel data problems

This is where it starts to get a little technical.

The site is built on a content management system, CMS, using Joomla. Joomla is moving forward and version 3.10.?? is being discontinued. Future developments are for version 4.??

Similarly, PHP 7 is being replaced with PHP 8.

Part of the migration is relatively simple, I have already changed to a new template which works on the new platforms.

However, some of the helper applications, which work within Joomla are not yet ready.

Fabrik is one of those applications, if fact a significant 'Joomla Custom Website Application Builder'.

Refresh 2021

 

Site refresh Easter 2021

I decided to give the site a bit of a refresh over Easter 2021 and install a new template and some additional functions. One of the things I didn't like about the old site was the delay in text appearing which probably meant some people left before the content appeared. This has been disabled now.