[support] Drupal for image management, with metadata

[John Callahan]

Thanks Stefan.  When I looked a year ago, Drupal was not even an 
option.  Now that D6 modules have grown and matured, it's looking much 
better.  However, it's not there yet for image management, particularly 
with regards to EXIF/IPTC metadata and file/database synchronization.  
(I'm not worried about image manipulation other than scaling, and 
potentially cropping and adding a watermark.  Imagecache does a lot of 
what I need here.)

I can definitely see myself using Drupal for this in the future.  Easier 
from the system admin/development perspective since I already run 
multiple Drupal sites.  And, more importantly, content integration.  I 
want to use the same taxonomy and CCK fields for my images as I do for 
my typical web content.  When users search my web, I want to have images 
returned alongside my other content, like new stories, publications, 
blog posts, etc...   I actually don't want to use a separate image 
management system but will do so for the time being. 


- John

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John Callahan
Geospatial Application Developer
Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
227 Academy St, Newark DE 19716-7501
Tel: (302) 831-3584  
Email: john.callahan at udel.edu
http://www.dgs.udel.edu
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Stefan Nagtegaal wrote:
> John,
>
> If you really want this, and you want to have this work good I can 
> give you one advise: do not use drupal for this.
> Drupal is not built for image management/manipulation.
>
> I'm a professional photographer and gave up about setting up a drupal 
> showcase for photographs a long time ago.
> Although, there is some hope for the future as there are some pretty 
> smart and highly trained drupal ninjas busy with getting image 
> manipulation and file management right in Drupal.
>
> For now, I would go for something else like Gallery, or even Fluxiom 
> (which is absolutely fabulous btw).
> But Drupal is really too limited to be usable for setups like these.
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> Stefan Nagtegaal
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