

- #Geolocation photo reader how to#
- #Geolocation photo reader install#
- #Geolocation photo reader archive#
- #Geolocation photo reader full#
- #Geolocation photo reader software#
#Geolocation photo reader how to#
If you do not know what this is, then read the article “ How to set up the PowerShell environment on Windows and Linux”.Įxample of extracting metadata on WindowsĢ. To work with the program, you need to run it on the command line. The executable files are located in the bin folder.
#Geolocation photo reader archive#
Go to the official website of the program: and download the archive “ exiv2-*msvc64.zip”.įor simplicity, rename the folder, for example, “ exiv2-0.27.3-2019msvc64” to “ exiv2”.

Installation Exiv2 on Arch Linux, Manjaro, BlackArch Installation Exiv2 on Debian, Linux Mint, Ubuntu and their derivatives
#Geolocation photo reader software#
Exiv2 is available as free software and is used in many projects including KDE and Gnome Desktops, as well as many applications including GIMP, darktable, shotwell, GwenView, and Luminance HDR. It provides fast and easy read/write access to Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata and ICC profile embedded in digital images in various formats.
#Geolocation photo reader install#
How to install Exiv2 on Windows and LinuxĮxiv2 is a cross-platform command line utility for managing image metadata. To extract metadata from an image, run a command like this:įor example, an image file with metadata is located at the path C:\Users\MiAl\Documents\testing\foto\20191106_181909.jpg, then the command for extracting metadata from it is as follows:

Suppose the exiftool.exe file is located in the C:\Users\MiAl\Downloads\ folder, go to it using the cd command:ģ. Let's open PowerShell – for this press Win+x and select “ Windows PowerShell”.Ģ. If you do not know what this is, then read the article “ How to set up the PowerShell environment on Windows and Linux”.Īn example of extracting metadata on Windows:ġ. To fully work with the program, you need to run it on the command line. To avoid this, rename the file to exiftool.exe. Because of the use of parentheses in the file name, when you run the program on the command line, you have to put it in quotes every time. The filename exiftool(-k).exe indicates that the program is started with the -k option. Unpack the downloaded exiftool(-k).exe file.ĭouble-clicking this file will display the ExifTool documentation (in English). Go to the official website of the program: and download the “ Windows Executable” archive. Sudo ln -s /usr/bin/vendor_perl/exiftool /usr/bin/Īfter that, the program can be run like this: This can be fixed by linking to the file from the directory included in $PATH, for example, from /usr/bin/:
#Geolocation photo reader full#
Since the file is not in the $PATH environment variable, to run it you need to specify the full path to the file: Installation ExifTool on Arch Linux, Manjaro, BlackArchĪfter that, the executable file of the program is located in the path /usr/bin/vendor_perl/exiftool. Installation ExifTool on Debian, Linux Mint, Kali Linux, Ubuntu and their derivatives ExifTool supports many different metadata formats including EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP and ID3, Lyrics3, and many digital camera manufacturer's notes Canon, Casio, DJI, FLIR, FujiFilm, GE, GoPro, HP, JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Motorola, Nikon, Nintendo, Olympus/Epson, Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Phase One, Reconyx, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Sigma/Foveon and Sony. How to install ExifTool on Windows and LinuxĮxifTool is a very powerful command line application for reading, writing and editing metainformation in a wide variety of files. The software installation is shown for Windows and Linux – regardless of your operating system, you will be able to manipulate metainformation. These methods can be applied not only to GPS tags, but also to any other metadata, both in photographs and in any other files.īut before we start, we need to prepare our working environment – we need to install the programs that we will be using in these articles. This is the beginning of a series of four articles devoted to GPS coordinates in images – reading them, selectively deleting, spoofing and building tracks based on a series of images. How to build motion tracks based on a group of photos How to spoof GPS and other metadata in photosĤ. How to understand, extract and convert geographic coordinatesģ. Programs for manipulating metainformation in imagesġ.1 How to install ExifTool on Windows and Linuxġ.2 How to install Exiv2 on Windows and Linuxġ.3 How to install Geotag on Windows and LinuxĢ. Table of Contents: Guide to GPS Metadata in Photosġ.
