Geotagging - GPS coordinates - How far away was this photo taken?

[NotNull]

I was wondering why the trigonometry functions (sinus, cosinus, etc) were included in Everything. Not something one would need when handling files. Right?

Well, I found a semi-useful application: calculating the distance between two points on our planet. That way it should be possible to calculate "how far away" a picture was taken. Had a bit of fun converting an existing formula to something that can be used in Everything:

2025-01-01 19_09_49-d_ - Geo Distance (km) - Everything 1.5.0.1388a (x64).jpg (47.22 KiB) Viewed 2478 times

To "install":

• Create a new filter (Menu => Search => Organize Filters)
• Name = Geo Distance (km)
  (can be anything you like)
• Search =

  Code: Select all

  pic:  latitude: longitude:   [define:EARTHRADIUS=6371] [define:mylat=48.858093]  [define:mylong=2.294694]   add-column:A   A-label:="Distance (km)"   A:=ROUND(ACOS(SIN(RADIANS(90-[mylat:]))*SIN(RADIANS(90-$latitude:))*COS(RADIANS([mylong:]-$longitude:))+COS(RADIANS(90-[mylat:]))*COS(RADIANS(90-$latitude:)))*[EARTHRADIUS:],0)
  

• Change the "Home" latitude and longitude to reflect your current position.
  Currently:
  [define:mylat=48.858093] [define:mylong=2.294694]
  ( = Eiffel Tower in Paris)
  
  To find your "Home": right-click a point in Google maps (or similar) and select the coordinates.
  This will copy the coordinates to the clipboard

To use, type a search query in Everything that finds your geo-tagged photos and activate the Geo Distance (km) filter.
The distance to the "Home" location will be shown in the Distance (km) column.



Notes:

• The formula assumes that the earth is a perfect sphere (sorry, flat-earthers ), which is roughly correct, but earth's radius varies from
  6357 to 6378 km. Rounding errors in the formulas are a factor too. So all values are approximate.
• The earth radius is currently in kilometers; change it to miles if that suits you better. (
  [define:EARTHRADIUS=3959]
  )
  This will show distances in miles.
• Only geo-tagged images will be shown.
• It will take some time to process each image, just to find geo-tagging information.
  Consider indexing longitude and latitude to make this instant (in case you need this information more often).

[tuska]

2NotNull
Thanks for sharing!

[horst.epp]

2NotNull

you're trying to make Everything to a (in German) "Eierlegende Wollmichsau"

[NotNull]

Haha, yes indeed . Maybe that is why it is called .. Everything?

[jimspoon]

2NotNull

you're trying to make Everything to a (in German) "Eierlegende Wollmichsau"

Google Translate tells me that means "egg laying woolly sow" !!

[NotNull]

There is a typo in that: "mich" should be "milch" (= milk).
So a (n impossible) "multi-functional" animal that gives you eggs, wool, milk and meat ..

[abr01]

Hey, not bad. Is there a way to get the first digit after the full Kilometer, like 6.3km? And maybe only for the selected image?

[NotNull]

I'm not sure if the results are even that accurate, but technically it can be done (untested, btw):
Change

A:=ROUND( .... ,0)

to

A:=ROUND( .... ,1)

Filters work on all items, not just the selected one.

[NotNull]

BTW: Anyone got a suggestion for a new topic title?
The current one is terrible and I can't think of a better one ...

[tuska]

BTW: Anyone got a suggestion for a new topic title?
The current one is terrible and I can't think of a better one ...

Geotagging - GPS coordinates - How far away was this photo taken?

[NotNull]

Yep, that's better. Thank you!

[abr01]

I'm not sure if the results are even that accurate, but technically it can be done (untested, btw):
Change

A:=ROUND( .... ,0)

to

A:=ROUND( .... ,1)

Filters work on all items, not just the selected one.

Thanks!