I've got several georeferenced digital photos as jpg, kml, and kmz. How can I import them into my GIS projects (QGIS or ArcGIS for Desktop) so I can open them as a popup?
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can you detail more on the nature of the photos? You have for the same jpg file a .kml/kmz?– Niculita MihaiCommented Apr 18, 2012 at 14:54
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3Based on the last few words of the question I'm guessing you mean the images are actually geotagged (they have a single location representing where the camera was when the photo was taken), not georeferenced (usually aerial or satellite photos taken from more or less directly overhead).– Dan CCommented Apr 18, 2012 at 16:38
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I have edited my answer with a new link to what you want to do– EmilyCommented Apr 18, 2012 at 17:08
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QGIS has a plugin called "Photo2Shape" that will convert the geotagged coordinates of the photo into a shapefile.
You can then use the "eVis" plugin to set up hotlinks to the photos themselves, and launch a photo viewer by clicking on the attribute field.
answered Apr 19, 2012 at 16:31
If you are talking about GeoTagged photos, I'll recommend ArcPhoto, available at http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/geoprocessing/details?entryID=8C3643DC-1422-2418-8836-CF0510413D40
answered Apr 19, 2012 at 16:36
See http://hub.qgis.org/projects/geotagphotos/wiki
This plugin can be considered an upgrade of the already existing and very good photo2shape plugin (http://hub.qgis.org/projects/photo2shape), developed by Alexander Bruy. The Geotag and import photos plugin was developed by Alexander Bruy and funded/designed by Giovanni Manghi and Lolita Bizzarri to respond to a specific task: manage, display and analyze photos obtained from photo-trapping surveys of wildlife.
If it's already georeferenced, for ArcGIS you could just import it as you would any other raster layer. If you need to georeference it, follow this in the helpfile:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//009t000000mq000000
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If it is photographs rather than aerial photos, then follow this helpfile about adding HTML links/attachments to a feature class:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00s50000002r000000.htm
Now that I better understand your question, I think this is exactly what you wanted. :)
You can also use the ImportPhotos Plug-in: https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/ImportPhotos/
