Enhancement: Vastly improved Google Earth GeocodingGoogle Earth geocoding now provides readings of altitude in addition to latitude and longitude. It now also works when the Google Earth view is tilted.

Enhancement: Time Zone DisplayThe GMT+X time zones are now listed by their natural name.

Bug fix: EXIF export EXIF export and Flickr upload now remove GPS coordinates when none are entered in HoudahGeo.

Enhancement: Flickr export Enhanced machine tag (triple tag) support

Enhancement: exiftool Upgraded to the latest version of exiftool

New feature: Google Earth geocodingGeocode your images right from within Google Earth with just a click of a button!

New feature: Wintec USB supportConnect via USB to your Wintec GPS track logger

New feature: Serial-to-USB converter supportConnect to your serial Garmin or Magellan GPS device using a serial-to-USB converter

New feature: Lightroom supportBrowse your Lightroom 1.3 library from within HoudahGeo. Pick photos to export.

New feature: Enhanced XMP sidecar supportHoudahGeo now copies XMP sidecars along with images.

New feature: Enhanced XMP sidecar supportGPS tags are written to the XMP sidecar whenever present.

New feature: Pick & chooseSelect which images to export (Google Earth, Flickr!) or to write tags to.

New feature: KML output (advanced users)In addition to KMZ, HoudahGeo may now output KML for local or hosted use..

Enhancement: Enhanced XMP sidecars for unsupported filesHoudahGeo no longer converts unsupported RAW files to JPEG when asked to write to XMP sidecars.

Enhancement: KML/KMZ outputYou may chose between 3 image sizes to show in Google Earth ballons.

Enhancement: KML/KMZ outputGoogle Earth now shows the results of reverse geocoding.

Bug fix: Help DocumentationThe built-in Help book used to unduly complain about missing Internet connection.

Bug fix: Flickr uploadFlickr upload would fail when no maximum image size was specified.

Bug fix: Flickr uploadFlickr upload could stall.

New feature: Copy/paste coordinatesIt is now possible to copy coordinates from one image to another.

Enhancement: Map geocodingThe map window now loads significantly faster.

Enhancement: Map geocodingThe map window now remembers settings from previous use.

Bug fix: Image previewThe image preview again has the full size of the preview window.

Bug fix: GPX file loadingFixes an occasional crash while loading track log files.

Bug fix: Document window closingFixes an occasional crash while closing a document window.

Enhancement: Image previewsImage previews are now faster to load.

Enhancement: Automatic geocodingThe automatic geocoding alogorithm has been improved and allows for command line fine tuning.

• Enhancement: Camera setupHoudahGeo now remembers your timezone and clock error settings.
• Enhancement: GPSBabelUpgraded to GPSBabel 1.3.4.
• Enhancement: iMediaBrowserUpgraded to the latest version of the iMediaBrowser framework.
• Bug fix: Crash on closeHoudahGeo could crash on closing of a document window. This should be fixed.

Bug fix: Memory usagePlugged some memory leaks.

New feature: Reverse geocodingLet HoudahGeo determine the name of the location where a photo was taken

New feature: Google MapsThe map for manual geocoding now features bookmarks

New feature: GPS importHoudahGeo now connects via Bluetooth to Wintec WBT-100, WBT-200 and WBT-201 devices

New feature: Waypoint geocodingHoudahGeo may now assign the same waypoint to multiple images in one step

New feature: Google MapsThe map now remembers zoom level between invocations

New feature: Google MapsImproved integration with Google Earth. Includes the ability to show a crosshair in Google Earth

Enhancement: Fresh UIHoudahGeo 1.2 sports a beautiful new interface. Hope you'll like it.

Bug fix: Geocoding accuracyHoudahGeo could get confused if the track log started with a point with no timestamp.

Bug fix: Crashing bugFixed a case of random crashes affecting prior version of HoudahGeo.

Bug fix: Crashing bugHoudahGeo 1.1.7 introduced a crashing bug which is now fixed.

Bug fix: Way point loadingFailed to load way points from GPX files.

Bug fix: Image loadingHoudahGeo could skip images when dragged in bulk to the application.

Bug fix: Camera setup HoudahGeo 1.1.4 would crash when the camera setup was modified after having loaded images.

Bug fix: Image loadingCould crash.

Bug fix: GPS track log loadingCould crash.

Enhancement: GeocodingMay now be interrupted.

New feature: Flickr exportHoudahGeo 1.1 can upload your pictures to the photo web sharing web site Flickr.com.

New feature: Image previewImage preview now has its own window.

Enhancement: OverallHoudahGeo 1.1 greatly improves over HoudahGeo 1.0 when it comes to speed, responsiveness and support for large number of images. Be prepared to say goodbye to the spinning rainbow cursor!

Bug fixes: OverallHoudahGeo 1.1 fixes quite a number of minor bugs and stability issues.

Bug fix: Image loadingHoudahGeo 1.1.1 fixes a crashing bug that slipped through beta testing.

New feature: Flickr exportHoudahGeo 1.1 can upload your pictures to the photo web sharing web site Flickr.com.

New feature: Image previewImage preview now has its own window.

Enhancement: OverallHoudahGeo 1.1 greatly improves over HoudahGeo 1.0 when it comes to speed, responsiveness and support for large number of images. Be prepared to say goodbye to the spinning rainbow cursor!

Bug fixes: OverallHoudahGeo 1.1 fixes quite a number of minor bugs and stability issues.

New feature: Google Earth geocodingThe manual geocoding interface now supports bidirectional communication with Google Earth.

Enhancement: Google Earth exportHoudahGeo now exports higher quality images to Google Earth.

Enhancement: Google Earth exportThe timeline information is now an optional export.

Enhancement: Drag and dropHoudahGeo now accepts drag and drops provided its detects at least one supported file.

Enhancement: Drag and dropHoudahGeo now accepts drag and drops of folders on the main window.

Bug fix: Google Earth exportHoudahGeo now exports images in the appropriate orientation and desired size.

Bug fix: Application pathHoudahGeo now works correctly even if the application path contains a space character.

New feature: Google Earth geocodingYou may now center the geocoding map on the same location as Google Earth. This is useful for places where the Google Earth image material is of better quality than the Google Maps one.

New feature: IPTC supportHoudahGeo now reads and writes IPTC tags. IPTC Headline is mapped to the image description. IPTC Caption is mapped to comments.

Enhancement: Support for large number of imagesHoudahGeo has been optimized to handle any number of files. This applies end to end: bulk import, bulk geocoding, bulk export. Export functions may be time consuming with really large image counts.

Enhancement: Files with no EXIF dateHoudahGeo now properly falls back on file creation date when geocoding files with no EXIF date.

Enhancement: Image orientationImage orientation is now respected when creating scaled images for Google Earth.

Enhancement: Special character supportHoudahGeo can now handle special characters in its own paths, in image file paths as well as in file names.

Bug fix: EXIF exportEXIF export could skip random files while processing.

Bug fix: GPS importDirect import from USB-based GPS devices was not operational.

Bug fix: GPS importThe GPS drop down sheet would cause a crash if reopened.

Bug fix: DNG filesHoudahGeo failed to accept DNG files dropped on the main window.

Bug fix: Library importThe scroll bar on the photo thumbnail view was only partially operational.

Bug fix: tracks with no nameTracks with no name prevented projects from being saved.

Bug fix: application pathParts of HoudahGeo failed to work if the application path contained special characters.

Bug fix: Google Earth exportFixed a bug where Google Earth export could crash in presence of multiple track logs.

Enhancement: Google Earth exportGoogle Earth export now includes tracks with no time information.

Enhancement: Google Earth exportGoogle Earth now centers on the first image of the project.

Enhancement: Track log importTracks with no time information are now imported for use by Google Earth export.

Enhancement: Map based geocodingIt is now possible to zoom the map using the scroll wheel.

Bug fix: Geocode allThe "Geocode All" menu item was not enabled.

HoudahGeo 1.0 HoudahGeo 1.0 is out of beta!

Automatic geocoding Match photos to points on GPX or NMEA track logs.

GPS device support Downloads GPX track logs from USB based Garmin, Magellan and WBT devices.

Manual geocoding Attach photos to waypoints created using a GPS device.

Map based geocoding Pin photos to locations on Google Maps.

EXIF image file tagging Write coordinates to EXIF tags embedded in the image files.

Google Earth export View your photos "on location" within Google Earth.

Feature: Dock drop Images and track log files may now be dropped on the dock icon.

Feature: Camera setup The camera setup may now be modified after importing images.

Bug fix: Google Earth export Google Earth export failed with larger number of images .

Fixed a crashing bug

Minor bug fix update to 1.0b5.

Breaks file format compatibility

This is a MAJOR update to HoudahGeo breaks file format compatibility with HoudahGeo 1.0b4. Please wrap up your existing projects before upgrading.

Geocoding:

• Much improved algorithm

• Bug fixes
• Support for Magellan

• Geocode multiple images in one step

• Support for many RAW image formats
• Bug fixes

• Timeline information within Google Earth
• Track prefix + suffix by configurable number of minutes
• Bug fixes