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Thread ID: 124067	2012-04-03 23:42:00	Extracting GPS data from an XML file - video editing	BBCmicro (15761)	Press F1

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1268262	2012-04-03 23:42:00	I've always discarded the supplementary files that accompany video clips. The importing software adds date and time to the filename and that's all that's normally wanted But I'm not sure what to do with cameras that record GPS data. I understand the GPS data is in the clip but I have seen comments that video editing can wipe it?? The Panasonic TZ20 produces 3 extra files per clip when imported. I am happy to delete 2 of these. The last one has a .pmpd extension and would appear to be XML. After deleting a lot of stuff in Word, I end up with the attached picture. Which I can save with the clip as a screenshot. But it's a lot of work and not tidy Any advice?	BBCmicro (15761)
1268263	2012-04-04 01:48:00	The pmpd file I think can be used for importing/geotagging in Google Maps/Earth (or Plus). It's what real estate agents do. Google maps (developers.google.com) developers or Google code (code.google.com/) might have info on how to geotag The 3 files I think are reference pointers/containers for holding info, for enhanced video editing/authoring probably suited for premium/advanced (www.reelseo.com) editors.	kahawai chaser (3545)
1268264	2012-04-04 04:11:00	The pmpd file I think can be used for importing/geotagging in Google Maps/Earth (or Plus). It's what real estate agents do. Google maps (developers.google.com) developers or Google code (code.google.com/) might have info on how to geotag The 3 files I think are reference pointers/containers for holding info, for enhanced video editing/authoring probably suited for premium/advanced (www.reelseo.com) editors. Whew - there's a lot to learn about GPS. From the "code" link I eventually came across "GPS Resources" and it seems that people use a kind of XML file called GPX to interact with GoogleMaps. There are converters to get into the GPX format but pmpd is not listed as a supported input file. I'll have to do some more digging, try out some of the free software Your other link is about AVCHD but AVCHD seems to have been developed for Blu-ray and optical discs are a bit dated. The only good thing about AVCHD (from a media player point of view) is that it constrains the video parameters - but the AVCHD (Blu-ray) folder structure is a nightmare. On holiday, I got a computer shop in a small town to transfer SDHC to a portable HDD but she missed all the mts files because they were so hidden in the folder structure. Luckily I checked before reformatting	BBCmicro (15761)
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