I am exploring this option too.
So far we have the following options:
1.Make Ricoh to fix their Theta app. Preferable but I do not think we can even make them to acknowledge the problem
2. Develop a plugin that can re-write a current location to the last panorama with just a click of a button in plugin. It would be great but may not work with other plugins at the same time. I would skip it as without an ability to use Time Shift plugin both V and Z1 are just 360 cameras and there are plenty of other brands with correct location recorded that can be used instead.
3.Write a standalone app that will rewrite location with just a click of a button to the last saved on a camera panorama. Possibly can be automated without any clicking involved by monitoring a specific folder and apply correction automatically to any new panorama written into it. That would be a preferable option for me as
a) we can still run Time Shift plugin and the app at the same time.
b) there are plenty of android developers that can develop the app and they do not need to be familiar with Theta Plugin SDK.
- Use GNSS logger app. I have checked some of them and even tried but some of them is hard to setup the way that the logged time is close to a time when picture has been taken.
So the logger needs to either allow to create a waypoint manually straight after a panorama was taken or the logger needs to log location quite often(every one 1 sec) For the two loggers I have tested “Gps Logger” seems to be able to do all that. I have tested it around my house and it is pretty damn close. All points created were near the path I walked and layed within 1-2 meters of the actual location. I used my RTK though but I am using gov NTRIP Caster(AUSCORS) that is way to far away from me(100km). I can get FloatRTK using it and even Full RTK but only if I find an open space on my land and get a steady fix on 14 satellites. It is a tiny spot though as I have a lot of big trees around and my house also covers a lot of a sky. So when I tested it with GPS Logger I was only on 80-100cm accuracy and DGPS fix.
There is a 5th option but so far I have no luck with it. There are a few apps that can geotag photos but most of them are also put all these details plus date/time and even temperature on a photo and seem to be complicated with features that we do not need.
So far the 4th option is the only one I can use now. Thanks for letting me know about Geosetter, I will try it. At the same time I will explore an opportunity from the 3rd option. I will try to find someone who can write an app or see if I can do it myself.