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KML file from importphotos plug does not display photos

When I create a KML file using Importphotos I get no errors. When I open the KML file in google earth and click a point of a geolocated photo I get a pop up but it does not display the picture. The ...
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Adding un-geotagged photo to point Mac QGIS

I've followed the instructions for adding photos to points in QGIS, but it is not working. The file path shows up when the vector point is clicked on, but not the photo (see image). Anyone know what I'...
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QField naming photos with attributes from the same point currently being edited

I have a layer "transects" where a photo is taken within the attribute form for a point. Before taking the photo, the person in the field must input the date, creek name, site ID, and ...
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QField storing photos inconsistently

When I am taking photos on tablets in QField, inconsistencies exist (while using the same tablet!) in being able to view the photo on desktop. For example (same tablet, different locations): ... ...
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Rename photos based on a specific field in the data layer [closed]

I have an address layer, and I also take photographs associated with the address points. The image name is in the photo field of the layer however I want to rename the actual photograph to the value ...
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How QGIS knows my photos were taken in the Southern Hemisphere

I have photos with EXIF data Long: 149.xxx, Lat: 35.xxx. I'm in Australia, so this latitude should actually be negative: -35.xxx. However, when I import these photos into QGIS using the "import ...
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Allow users to add and georeference photos in ArcGIS Online or Portal

Ideally a user could drag and drop a photo and then click on the map to georeference and add a photo to an online database for future reference. Is this possible with existing tools in ArcGIS Online ...
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Opening an attachment in a grandchild feature by clicking on a thumbail

If you have a feature with a child feature ('observations') with its own child feature ('photos of observations) which provides an image attachment, is there some way to open the image by clicking on ...
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See photos in grandchild features full size in attribute table inn QGIS

I have a project where the features (some plants) have a child feature 'observations', which have their own child features, photos. If I look at a specific plant in the attribute table, I get a very ...
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Purpose of 'Attachment Directories' field in QField

In QGIS, what does the 'Attachment Directories' field in the QField section of Configure Project do, and where has the Photo Naming tag gone? Using QGIS 3.26.3 and QField 2.5.2-6, I've been trying to ...
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How to add multiple photos with a single feature in QGIS [duplicate]

I have a table with multiple rows for a vector layer in QGIS. I am able to add single photo with a point feature. But I want to add multiple photos with a feature with QField. I am adding these images ...
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QField - application size and hidden data

I am collecting some data using QField in Ethiopia. Usually, I am collecting points (.shp) with photos (text field with link to the photo/attachment). I accidentally deleted the DCIM folder. However, ...
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Taking photos in QField with a Pixel 6 (Pro), & QGIS 2.26.2

Has anyone figured out how to take a picture with the attachment widget, on this phone, and it just appears in the widget? The problems seem to be: a) Android 12 doesn't seem to let you change the ...
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QField- Photo naming using attribute value from a different layer

This is a twofold issue. I'm collecting pictures with QField and trying to rename them using this expression 'DCIM/' || "fid" || '_' || format_date(now(),'yyMMdd_hhmmss') || '.jpg' in the ...
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Action pop-up for Photo in QGIS 3.22.5 not working with Windows 11?

I am attempting to use the action feature for photos described in Using QGIS and QField for Field Data Collection - https://www.line-45.com/post/using-qgis-and-qfield-field-data-collection. This ...
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Mapping photos in QGIS from flickr

I want to locate and map some photos in QGIS. The photos come from other people (not from my album). Is it possible to get the location and metadata of some tagged photos from flickr? Is it possible ...
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Add photo to Google My Maps with image path in spreadsheet

I used Google Sheets to add points in Google My Maps. I know it is possible to add an image to the points. However, I have more than 600 points and I wonder if it is possible to add photos via image ...
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How feasible is it to scan CORONA satellite imagery in the National Archives?

I'm building a dataset of several hundred historical CORONA satellite images for a research project. I know that one can request these images from the US Geological Survey, but new scans cost $30 ...
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Leaflet Flickr photos and Marker cluster small image broken relation

I intend to use Jose Mamira's Flickr plugin to show clustered photos from Flickr, with their thumbnail (first all photos, for this exemple, then I would easily change the code to display only my own ...
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Import photos in QGIS

I tried importing by "Import photos" plugin but seems photos have to be tagged before import. I hoped this could be done after import in QGIS. Now since I have untagged photos there is ...
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Photo naming error (QField)

Follow the instructions at https://qfield.org/docs/prepare/picture_path.html?highlight=photo I write the following route to "Photo naming": 'DCIM / INV / INV_' || (now () || '.jpg' But it ...
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ImportPhotos Plugin error - no new photos were added

I have 7 .JPG photos that I'm trying to import so that when I identify features, a photo will pop up on the feature that I click. I've been trying to use the ImportPhotos Plugin, but every time I ...
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QGIS workflow for tagging images and producing maps based on tags

Is there any robust workflow to produce a contour map based on tags associated with georeferenced pictures? Specifically, I collected 3000 georeferenced photos of a meadow. Before of shooting each ...
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How to make a photo as a label on a point feature using ArcGIS/Arcmap

How to make a photo as a label on a point feature using ArcGIS/Arcmap. In this case each point feature will display a different photo. Someone has discussed this before, it can be seen at the ...
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QGIS: Importing geotagged photos 'Could not open' error

I am having a hard time importing geotagged photos using the 'Import geotagged photos' tool within QGIS 3.10. The photos I am importing do have GPS information within their properties, so I can't put ...
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How to display pictures / photos in Mapbox?

I have a website for better cycling in Berlin www.radfahren-berlin.de. there is imported official data and added custom data (how wide is the cycling lane,..). I want to diplay the actual photographs ...
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Refreshing image in attribute form based on classifier using QGIS

We have two tables: road_signs (road sign points). lut_road_signs (classifier of road signs), this table has a column sing_img (blob) in which the image of road signs is written in png format. How ...
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Displaying multiple images from same point in QGIS

After the dead of eVis plugin I have troubles working on my project in QGIS 3.16: I have a shapefile with multiple row, each one with the same position: the content is data from archaeological sites ...
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How to geotag photos from KML files

I am using an application called Gaia GPS to analyze regions affected by large enterprises. So, when I travel to this specific places I mark waypoints and take pictures before, during and at the end ...
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Photo naming in QGIS.3.14 QFieldSync

In QGIS 3.14 / QfieldSync there is now the functionality to configure photo naming. Yay! I use a 1:n set-up for photos, i.e. I capture photos in the child table ('photo') of a one-to-many relationship....
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QField Sync v3.2.0 Photo Naming not available

I have QFieldSync 3.2.0 installed, but do not see the 'Photo Naming Tab' in Project Configuration that was provided in 3.1.8. Has this been removed?
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Problem with photo displaying in QGIS 3.10

I would like to know how to display a photo in a image viewer with a featured action. I create a layer with 3 fields: id, leyenda and filepath. Filepath is the field where I put my photo.. Then I ...
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QField Photos and External Storage

I am using QGIS 3.12 and QField 1.5.3 on a Samsung Galaxy S4 (Android 9). My project allows collection of photos. This works when stored on Internal Storage, but not when stored in 'QField directory ...
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Setting QField for 1:n photos

I'm using QGIS 3.12 on Win10 x64. I'm trying to configure QField for 1:n photos. I have a point layer representing trees, and I want to be able to add multiple photos to that pt. I have set up as ...
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Renaming Attachments

So I've been trying to download and re-name my attachments. I have been successful on ArcMap HOWEVER, the python tool I've been able to use only downloads one attachment per datapoint. I have multiple ...
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QField - Managing photo storage

I'm using QField and was able to setup almost everything. I managed to enable photos creating a table (with the "attachment" type, relative path and so forth) and building relations to my Shapefile. ...
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Photo has bright and darker on an aerial photo question

For those that work in photogrammetry world, my question is how can I correct this old aerial photo that needed to be correct from a darker and bright black and white. I would have like to have both ...
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Display photo stored as blob in GPKG

I maintain a layer in my project that indexes geotagged research photos. Right now, the layer (in a gpkg) has an attribute PhotoPath which points to the photos stored separately on disk. I then use a ...
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QGIS: Add geotagged photos to already existing photos.gpkg file

I'm working with QGIS Desktop 3.4.12 Madeira, standalone. Operating System: Windows 10. Is it possible to add new geotagged images to an already existing „photos.gpkg“ file? If yes, how? The ...
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High quality photos using QFIELD

i'd like to take high quality photos with my tablet/smartphone during a survey with QFIELD. But i have some issues because with the camera used by the App, i cannot zoom in/out and the quality is bad,...
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How to display a thumbnail of a geotagged photo in QGIS?

I am using Qgis 3.10 on windows. I have created a shapefile of geotagged photos using the 'Import photo's' plugin. This gives me a map with an icon at the location of each photo. The attribute table ...
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Add Attachments tool failing for some features

In ArcMap 10.5, I have a feature class in a personal geodatabase, with Attachments Enabled. I have made a match table linking the feature class to the folder where are the photos are stored that I ...
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Hyperlinking images to geotagged photos in QGIS

How can I set up a geotagged photo on QGIS 3.4 to display the image? Currently it is just a geotagged point on the map without showing the photo.
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Link multiple Photos to Features using ID in QGIS

In QGIS I have a Postgis layer with POIs. Further, I have a folder with images. The name of the images matches a unique identifier in the attribute table. Is it possible to automatically connect ...
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Leaflet photo plugins library compatiblity issue

I am using the Leaflet photos plugin, it runs perfectly using the Leaflet v0.7.7 but using the newest version of Leaflet v1.4.0 it doesn't work and it gives the error Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read ...
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Using ImportPhotos Plugin in QGIS

I have some geotagged photos saved on a network drive which I want to import into QGIS 3.2. I have installed the ImportPhotos Plugin. I have gone through the import photos process and selected the ...
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Changing coordinates of geotagged photos

I've geotagged photos stored locally on my computer, which were converted into points. But I am not happy about where those points are placed by (not very accurate GPS). On the map, I know for sure, ...
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Automated photo import from folder in QGIS

Is there a way to set up an automated photo import from a network folder in QGIS? Specifically, I would like to push a custom button and select a root folder, and as images populate the folder I ...
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How to add my photo in KML with Android?

I have tried with overlay and Placemark, I store my photo and KML together in one KMZ but when I open with Google Earth, I only can see the text in the location, not the photo. Here is my code: [?...
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Qfield photo functionality - Increment filename

The question is in the title, when I use the photo functionality in Qfield, it stores the pictures in a DCIM folder, and the filenames are tagged with the time and date. I would like to be able to ...
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