ViewFinder-for-Everything

GUI frontend for geo-tagged photo search in Everything.
Search for photos taken in the visible part of the map.

How to use

Start ViewFinder for Everything.cmd

Photos that are taken in the visible part of the map will be searched for.
The Open in Everything button will list them in Everything.

Search-as-you-type

• Type the name of a place in the Location-searchbox.
• Select one of the matching places
• The map will zoom in on that place.

Other ways to zoom in on a part of the map:

Drag the map to a location where the desired photos are located.

Zoom in:

• Use the mouse scrollwheel to zoom in/out.
• Mark an area with SHIFT + leftmousebutton

Extra filters

Optionally adding a date range and/or time range and/or comment(s) helps to further reduce the amount of found photos.


Date range
Enter start date, end date or both.

Time range
Enter start time, end time or both.
To find photos taken around midnight, enter a starttime greater than the endtime.
For example: Timerange = 22:00..02:00

Comments
Comments syntax (example): "eiffel tower" paris "big ben" london
Searching for comments is case-insensitive.
Use Any Word or All Words depending on the situation.

Installation

1. Download the release (zip-file)
2. Extract it to a folder
3. Change the settings in ViewFinder.ini to your liking.
4. Done!

Requirements

1. Everything 1.5, minimum version 1.5.0.1402
2. es: URL protocol needs to be enabled in Everything.
   ( under Menu => Tools => Options => General )
3. LAtitude and longitude need to be indexed:
   1. In Everything, go to Menu => Tools => Options => Indexes => Properties
   2. Click the Add button
   3. In the Search field, type tude
   4. Select latitude and longitude
   5. OK
   6. Back in the Properties list, select Latitude and configure where (not) to search for geotagged photos.
   7. Do the same for longitude
   8. OK
   9. Let Everything scan all matching photos for these properties (progress is shown in the status bar)