Still battling GPS tagging issues

[MikeBaynes]

There was an issue reported last June regarding the inability to tag images with GPS coordinates resulting in this error:
       "ERROR: Failed to execute external command."
       http://thedambook.com/smf/index.php?topic=4138.0

I am still getting this error in every image that I try to tag, and I'm wondering if there ever was a resolution to it.  If so, I haven't been able to find a reference to it anywhere.

Just for completeness, the last time I asked about it I seemed to be getting other strange symptoms, but I tracked them to my creeky old hardware.  So I stopped worrying about it.  I have now replaced that system with a new Core I7-based Windows 7 64-bit system.  I'm running the latest version of IIPro - 3.3.06

I'm now seriously backed up with images to ingest, so any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
   -Mike

[BoglePhoto]

Mike:

You might want to try tagging your photos with GPS in Geosetter. It is freeware, and it can be more robust. I tried the same that you did with II Pro, but it just is too buggy to work consistently. Peter is also using Geosetter (as of PhotoExpoPlus in October). You might want to look into it.

I also went and built a new machine, and it is very fast with 12GB of RAM and four internal harddrives and a blu ray burner.

Now if I can get time to shoot some images I can run them through my new computer.


Bill Bogle, Jr.

[MikeBaynes]

Marc has pointed me in the right direction, and now I am able to successfully tag images with no problems.  Here is the link to the info for anyone who runs across this problem.  See the second section on this page:
http://imageingester.com/technotes.php

Note that this refers to Vista and IIP v 2.3 Beta.  It is also true for Win7 and the latest IIP version 3.6.  One other note, in case anyone stumbles on it like I did.  If you have more than one instance of the IIP Shortcut, any/all shortcuts that you use for GPS Tagging must be set to run as administrator - obvious in hindsight, I guess. 

Bill, I must respectfully disagree with your assessment that IIP is buggy in this area.  I think the explanation of the fix may have been lacking, but the program works as advertized for me now.

Thanks,
   -Mike