Digital Home Thoughts: VirtualEarth Add-in for Windows Media Center with Geocoded Pictures

"As I mentioned in my previous post I have a basic Virtual Earth add-in for Windows Media Center that works within the Media Center UI and is usable with the remote control. I've now added support for integrating geocoded pictures with the Virtual Earth add-in. So next time someone asks you where a particular photo was taken while watching a slide show you can pop-up the Virtual Earth add-in which will center the map on the photo's location and show a pushpin on the map. This functionality relies on the availability of GPS coordinates in the digital image. There are a number of software packages available that will tag your digital photos with GPS coordinates using either an associated GPS track or allowing you to manually enter the coordinates."



Wow, this new plugin seems fantastic. I have been a big proponent of geotagging images (i.e. assigning a latitude/longitude to images) because it would only improve the way we store our images. Plus, blogging and photo journalism would only get easier. With this plugin, when you geotag your photos you can then get more information on them in the form of a Virtual Earth Map by pressing the "more info" button on your remote as your slide show plays. Let us know if you try it out.