Exif to Google-Earth convertor

Introduction

A friend of me bought the Sony GPS-CS1. This is a little hardware device that records the positions where a picture was taken. The calculated position can be added to your pictures later, using a special software tool from Sony.

This friend now wanted to be able to show his pictures on Google-Earth. Google-Earth is a software tool where you can get satellite pictures of the whole world. It is possible to add markers to the map. These markers can contain your pictures.

Google-Earth has its own file-type (*.KML files). This file contains a collection of markers. So you can create a .KML file for a certain photo-album, and view this in Google-Earth.

Exif to Google-Earth convertor

I wrote a software tool to create a .KML file from a certain folder with JPG pictures. The following steps must be taken:

Select a folder with JPG files. (They must contain GPS coordinates in the Exif). The software will then read that directory and show all files in a list.
Now analyze the Exif. The Exif information of all files will be read, and will be added to the list.
Export to Google-Earth. Once the Exif is read, you can export to a Google-Earth (.KML) file.

Download the program (Beta version)

Download ZIP (2.1 MB)
You can download the program by clicking the link above. You need to unpack the ZIP, and execute the SETUP.EXE file. Please keep in mind this version is still experimental.