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<link type="guide" xref="index#plugins"/>
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<desc><link xref="plugin-exif-digital#exif-map">Camera settings and histogram, geolocation</link>, <link xref="plugin-exif-digital#date">and date.</link></desc>
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<desc>You can view lots of information about pictures taken with a digital camera, such as <link xref="plugin-exif-digital#exif">camera settings and histogram</link>, <link xref="plugin-exif-digital#map">geolocation</link>, and <link xref="plugin-exif-digital#date">date</link>.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.2" version="0.1" date="2011-04-10" status="review"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.2" version="0.1" date="2011-09-05" status="final"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
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<email>tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>
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<title>View digital picture data</title>
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<section id="exif-map"><title>Exif display and map</title>
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<p>In order to add the <app>Exif display</app> and/or <app>Map</app> functions, you will need to install <link xref="plugins">eog-plugins</link>.</p>
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<p>Once installed, you can activate/deactivate <gui>Exif display</gui> and/or <gui>Map</gui> in the <link xref="preferences#plugins">preferences plugins menu</link>.</p>
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<p>Click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Side Pane</gui></guiseq> to view the camera settings, histogram and geolocation of the image on a map (if available).</p>
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<title>View detailed information about a picture</title>
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<p>Pictures taken by digital cameras are stored with a host of extra
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information embedded in them, such as the date that they were taken, what
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exposure settings were used on the camera and, in some cases, even where the
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picture was taken.</p>
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<p>This topic shows you how to access this information.</p>
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<section id="date">
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<title>Date in statusbar</title>
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<title>Show the date in the status bar</title>
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<media type="image" src="figures/prefs-plugins-date.png" width="300" style="floatright"/>
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<p>To activate this function, you will need to check it in the <link xref="preferences#plugins">plugins</link>
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tab of the <link xref="preferences">preferences</link> menu.</p>
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<p>The date the image was taken (if available) will
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show in the statusbar (bottom-right of image window). </p>
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<p>You can display the date that a picture was taken in the status bar at
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the bottom of the window.</p>
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<p> To do this, click <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq>
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and go to the <gui>Plugins</gui> tab. Then, check <gui>Date in
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<title>Detailed Exif data</title>
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<p>The detailed information stored with digital photos is called <em>Exif
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data</em>. You can view it by installing a plugin for the image viewer.</p>
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<p>To be able to see the Exif data embedded in your photos, you must
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first install the <link xref="plugins">eog-plugins</link> package.</p>
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<p>If <sys>eog-plugins</sys> is installed, click
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<guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> and go to the
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<gui>Plugins</gui> tab. Then, check <gui>Exif display</gui> and click
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<p>Click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Side Pane</gui></guiseq> to view the
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camera settings used to take the photo, and a histogram showing the balance
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of colors and light/shade in the picture.</p>
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<title>Display a photo location map</title>
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<p>Some cameras are able to attach <em>geolocation</em> information
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(geotags) to digital photos. Geotags are usually just the GPS coordinates
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(latitude and longitude) for the place where a photo was taken.</p>
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<p>To be able to see a map of where your photos were taken, you must
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first install the <link xref="plugins">eog-plugins</link> package.</p>
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<p>If <sys>eog-plugins</sys> is installed, click
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<guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> and go to the
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<gui>Plugins</gui> tab. Then, check <gui>Map</gui> and click
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<p>Click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Side Pane</gui></guiseq> to show the map.</p>
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<p>The map will show the location that a picture was taken in only if there
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is geolocation information attached to the photo. Many cameras do not attach
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geolocation information to pictures.</p>