Use PhotogeoDWG Pro to manage all the photos you capture during the lifecycle of your project or asset. In pre-engineering for a road construction project, we might walk several miles and take hundreds of photos. Our intent is to document features that we can't see by other means like lidar or traditional survey points. Or we might need to document nest locations of endangered species to file with the EPA. Remembering the context and specifically the location of the photo becomes more difficult the longer the time between taking the photo and reviewing it with colleagues or creating that documentation. And, if you're like me, you rarely have an opportunity to review the photos as soon as you get back to your desk. PhotogeoDWG allows you to automatically insert your photos into a CAD drawing at the location the photo was taken. With a few clicks, you can show where hundreds of photos were taken, rotate a block showing the direction you were standing when you took the photo. What typically might take hours can now be performed in seconds.

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• Meta data edits must be made before photos are added to the drawing. If you forget, detach the photos using the reference toolbox, make edits and then re-insert them back to the drawing.
• Your firewall/proxy server must allow access to maps.google.com. If traffic to this address is blocked the program will appear to lock up and will require a task manager shut down of Autodesk® AutoCAD® and Autodesk® AutoCAD® Civil 3D®. Alternative - if you do not need the map view, check the Work Offline checkbox on the options tab. This will bypass the google map request. You will not be able to access online photos, but you will be able to place photos located in a local or network folder into your drawing.
• Photo location accuracy depends on the GPS capabilities of your camera or smart phone. Phones are good to 10m or 30ft/ 10m radius. To improve accuracy consider using a wifi puck or satallite extension devices like Bad Elf.
• Cameras on Android phones do not save compass direction. Download a camera app like Open Camera from Google Play. It is free and will capture all GPS data.