Geotagged Media

FAQ

What is a geotag ?

The geotag is a small piece of information that stores the geographical coordinates (latitude, longitude) or camera model, which are stored into the image file, normally by the device that has GPS capabilities which created the image (your mobile phone or tablet). It can be accessed and read by any software and be edited with it. This plugin is able to access it and modify it, and delete it. More Information here

What is the shortcode ?

The shortcode is [gtm_map] and its arguments are:
* category – can accept the name in which you sort your media into, case you want two maps for each media category, specify one here, if not, a dropdown with all and the further category names will be drawn, allowing to se the media geotag locations individually
* sources – if you don’t use this argument, it has the same effect if you have written source=all , it will show all the source map available in radio buttons, in alternative, you can specify one or more sources separated by commas like in this way: OSM,BingMaps,MapBox
The four arguments below accept a yes (or true) or no (false) value. if you DON’T specify it, it has the same has if you have written the respective argument with the value of yes
* with_source_maps_selector – draw the radio buttons allowing to select the desire the map source, one at a time –
* with_thumbnail_checkbox – show the checkbox to show the thumbnails close to the geotag mark
* with_categories_filter– draw a dropdown allowing to select one category at a time
* with_tip_info – show a tip explaining how to deal with the map

My photos from my camera are surely geotagged, why they don’t appear as such in WordPress ?

The plugin is ready to read those EXIF tags when you upload new photos. Automatically assigns titles acording to the location found in the tags.
By default and for privacy reasons, WordPress strips away EXIF tags containing the location metadata, but this plugin already circumvents it so it captures the tags and stores it as a media object metadata.

Why Google Maps is not included in the Map Tiles Source ?

Because OpenLayers does not support it builtin in version 5. In version 3, there is a third-party implementation that allows to use it. Furthermore, Google APIs Terms of use stays explicitely that direct access to Google APIs through libraries not developed or endorsed by Google is a violation of their terms of service.