GPS from photo.

[Magicapeboy]

Hi All, I've done some work for a conservation group and we need the GPS from the photos, I've done the usual after downloading and looked on the file info and it's not there, did DJI do an update which took this off?
Thanks for your help!

 

[Dogpilot]

The data is there, it is just not in plain view. What you need it to get a utility like EXIF Viewer for a Mac or its equivalent for PC. Sometimes just get info for your file will reveal it. Photoshop and other programs will let you see file data as well. Remember, the position will be where the drone was, not necessarily what the picture is of.

Position Data in Preview on a Mac, it is under the GPS box in the file info tool.

 

[maintenanceguy]

No special software needed.

- Open file explorer in windows.
- Right click on the file and click "properties" to view the photo's properties.
- One of the tabs (maybe "details"?) will show the EXIF data embedded in the photo including the GPS coordinates.

 

[Meta4]

Hi All, I've done some work for a conservation group and we need the GPS from the photos, I've done the usual after downloading and looked on the file info and it's not there, did DJI do an update which took this off?

Post one of the full-size images that's giving you problems and I'll look into the metadata with some industrial=strength software to see what's going on.

 

[tlswift58]

As long as you don't edit it the photo's and take out the metadata it will be there.

 

[Hydrostan]

As long as you don't edit it the photo's and take out the metadata it will be there.

Okay I couldn't find it on any of my photos. Is it because they have been edited??

 

[Meta4]

Okay I couldn't find it on any of my photos. Is it because they have been edited??

Not necessarily.
Editing usually doesn't change it, but if you copied the image to a new document the metadata will be lost on the new file.
If you can post one of your image files, I'll check and show you where to find the location data.

 

[Hydrostan]

Not necessarily.
Editing usually doesn't change it, but if you copied the image to a new document the metadata will be lost on the new file.
If you can post one of your image files, I'll check and show you where to find the location data.

 

[Meta4]

That's an interesting one.
When I open it in Photoshop and check File .. Info, it would usually show the location data and a lot of other metadata.
It does have basic camera data, but no location data.
But when I examine it in a specialised metadata viewer, it's all there.
It looks like the editing has affected things a little.
I would expect an un-edited file would show location data with Photoshop etc.
Here's the section with the location data:

 

[Hydrostan]

That's an interesting one.
When I open it in Photoshop and check File .. Info, it would usually show the location data and a lot of other metadata.
It does have basic camera data, but no location data.
But when I examine it in a specialised metadata viewer, it's all there.
It looks like the editing has affected things a little.
I would expect an un-edited file would show location data with Photoshop etc.
Here's the section with the location data:

Thanks so much for help on this. The picture I sent you was not edited, but I did have to send from my DJI Album in my cell phone to my PC. There was a post the other day where a member from Sweden showed where the data was (in the Details tab). I hope it is not a setting in the DJI Fly program, as I will have lots of egg all over my face!

 

[slup]

Yeah ... the transfer via DJI Album might have altered thing's in the exif making Windows not getting the position up under the properties. But the position is there though ... have attached the complete exif from "Exif Tool" in a .txt file (scroll close to the end for the position).

And here the position in Google Earth ... looks like the photo.

 

[Hydrostan]

Yeah ... the transfer via DJI Album might have altered thing's in the exif making Windows not getting the position up under the properties. But the position is there though ... have attached the complete exif from "Exif Tool" in a .txt file (scroll close to the end for the position).

And here the position in Google Earth ... looks like the photo.

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I always download the photos from the drone to my cell phone. Would I be better off downloading from the SD card directly to the PC if I want the GPS info??

 

[Meta4]

I always download the photos from the drone to my cell phone. Would I be better off downloading from the SD card directly to the PC if I want the GPS info??

Maybe ... it depends on where the modification to the metadata happened.
Neighbourhood.jpg isn't a DJI filename, so it's not an untouched original DJI image.
You could do some testing to check.
But if you download the original files from teh SD card, they will always have the location data included in the metadata.