Download
Follow these steps to download WWMX components. You only need to perform
the first two steps to experience all of the features of the WWMX Client
(browsing, adding photos, adding annotations, creating stories). Continue
to Step 3 to download utilities for location-stamping your own photos
(with or without a GPS device). Complete Step 5 to
view standalone stories created by the WWMX Client.
For the Travelogue application, you only need Steps 3 and 4. The WWMX
Client is not necessary.
A screen shot of the full-fledged WWMX Client Application. (Click on image to
see larger version.)
You will need Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 to run our
applications.
1. Install the Microsoft .NET Framework
All of the WWMX-related downloads require the
Microsoft .NET Framework (version 1.1) to run
properly. Please follow instructions from that link to determine
whether you already have it, and if not, to install. If you need to
install it, the process is tedious, and we can't apologize enough for putting
you through it: You will be asked to install through the
Windows Update site. When that site loads, on the left-hand
panel, click
Pick updates to install, and then select
Windows (XP or 2000) beneath it. You should see a number
of Recommended Updates in the main frame. One of them will be
Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1. Press the
Add
button for it; then click on
Review and install updates near
the top of the frame; finally, press the
Install Now button
that then appears. You may then need to
Accept
the standard EULA before proceeding. Whew.
2. Install the WWMX Client Application
Install the WWMX Client
application once you have the .NET Framework on your machine
(click Yes if you accept the EULA, and then click Save when
prompted; then open the file, called WWMXClientSetup.msi, in
the directory you saved it to). This will put a WWMX Client
icon on your desktop, which you can open to run the application. At this
point, you will be able to browse all of the photos in the WWMX, add your own
photos (by dragging and dropping photos to a location on the map), annotate
photos, and create stories.
See our version history for recent bug fixes
and feature releases.
3. Install WWMX Utilities
The WWMX Client does not actually add location information to your photos;
it only saves the location information in the WWMX database. To
stamp photo files themselves with location information, download the WWMX
Location Stamper. It will write location information into what is called
the EXIF header of a JPEG file, so that the location information
is stored with the file itself (rather than on a separate database).
If you own a Garmin GPS device, location stamping can be much easier
than manually dragging-and-dropping onto a map. Install the WWMX
TrackDownload application, which will load tracks from a handheld GPS
device. The WWMX Location Stamper will then allow you to location-stamp
photos by matching time stamps between your track log and the photo
files.
See the Help page for how to use these tools. If
you have a non-Garmin brand of GPS, check the links at the bottom of this
page.
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WWMX
TrackDownload (click Yes if you
accept the EULA, and then click Save when prompted; then
open the file, called TrackDownloadSetup.msi , in the
directory you saved it to) downloads track information from any attached
Garmin® GPS device that supports track logs, and saves them in
GPX format
. This application is also compatible with the PocketPC platform.
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WWMX Location
Stamper (click Yes if you accept the
EULA, then click Save when prompted; then open the file,
called LocationStamperSetup.msi , in the directory you
saved it to) checks a digital photo's embedded timestamp, correlates it to
GPS track files loaded in GPX
format (saved by the TrackDownload application above), then
stamps the image with latitude and longitude location information.
Don't have a GPS device? This application can also be used to drag and
drop your images onto a map in order to stamp them.
4. Install WWMX Travelogue (New as of Nov. 19, 2003!)
Install the WWMX Travelogue
authoring tool (click Yes if you accept
the EULA, then click Save when prompted; then open the
file, called WWMXTravelogueSetup.msi, in the directory
you saved it to). The WWMX Travelogue allows you to author a web page that
consists of a map, photographs, text, and if you have them available, GPS
tracks (in GPX format).
Note, you do not need to install the WWMX Client to take advantage of this
application. However, if you like it, please consider uploading some
photos from your travels to the WWMX and add annotations that link to
your Travelogue site!
5. Install WWMX Story Viewer
The WWMX Client applications allows you to create Stories (effectively, photo
slideshows with maps and pop-tags). These can be saved in the application
as separate files that you can distribute to your friends. In order to
view them independent of the WWMX Client, install the
WWMX Story Viewer application (click
Yes if
you accept the EULA, then click
Save when prompted; then
open the file, called
StoryViewerSetup.msi , in the
directory you saved it to).
Alternatives to WWMX Utilities
There are other applications that download tracks and/or stamp photos with
location information. Some hits from a casual web search:
If you know of other software with related functionality, let us know!
Garmin® is a registered trad6emark of Garmin Ltd.
See the
Garmin International
web site for more information on their GPS devices.