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Title: Questions, questions
Post by: cthomas on April 05, 2006, 09:51:47 AM

Just getting started in this fun stuff.

What is the difference in track and a route? Can Toptofusion load images just using one waypoint and not a track? After I buy Topofusion will the maps be clearer? Does the latest version now show UTM and grid lines?

Thanks

Title: Questions, questions
Post by: Krein on April 05, 2006, 11:39:48 AM

Hi,

A route is usually a lower resolution (much fewer points), and has waypoints associated with each "route point."  A track log is higher resolution and has no waypoints.

You don't need any GPS data to download images.  You can just zoom/pan to any area you want.  Or you can use "Goto Coordinate." to get anywhere.  It's much easier to have GPS data for places you're interested -- then you can get there faster.

No the maps won't increase in clarity if you register, unless you count the removal of the "Demo" tiles.  However, 2M resolution Topos are turned off by default.  They are GIF and slightly slower/redundant, but they are more clear than the 4M topos.

Turn them on in Options->Prefs->Tilesets

Last, no we don't have UTM grid lines yet.

Title: Questions, questions
Post by: cthomas on April 05, 2006, 05:31:35 PM

Thanks.

Can you add lat/lon data manually to your images and EXIF?

Title: Questions, questions
Post by: Krein on April 05, 2006, 05:58:05 PM

Yes, it is possible, using an EXIF editor to add Lat/Lon to a jpeg.

Title: Questions, questions
Post by: cthomas on April 06, 2006, 12:24:02 PM

Is there or will there be support for .tif files?

Carl

Title: Questions, questions
Post by: Krein on April 06, 2006, 03:04:15 PM

Do you mean instead of JPEGs for photofusion?

We hadn't planned on it since most digital cameras use JPEG, not tif.  I wasn't even aware of a .tif format that stored time and/or position data..?

Title: Questions, questions
Post by: cthomas on April 06, 2006, 06:02:22 PM

Quote (Krein @ April 06 2006,6:04)

Do you mean instead of JPEGs for photofusion? We hadn't planned on it since most digital cameras use JPEG, not tif.  I wasn't even aware of a .tif format that stored time and/or position data..?

Not instead of JPEGs but JPGs and TIFs. Most point and shoot digital cameras do use JPEG but a lot of DSLRs can shoot JPEG and or RAW. My Canon 20D will shoot just JPEG, or just RAW, or JPG + RAW. I shoot 90 to 95% RAW make any adjustments to the RAW images and then convert to TIF for archival. TIFs do have Metadata that is one reason I use TIF.

Title: Questions, questions
Post by: Krein on April 06, 2006, 07:25:40 PM

Thanks for the explanation.  I'll put adding TIF meta data (photofusion) to the 'idea' list, but I'll be honest--it's not going to be much of a priority anytime soon.

For people serious enough to be doing RAW photos and converting I don't think it will be much hassle to move to JPEG for photofusion usage.

Title: Questions, questions
Post by: cthomas on April 07, 2006, 06:07:51 AM

Quote (Krein @ April 06 2006,10:25)

For people serious enough to be doing RAW photos and converting I don't think it will be much hassle to move to JPEG for photofusion usage.

It is not a hassle to convert to JPEG for photofusion usage. The hassle comes in when you try to manage and Archive 6,000 + images and growing every day.

Lets say I need 3,000 images for Photofusion usage then I have to manage and Archive 9,000 images instead of 6,000 plus extera hard drive space.

There are some programs that will handle TIFs but they do not have all of the features of Topofusion.