Bridge: Please add the ability to Map/Geotag a photo in Bridge

Yeap, almost exactly what I did too!

Though I think I made a mistake in the cmd line. It still works, but asks me first time what application I want to open the webpage with. I guess it couldn't see I tried to use Firefox. The correct way is probably with some extra escaping. So it should be:

. . .
// webMap.remove();
. . .
// webMap = new TabbedPalette(app.document, "Photo Location", "mapID", "web", decodeURI(ml.fsName));
var cmd = "start /B \"C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe\" \""+ decodeURI(ml.fsName) + "\" "; 
app.system(cmd);  
. . .

I have simply this and it works fine:

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var cmd = "start /B firefox.exe " + ml.fsName;

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 I have simply this and it works fine:

   var cmd = "start /B firefox.exe " + ml.fsName;

Isn't this 'Photoshop Family' forum (incl. Bridge) meant to report bugs as well as come with ideas? So what is the point to have 2 different forums (this and that you link to) now to post requests?

Btw there are some good ideas users posted on that other forum, but those topics are locked! Well, with no chance to refresh old theards we're enforced to create exactly same new topics - isn't that someone's mistake ?

Great script! Thank you very much.
It works perfectly.

@Silvia, I assume you are talking about my script found and described at https://github.com/StigNygaard/Adobe_Bridge_Show_Geo_Location ?

You need to download the jsx file: https://github.com/StigNygaard/Adobe_Bridge_Show_Geo_Location/raw/master/ShowOnGoogleMaps.jsx

If you are a Mac user, you need to modify it first as described at first link above.

Next copy the jsx file to Adobe Bridge's Startup Scripts folder. If you don't know the location of that folder:
Open Bridge and choose: Preferences -> Startup Scripts -> Reveal My Startup Scripts

Once jsx is copied to Startup Scripts folder, (re-)start Adobe Bridge. Bridge should now ask you if you want to activate/install the new script... Or something like that, I cannot remember exactly what it says. But confirm it.

Next you should be able to find the position of geotagged photos by right-clicking on them in the "Content" panel and choose "Show location on Google Maps" (See screenshot).

Note, if there's no geoinformation in photo, nothing happens when you choose "Show location on Google Maps".

That was the step I was missing(the right click)! This is brilliant. Can I simply copy the jsx file to my laptop in startup scripts?  I will also hang onto this script for the future, I assume it will continue to work?  This doesn't work for actually geotagging in Bridge, correct? 

I cannot guarantee it will continue to work with forthcoming versions of Bridge (I'm not associated with Adobe in any way). But I hope so :-) It has worked for me in Bridge CC 2018, 2019 and 2020 without any modifications.
And no, you cannot geotag with it. Only read and show the position of already geotagged photos.

Hi Stig,
Excellent work. I am preparing to move from the old Picasa to Adobe Bridge as a Digital Asset Management software, mainly because Picasa has poor color management :-( but an essential feature for me is to be able to see the location of the photos on a map. It's a real pity that Adobe only include this feature in the commercial Lightroom.

I notice though that your script only works for a single photo: if I select more than one, G Maps only shows the location for the first of the group.
Would it be feasible to correct your script to work for a group of photos, so to treat an array of GPS coordinates and open all of them in G Maps? That would be wonderful for me.
Paul Riggot seemed to have created a multi file version, maybe take inspiration from that. I have no knowledge of Java scripting so I rely on you, if you wish and have time...

Anyway thank you,
Simone

Hi Simone,
Unfortunately the way I use Google Maps it is not possible to pin multiple positions at once. Paul Riggot's old script was using another more advanced gmaps api, and was integrating it in a Bridge-panel instead of opening a browser window. Better/smarter when it works? Yes, but unfortunately I'm not really an experienced Bridge script/extension developer. The simple single-point browser solution is probably as far as I can get. But I would welcome if somebody else took the challenge :-)