The key to this process (as mentioned in the column) is the LR2Blog export plugin. In the column I mentioned I would share the metadata tokens I use to create blog posts like this. Here is what you would see in the LR2Blog template I use to display camera model, lens, shutter speed, aperture and a link to Google maps based on the GPS data embedded in each photo’s metadata:


<!-- This default template simple inserts each image with the correct width and height --><img src="{url}" width="{width}" height="{height}" /><br />{return}{return}<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q={gpsLatitudeDecimal},{gpsLongitudeDecimal}&z=6">See this location on Google Maps</a>{return}{caption}{return}{return}Camera: {cameraModel}{return}Lens: {lens}{return}Shutter Speed: {shutterSpeed}{return}Aperture: {aperture}

The metadata tokens are labeled logically inside the curly brackets. The {return} token is a line break. The link to google maps is simply an HTML code for the link tag wrapped around the URL to google maps, which I added the latitude and longitude values as a parameter at the end of the URL, so when passed to googlemaps it knows the coordinates to display. Hope that helps!

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Sunrise From the Top of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia, ME.

Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/100
Aperture: f/8

It is in the June 2009 issue. If you are a NAPP member it should be hitting your mailbox now, but you can also pick up a copy on most newstands that carry photography magazines.

In the article I referenced a couple of ways I include GPS data during output. One of the ways is in my blog posts that have the GPS tag. I do this using a Lightroom export plugin called LR2/Blog. Using LR2/Blog I can export directly to a wordpress template for my blog. In this template I can pull metadata from my photos and insert that right into the blog post itself.

The other way I use GPS data in my output is with a Lightroom web gallery template. Here is an example gallery you can take for a spin. The gallery being used in that example is the default HTML gallery that comes with Lightroom … with a few minor modifications. Lightroom can display the GPS coordinates just fine out of the box. You just need to create a custom text template that pulls the GPS data. This is what I did to display the data above each photo in the close up view page. That is the easy part.

The hard(er) part is that I went under the hood in the gallery code to create the “Map This” link you see below each photo. In addition to creating the link I also had to format the GPS coordinate data a little so that Google Maps could read it correctly and display the correct location when you click the link. This isn’t brain surgery, but it probably deserves a tutorial of its own to show you how I did it (so stay tuned!).

I hope you find the article helpful and please let me know if you have any questions or links to other resources!

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Water flowing through a New Hampshire stream in peak foliage.

Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 70.0-210.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/2
Aperture: f/22

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Helicopter tour of Glacier Bay, Alaska.

Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0
Shutter Speed: 1/80
Aperture: f/22

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Sea Otters swimming in Glacier Bay, Alaska.

Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/250
Aperture: f/8

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Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 70.0-210.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/250
Aperture: f/4.5

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Male brown bear dining on salmon. Katmai National Park, Alaska.

Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/800
Aperture: f/8

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Three Spring cubs pose while mom fishes for salmon. Big River Lakes, Alaska.

Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/500
Aperture: f/5.6

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Female brown bear munching on sedge grass. Big River Lakes, Alaska.

Camera: NIKON D200
Lens: 80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/320
Aperture: f/5.6