[Taxacom] image hanlding, storage, and handling software

[Kehan Harman]

I've heard that blueMarine (an open source cross platform app) is  
meant to be very good - it's at http://bluemarine.tidalwave.it/

The nice thing is it's extensible, so more features (eg a taxonomy  
tagger that looks up names automatically from your chosen name server)  
could be developed ;)

There's a nice global map viewer built in using either OpenStreetMap  
or Nasa's WorldWind 3D (an open source alternative to google earth),  
tagging images by trip etc, and also as your spec requires some nice  
clear buttons labelled 'Tag as Keeper' and 'Tag as Trash'

It's currently in Beta but definately looks promising. I think the  
tutorial is worth a read through http://bluemarine-old.tidalwave.it/tutorial
Also a video of it in action: http://bluemarine.tidalwave.it/videos.html

(although I have to admit I haven't used it for my photos yet - I  
generally use f-spot (http://f-spot.org/Main_Page) & gThumb (http://gthumb.sourceforge.net/ 
) which come with the Gnome desktop). F or ease of use and performance  
I think I would probably go with google's Picasa but that lacks a lot  
of high in features, but it does embed metadata in the images.

Anyway that's my €0.02

Kehan


On 4 Feb 2009, at 11:24, Gail Kampmeier wrote:

> What about Adobe Bridge?  I saw a demo of this last year when CS4
> debuted and it sounded like a great tool, and one I'd ignored in
> previous Adobe Creative Suites versions.  Here is a link that looks
> like it's worth exploring:
> http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/05/07/your-complete-guide-to-adobe-bridge/
> to see if it does what you want, but perhaps others have actually
> used it for the complete purposes you outline.  Of course, unless
> your institution has a good deal with Adobe like ours does, this is
> an expensive option, so it may depend on how serious you are about
> your photographs whether you would have invested in it or not.
>
> Cheers!
> Gail
>
>> Dear Taxacomers
>>
>> What is your preferred image software that allows handling images,  
>> adding
>> metadata, export content to other pieces of software. I would like  
>> to get a
>> piece of software that allows to download the images from my  
>> digital camera
>> to the laptop, add metadata, reject unwanted images, and then add  
>> this data
>> later to my main system or upload it to our web sites. It seems to  
>> be a
>> tasked performed by any field biologist.
>>
>> Thanks for some hints
>>
>> Donat
>>
>> Dr. Donat Agosti
>> President
>> Plazi
>>
>> Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History and  
>> Naturmuseum der
>> Burgergemeinde Bern
>> Email: agosti at amnh.org
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> mailing address:
>>
>> Donat Agosti (Teheran)
>> EDA Kuriersektion
>> 3003 Bern
>> Switzerland
>> +98-21-2200 8765 (work)
>> +98-21-2260 6160 (home)
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>> +1-202-558 0330 (skype-in US)
>> +41-44-5862911 (skype-in Switzerland)
>>
>> Plazi
>> Zinggstr. 16
>> 3007 Bern
>> Switzerland
>> +41-31-370 1060
>
>
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