Re: Geotagging of images?

Andre Engels wrote:

> When would someone like to use that picture in Wikipedia or a 
> Wikibook or whatever? When they're talking about the village, I 
> assume.

This position is untenable.  Have you tried to geotag any 
significant amount of images that way? You cannot accurately 
measure the latitude and longitude of the object you are 
capturing.  It might be quite large.  Or it might be two different 
objects at different locations (another building in the foreground 
and the Eiffel tower far behind).  The only sustainable policy is 
to register the point position of the photographer and, if 
possible, the pointing direction of the lens.  If you want to find 
photos of the Eiffel tower, you need to search for photos that are 
tagged in a surrounding region.

There is a discussion and illustration at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoded_photograph

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