GPS Metadata

Is there a way to copy GPS metadata from 1 image to many others? I'm putting in GPS data manually using the Metadata Placard. The Import/Export metadata templates does not copy the GPS data. Thanks

Found this with a Google search for "Lightroom & GPS data", which was the very first hit.
http://lightroom-news.com/2007/03/23/gps-metadata-in-lightroom-and-google-maps/

Similar Messages

GPS Metadata for Managed Images Bug

Alright this is really dumb. Aperture strips the GPS metadata for managed images on a version export, but does not for referenced files.
It just took me 4 hours to figure that out, ug. Metadata is sacred! Always preserve it.

My Aperture library uses managed masters.
I too discovered that if I performed *version exports* of geotagged masters the exported images did not retain the GPS data. The problem was the same regardless of whether the masters were .jpgs or RAW files. (Geotagging was performed with Maperture and Maperture Pro; the bug symptoms are the same regardless of which tool was used.)
Additionally, I discovered that if I performed *master exports*, then not only were the geotags retained in the exported files, but that +reimporting those same exports resulted in new masters whose versions would subsequently retain their geotags on version export+.
synonym wrote:
If you Relocate Masters... BEFORE you add GPS metadata using Maperture you don't lose any IPTC metadata. If you then Consolidate Masters... you can then apply GPS metadata to these images within your Aperture library and you will not lose IPTC or the GPS data on exporting the versions.
If I'm reading this correctly it sounds like you can "scrub" your library of the problem by relocating masters and then consolidating them again, and that subsequently applied geotags (and by inference IPTC metadata) will be retained on new version exports. Did I get that right?
However if you already have loads of images in your Aperture library that you have added GPS data to with Maperture and you also have loads of IPTC metadata on them and adjustments what do you do?
I did a backup of the library at this point to a vault. I then restored the vault and GPS data and IPTC metadata was all retained and was also all retained on exporting versions!
And if I'm reading the last sentence of your post correctly, it seems like the consistent behavior between our two situations is that if *images are brought into the library with geotags already in them* - in your case by library restoration and in my case by re-importation of previously geotagged masters - *then the geotags will be retained on subsequent master and version exports*.
Is that a valid conclusion to draw? If so, it sounds like I could workaround the problem of geotags missing from my version exports by either A) relocating and then consolidating my masters, or B) by the three-step process of:
1) geotagging my images,
2) updating the vault, and then
3) restoring my library from the vault.

Howto Extract Exif GPS Metadata from JPEG?

Hi,
i want to extract GPS Metadata from a JPEG.
The JPEG is a photo taken with an HP iPAQ hw6900 PDA.
Serveral application like exif-o-matic can extract the GPS latitude/longitude metadata.
As described in the Oracle interMedia/Multimedia Userguide "Chapter 6 - Working with Metadata" i use a pl/sql procedure to extract these metadata.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/appdev.111/b28415/ch_metadata.htm#CIAEFDGH
I insert a row and extract the metadata but in the exif xml column there are no gps metadata only width/height and so on.
How do i extract these informations?

I got an XML document with no GPS metadata.
With "select p.image.getMetadata('exif') from photos p where id = xx;" i got sys.xmltype(sys.xmltype)
and with "select p.metaexif.extract('/').getStringVal() from photos p where id = xx;" I got an xml string like these
<exifMetadata xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/ord/meta/exif" xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.oracle.com/ord/meta/exif http://xmlns.oracle.com/ord/meta/exif" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<TiffIfd>
<Model tag="272">hp iPAQ hw6900</Model>
</TiffIfd>
<ExifIfd tag="34665">
<ExifVersion tag="36864">0220</ExifVersion>
<LightSource tag="37384">unknown</LightSource>
<Flash tag="37385">
<Fired>No</Fired>
<Return>No strobe return function</Return>
<Mode>unknown</Mode>
<Function>Yes</Function>
<RedEyeReduction>No</RedEyeReduction>
</Flash>
<PixelXDimension tag="40962">1280</PixelXDimension>
<PixelYDimension tag="40963">1024</PixelYDimension>
<DateTimeOriginal tag="36867">2008-05-28T15:02:36.000000</DateTimeOriginal>
</ExifIfd>
</exifMetadata>
In the oracle xml shemata specification exists a gps section but in my example there is no gps metadata
You can find the jpg at http://public.tfh-berlin.de/~s21656/HPIM0014.jpg
thanks in advance
Message was edited by:
Steffen

GPS Metadata filter

I imported a few photos to experiment and added GPS data to some. After adding location to some photos the metadata filter list for GPS Location shows
All (2 GPS Locations) 53
Current Map Region 14
Location A 14
This just seems wrong, the numbers do not add up. With the label filter I see
All (2 Labels) 53
Red 10
No Label 43
This makes sense as having an entry for No Label makes the numbers add up.
Why is there not an entry for No Location in the GPS metadata filter list ?
It would certainly seem simpler than having to create a smart collection, which does allow filtering on No GPS Data

Oh I had not noticed that there are 2 separate metadata filters for GSP data. GPS Data being any/none and GPS Location only allowing filtering of specific locations.
It seems odd to me to have these as separate filter lists

How to view GPS metadata in preview?

Hi!
It seems possible to view metadata in Preview by opening a file, hitting cmd+I and selecting GPS (sorry, it is in Italian – http://apple.hdblog.it/2010/08/23/come-accedere-a-tante-informazioni-delle-foto- fatte-con-iphone-tramite-anteprima/). But it seems not working with me... Anyway... can I see GPS metadata on Photos or somewhere else? In Photos I can see the position, but not the GPS data... and in Preview I don't have the GPS palette, as you see from the picture.
Thank you very much in advance!
Regards
S.

You will only see the GPS tab if there is actual GPS metadata. If the tab is not showing, the file does not have GPS location data.
By default, when you export from Photos, it does not include the GPS position data. You can enable that in Photos Preferences, General tab.

GPS Metadata dose not show full accuracy

Is there a way to show the full GPS coordinate data in the metadata?
In Nikon ViewNX it shows one of the coordinates as S23d 19m 15.23s from my image while Lightroom 4.2 only shows 32d 19m 15s. The 0.23seconds is missing in LR4. The data must be there as I have images that are shown in different positions on the map but the GPS metadata is the same. Since the full data is not sown in LR4 the metadata cannot be accurately copied from one image to another.

A number of people have complained about LR's lack of precision for GPS coordinates:
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/preserve_precision_of_gps_coordinate s_entered_manually_in_lr4
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/lightroom_please_display_precise_gps _coordinates
Please add your opinion and vote on these feedback topics.

GPS Metadata missing in Bridge

I have a problem with seeing GPS metadata in Bridge CS2. I use a Gisteq datalogger to add GPS data to my DNG files and it writes the data to the associated XMP file. I can see it there if I open the XMP in Notepad. If I view the file in Bridge, the GPS fields are blank. I have set preferences to display all metadata fields even if blank. Is this a bug?

I just solved the problem myself. I am using Gisteq Phototracker Pro to add GPS data. It works OK when a add the GPS data to a JPG. I can view the GPS data in Bridge. When I use a DNG file, I converted directly to a DNG in Bridge from the RAW file but did not do anything else with it. I then used Phototracker which created the XMP file with the GPS data in it. There was no XMP file until then. I could see the GPS data in the XMP in Notepad but Bridge did not see it.
I picked up the DNG file in Bridge and changed some settings in Camera Raw and resaved the DNG. It could then see the GPS data in Bridge. Bridge did not know the XMP had been associated with the DNG after Phototracker had created it until I did something with it in Bridge.

GPS Metadata Won't Export With Master?

I've exported a master and a jpg version of the same photo that has GPS data from Places on it from A3 and imported to into LR2.
The jpg arrived with GPS metadata but the master did not. I double checked A3 is set to include the IPTC data set on export and for good measure I re-exported other GPSed photos and checked them in Preview in case LR2 was doing something to the GPS data. Same results in Preview.
A3 isn't letting you take masters out with GPS intact AFAIK. Anyone see this?

Yes, I'm experiencing the same problem. GPS info is exported with the jpeg but not with the master.
I think A3 is only using the internal places database to store the GPS info and it gets written to the jpg only when exporting (and assuming you've selected to export locaton info), in the same way as it happens with Iphoto.
The logical workflow should be to write everything (IPTC, GPS and date) into the master when selecting update master metadata, or at the very least to have a choice of which of the above to include in the metadata update.
Right now the only way to ensure that all masters are properly GPS tagged is to use an external GPS editor such as houdageo, however this only works in Aperture 3 with referenced files.

Import GPS metadata info into Lightroom

How do I import GPS metadata info into Lightroom from either my camera or from disk? I'm using lightroom 3.2. It shows up in CS5 Bridge, why not in Lightroom?
oracle 52

I downloaded the plug-in and used the metadata file preset for geo-tagging plus all the others in Adobe Lightroom 3 prior to "import" using the "Add" submenu. Only under the geo-tagging preset in Metadata did I see the "labels" of latitude, longitude, etc. However, the metadata for each of the photos for these labels were blank. Yet, when viewing these photos on Nikon VX from which the photos was imported shows the correct GPS coordinates. Why isn't this data being displayed in Lightroom as it appears from the original file on my hard drive?
oracle52

Copy GPS Metadata Back into Photoshop TIFFs with Bridge Scripting

I've published a sample script on the Bridge blog about metadata scripting with Bridge and AdobeXMPScript -- specifically the script deals with GPS metadata and automation that synchronizes work done by both Bridge and Photoshop.
Here is the link:
http://blogs.adobe.com/bridge/2009/01/copy_gps_metada_1.html
Enjoy!
-David

I couldn't read all through your post as I am jetting out of here.
Buy this:
http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/
and install it. It's relatively cheap. Screen shot is from Windows Explorer.
Handles ID, PSD, etc., files as well. Though the preview uses greeked text for the most part for the ID files.
Take care, Mike

Lr 4.1RC GPS metadata not read in CR2 files on Synch

After importing CR2 files from a Canon 5dMkii I later updated those files with GPS coordinates using the program GeoSetter (www.geosetter.de). The program is a GUI front end to ExifTool that adds the coordinates to the CR2 or JPG files.
After the files are modified, I execute Syncronize Folder in lightroom and select the Scan for metadata updates checkbox. Lightroom picks up the coordinates from JPG files, but not the CR2 image files. The only way I can get the GPS data to be imported is to right-click on the CR2 files and select "Read metadata from the selected files". That works, but any corrections made to the CR2 files after the original import are blown away (there is a warning before the read happens that alerts you to that fact).
So I believe that there's a bug in the Syncronize Folder method that misses the updates from the CR2 files. Is this a known bug, and if not, how can I get this info to Adobe?

OK, let's start again.
I assume you have changed the Geosetter defaults for your Raw files, so rather than creating an XMP sidecar file you are having the GPS data written directly into the CR2 file, is that correct?
And you have two issues:
1. When you synchronise the folder after making the Geosetter change, Lightroom fails to automatically detect the fact that the file has been amended, and you have to force Lightroom to read the updated metadata from the file by doing a "Read Metadata from File" command.
2. And when you do that, all the existing Lightroom changes are 'lost'.
Have I got that right?
If so, re the first point, I think Lightroom is simply operating as designed. I have tested it on both LR3 and LR4 with the same result, and I guess that as Lightroom itself will never write directly to a proprietary Raw file (i.e. it would always write to an XMP sidecar file), it assumes any XMP data created by external apps would also be in an XMP sidecar file. As Geosetter isn't creating one, it can't detect changed Metadata when you sync the folder, and you have to force it to read the file. I know it WILL detect updated metadata if the file is a Jpeg, but again that's because Lightroom DOES write XMP data directly to Jpeg files, so it's more logical that it looks at the XMP area in such files during the sync folder operation.
On the second point, that will always happen as Lightroom, AFAIK, has no capability of merging it's own catalog metadata with externally created metadata. There are two choices when a metadata conflict is detected.....use the in file metadata, which replaces the in-catalog metadata, or re-write the metadata in the file with what's in the catalog. In fact in your situation, because you are not creating an XMP sidecar file, Lightroom will never know that there's a conflict.....so when you do the "Read metadata from file" it's a one-option deal, i.e. replace the in-catalog metadata with what's in the file, and thus losing the Lightroom data.
If your absolute requirement is for GPS data to be stored in the actual CR2 files, I can't think of any option other than changing your workflow....process the files through Geosetter first, before you do any work on them in Lightroom. If you delay importing into Lightroom until the Geosetter work is done, the GPS data will come in on import. If you import first, then do the Geosetter work, then you'll have to do the "Read Metadata from File" before starting any Lightroom processing.
I guess you could also put in a feature request to have the sync behaviour changed for Raw files.

LR 1.4.1 not reading GPS metadata

I recently geotagged a number of files (Nikon NEF) that I had previously imported into LR. I know I should have geotagged first, but oh well. Anyway, I tagged the photos in a separate directory (made a "working" directory for the tagging in case something went wrong) then copied the files back to the original directory, overwriting the untagged versions. I opened LR and did a "Synchronize folders" choosing only to sync metadata. In Library view, with the metadata pane set to "all" I still do not see GPS info. Any thoughts? This is my first try at geotagging, so I could easily have done something wrong.
Update: I did a test image (to which I had not made any changes) and chose "Read metadata from file" instead. The GPS info appeared. Of course, this poses a problem since that action on a larger scale will overwrite keywording, etc on the files. Definitely not an option.

OK Carl that makes more sense. The first question is did you update the images metadata from within LR before geotagging it outside of LR? If you do this then any geotagging you add to the file will only add to the metadata not delete any. It sounds very much as though you didn't update the file from within LR first. Now, having said that I'm not entirely sure how much is saved in the database and how much is saved in the metadata itself - I have a sneaky suspicion not everything and perhaps a quick visit to the FAQ's might help here or someone else will jump in.
A little OT I know but seeing as how you mentioned it. I am not a big fan of geotagging tracks from my unit (Garmin 60CSx) as I find the accuracy is dependent upon several variables e.g. how often the unit records a point and are the unit and cameras clocks exactly in sync. My preferred method is to set a Waypoint changing the default name to that of the image number. Back on the puter it's simply a case of marrying up the image number and the Waypoint number which is dead easy with my preferred geotagging application - RoboGeo.

PhotoStreamed pictures hasn't GPS metadata

Hi,
I use iPhoto 11 on late 2012 iMac, and my daughter use it on MBPR. She is now in different country (even differnt continent) and she use her Nikon for everyday snapshots of her life. When she wants to send us (parents) some photos, she always do that through iPhoto - > Photo Stream, after importing pictures from camera.
Nikon has GPS ability and it works fine. She always has geotagged pictures locations, and she always see it in iPhoto->Places on her MBPR.
Problem we can't solve is: when she share her photos from Nikon through PhotoStream in iPhoto on my Mac I didn't see location (there is no existing GPS location in metadata). I checked this in both iPhoto and Aperture.
BUT, if she share photos she took with her iPhone, every single photo shared through PhotoStream HAS GPS location in metadata.
Is there a way to fix this situation?
Thanks

I'm unable to repro this issue on my mac PPC with the test files I have at home.
Please file a bug and attach a 2-3 raw files(before /after) which show the issue.
Bill Stotzner
LR QE

Writing GPS Metadata to Masters

There is already an archived discussion that contains an aswer on this subject
Writing IPTC Metadata to Masters and an the answer is given in that thread is to use a plug-in called Maperture Pro.
Unfortunately this plug-in is no longer available. It can still be downloaded (from a number of places) and installed but you cannot get past the registration process as it has been shut down. Therefore I would like to ask the question.
Does anybody know how can I write GPS data (from places) back into my (referenced) masters without exporting them or duplicating the functionality with tools like, the otherwise excellent, exiftool outside of Aperture.
This is really upsetting my workflow.
Thanks, Ian

No, never got an answer to this so I use Houdahgeo for putting in GPS coordinates before import when posible, anoying but workeable.

GPS metadata settings on preset LR 5.7

I have the 5D MKIII and just acquired the GP-E2, after taking some sample pictures the GPS info does not show in GPS part of metadata. In reading the forum and other sources, I may be missing something in setting up the preset, based on hints that it may be the preset. I would appreciate it if someone who has this working show me exactly how to fill in the GPS portion of the preset to get this info to show in the map function. The images do have the GPS info because I see it in the Bridge software.
Thank YOU

Which preset are you speaking of? I have one called "geoencoding," but I'm not sure if that was a LR preset or one created with a plugin I have added.
I would think if GPS is in photo metadata (RAW XMP or JPEG) and shows up in Bridge it would be available in LR as well; it's in a standard place in the data (GPS IFD I think). Maybe you didn't refresh or reload the metadata for the photos in LR, so it doesn't know it's there? You shouldn't have to manually fill in anything; it should just be there as written by the camera. To test, take a photo that does not have geolocation info and add some in the Map module by just picking a location at random. If that works then look at the info in the Library module under metadata "EXIF and IPTC."

GPS Metadata

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for