Transfer of Geo-tagged

Data, Management and

Labeling, Conversion and
Uploading & Working with
GE

Folder Creation and

Organization
1. Create a new folder on your
desktop/laptop where all geo-tagging
files will be hosted

Use the name

of your
municipality
as folder
name

2. Create the following sub-folders

inside your main folder:
- Single Shots
- Panoramas
- Tracks
- Tracks for GIS
- KMZ

3. Create sub-folders for EACH Subproject inside the Single Shot folder.
** Rename each SP sub-folder with
Brgy Name+ Complete SP
Name
Ex: Brgy. Borongborongan
Construction of One (1) Unit BHS
Building with Embankment, Ramps
and Railings

Transferring of Files (Single

Shot)
a) On your phone/tablet
a.1 Go to My Files> All

>Device Storage

DCIM

>CAMERA

Copy the files from

Camera to the Single Shot
Folder of the tagged brgy.

Rename each
image with the
Complete SP
Name and
Orientation of the
Photo.
Ex. Construction
of Day Care
Center (Front
View)

Transfer of geo-tagged data

(Panorama Images)
a) Connect the cable from your cellphone/geodevice to your laptop or desktop.
a.1 Go to My Files

>All

>Device Storage

>Panoramas
Copy the files from
Panorama to
Panoram Folder

Rename each image

with the Complete SP
Name and
Orientation of the
Photo.
Ex. Construction of
Day Care Center
(Outside View)

Transfer of geo-tagged data (My

Tracks Offline)
a) Save tracks to SD card first by going
to
My Tracks > click Option button > Save
all to SD card > Save as KML

Transfer of geo-tagged data

(Tracks)
a) Connect the cable from your cellphone/geodevice to your laptop or desktop.
a.1 Go to My Files

>All

>Device Storage

Copy the
file from
KML Folder
to Tracks

Rename the file with Location Complete SP Name

(Description) or Source Name to Destination Name
Ex. Brgy. Poblacion to Brgy. San Roque or Brgy. San
Vicente Construction of FMR

UPLOADING OF FILES
OFFLINE WAY

a) Open the application-Picasa 3

b) On the menu tab, click on Tools and
select Folder Manager

Uploading
Single Shot Images (Offline)
c) Inside the Folder
Manager window,
search and click for the
folder containing the
photos that you want to
upload.
d) Tick Scan Always on
the right side of the
window and then click
OK.

Uploading
Single Shot Images (Offline)
e) Select all photos that you want to export
f) Go to Tools> Geotag> Export to Google Earth file

1. Save the file to your Single Shot

Folder. Rename the file with Brgy
Name + Complete SP Name

WORKING WITH GE
OFFLINE WAY

Google Earth Interface

Toolbar Buttons

Search Panel
Navigation

Places Panel

3D Viewer

Zoom Slider

Layers Panel
Status Bar

Google Earth Interface

a) Search Panel for finding and getting
directions
b) Places Panel for saving and organizing
KML/KMZ files
c) Layers Panel for displaying different
layers
d) Toolbar Buttons for adding new
features to the map, measuring features,
etc.

Google Earth Interface

e) Navigation rotates and tilts the view,
pans the map
f) 3D Viewer for viewing the globe and
map features
g) Zoom Slider zooms in and out on the
map
h) Status Bar shows coordinates,
elevation, imagery date and streaming
status of the map

Google Earth Tools

Google Earth Tools

Opening files in Google

Earth
- Click File > Open

Opening files in Google

Earth
- Select KML/KMZ file from your
location folder then click Open

Folder Creation
Right click My Places
Choose Add
Click Folder
In the New Folder window, type in
the Name and check the Allow this
folder to be expanded
- Click Ok
- Drag the folder to its proper place
-

Folder Creation

Folder Creation
- Create the following folders:
- Municipal Hall
- All SP
- Tracks
- Boundary

Folder Creation
Municipal Hall
- This folder contains all the KML files of Municipal Hall
such as single shot images (front view, side view and
back view) and panorama images (inside and outside
the building).

Folder Creation
All SPs
- Contains all the SP KML files in the municipality
comprising of all single shot and panorama images of
that SP.

Folder Creation
Tracks
- Contains all the KML files from My Tracks, include
tracks of all SP and waypoints.

Symbols or Icons in Google

Earth

Ways to Modify Icons &

Labels
1) For single placemarks and labels

Used in changing individual item or

placemark

2) For folders of placemarks and labels

Used in changing ALL the items inside a
folder.
Output is a folder having the same lines,
label and icon appearance

I. For Single Placemarks &

Labels
a) Right click the item
b) Choose Properties
c) An "Edit Placemark" window will
appear
d) Click the icon button to the right of
the Name field and choose a new
icon from the palette

I. For Single Placemarks &

Labels

I. For Single Placemarks &

Labels
e) To change the label, go back to "Edit
Placemark" window and click "Style,
Color" tab
f) From that window, a user can change
the color, scale/size and opacity of
the label

I. For Single Placemarks &

Labels

II. For Folders of

Placemarks & Labels
a) Right click the folder
b) Choose Properties
c) An Edit Placemark window will
appear
d) Click the Style, Color tab
e) Click "Share Style" this defines a
single style for a folder and have the
same style elements apply to all

Conventions
1) Symbol for Municipal Hall

2) Symbol & color-coding for All

SPs

Conventions
a) In good condition

Conventions
b) Needs improvement

Conventions
c) Not operational/functional

Conventions
Values in Select Color Window
Current
Condition

Color

Red

Green

Blue

Green

255

Needs
Improveme
nt

Orange

255

85

Not
Operational
or
Functional

Red

170

In good
Condition

Conventions
3) Label for All SPs

Conventions

Conventions
4) Symbol and color-coding for
tracks

Conventions
Lines

Conventions
Lines

Conventions
Label

Conventions
Label

Symbology