Portable GeoSetter

Portable GeoSetter is a lightweight software application which can be used in order to aid individuals in displaying picture metadata and modifying it, and backing up all your work.

The perks of a portable app

The installation process is not a prerequisite, as this is the portable version of GeoSetter. Consequently, the Windows registry and Start menu/screen are not going to be affected in any way, and no leftover will remain after its removal from the drive.
It is important to keep in mind that if you copy the program files to any external storage device (e.g. pen drive), you make it possible to run Portable GeoSetter on the fly, on any PC you come in contact with.

Clean interface

The interface might require a bit of getting used to, as it is contains quite a lot of information. Thankfully, it is organized quite well, displaying a menu bar, several buttons, an interactive map of the world, and two panes which enable you to preview photos and list an entire folder.
Moreover, Help contents, FAQs and hints are integrated, thus ensuring that all types of users can work with it, even if they have no or little previous experience with the IT world.

Supported extensions

This tool supports a pretty large number of file formats, including JPG, TIF, DNG, CRW, PEF, RAF, RWL, ORF, NEF, ARW and RAW. As mentioned above, they can be previewed in the main window, as well as listed along with all information detected, such as taken date, city, model, exposure rate, ISO speed, rating, size, megapixels, caption, object name, headline and copyright, and the list goes on.

Edit metadata, change the map and use a search feature

The latters can be edited in another window, while you can copy the data to the Clipboard and synchronize images from two separate directories. A search function is incorporated, while you can also filter files according to extension, rating and coordinates.
It is possible to change between Google Street Map, OpenStreetMap, OSMarender and MyTopo.com, show image information on the map, favorite certain location, hide the position marker and refresh the view.

Conclusion and performance

It does not burden the computer’s performance, as it does not require large amounts of CPU and memory. The refresh rate is quite good, the interface is user-friendly and our tests did not register any errors, crashes or bugs.
Taking all of this into consideration, we can safely say Portable GeoSetter is a pretty efficient and reliable piece of software, dedicate to people interested in modifying image metadata.