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Exporting Geotagged Photos

Hi there
I have read lots of posts on how to enable GPS Photo feature on the kaiser but mine came with it on already. I seem to be having problems exporting these pictures from the phone with the geo data in the Exif tags. I usually just drag them over using the USB connection but when I check them on the PC the GPS data isn't there. I don't know if it is being stripped or just not being attached to the photo. The GPS light is on and the green symbol light up on the screen when I take the pictures.
Does anyone else have the same problem?

The EXIF data should have that. COuld it be the program you are using to read the EXIF data doesn't understand or show the GPS info (or is it just dumping it).
I haven't played with the GPS photo much, but I did find that Picasaweb properly handles GPS EXIF tags now. I use a free program called Shozu (Shozu.com) that after you take a pic will upload your pic to the web, send it via email, post it in blog, etc.. I have it setup to send mine to Picasaweb, and after turning on the EXIF processing in Picasaweb on my account, my pics show the GPS info.
So make sure you are on teh GPS Photo setting of the Camera software (you won't get GPS tags in any other format), then maybe try uploading the pics to Picasaweb (you can create a free account at picasaweb.google.com). If you try this, remember to turn on the EXIF settings first.

Thanks mfrazzz
Since posting this I have checked the photos generated by the kaiser using Exif Reader (which is really neat by the way, no installation needed and tells you just what you need). There is GPS data there:
GPS Informtion
GPSVersionID : 2,2,0,0
GPSLatitudeRef : S
GPSLatitude : 32 3XX6 [DMS]
GPSLongitudeRef : E
GPSLongitude : 151 XX31 [DMS]
GPSAltitudeRef : Sea level
GPSAltitude : 0/1 meters
GPSTimeStamp : 02:01:28
GPSMapDatum : WGS-84
GPSProcessingMethod : HYBRID-FIX
GPSDateStamp : 2007:12:09
The problem I am having is reading that data in Picasa on the PC, or on the web. I copy the images from my Phone over the USB to my desktop and check the Exif data, all appears good. When I drag the pictures into Picasa from the desktop and right click on properties there is no geo data there. I wonder if there is some intermittent problem as this technique has worked a few times in the past.
A picture that did import correctly has different Exif data to the one above:
GPS Informtion
GPSVersionID : 0,0,2,2
GPSLatitudeRef : S
GPSLatitude : 32 4XX0 [DMS]
GPSLongitudeRef : E
GPSLongitude : 151 1XX7 [DMS]
GPSAltitudeRef : Sea level
GPSAltitude : 0/1 meters
Quite a bit missing, interesting.

Update
Just found this on the picasa forum, and sure enough it works
"http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=75179
I have fixed some of my photos using exiftool (http://
www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/):
exiftool <foldername> -r -GPSVersionID=2.2.0.0
Where <foldername> is the folder where the affected photo files are,
not that this command will set GPSVersionID to 2.2.0.0 for ALL files
within the folder specified in <foldername> recursevly (that means
includding all subfolders within the <foldername>). Having a backup is
recommended. After running that, all of my pics showed up in Picasa
just fine."
The odd thing is that the GPSVersionID tag already seems to be 2.2.0.0 in the images created by the kaiser. Perhaps there is a space at the end??

I've been messing with the GPS Photo function and I'm trying it with Picasaweb and Shozu as mentioned above. I took 5 photos this weekend. The first was just testing, the other 4 were at the park with my family. Between taking the first and the other 4, I changed the camera setting to show the timestamp when the photo was taken. Today I installed Shozu and uploaded all five pics - only the first pic contains any GPS data that Picasaweb has managed to interpret. The last 4 show as blank.
Do you guys have the timestamp set to be shown on the picture? I'm just trying to figure out what might have affected it. The file location is the same, as is the resolution.
I'll try another pic tonight and let you know.

mariom said:
Do you guys have the timestamp set to be shown on the picture? I'm just trying to figure out what might have affected it. The file location is the same, as is the resolution.
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No, I haven't ever turned that on. I also seem to get the same random luck when importing the photos with the GPS Exif data. I think this is more of a problem with Picasa as the pictures I take do have the geo data attached. It might be a simple string mismatch. I guess looking at the Exif protocol would be the next step. Checking the images that do work against the ones that don't so far hasn't thrown much light on it for me.
If I get time I will do some more work on it today.

How does the GPS photo mode work on the camera?

I wonder if anyone can help, I've used the GPS photo mode and it seems to be working fine turning on my gps and then taking the photograph. But what happens after that I've looked at the pictures and can't see any gps info and nothing new in the properties. I can't seem to find any help searching in google. After reading this forum for the past couple of weeks I've learnt so much I'm hoping somebody out there can help me

The GPS information is only visible in the EXIF data hidden in the picture. You can access this information with programs like Adobe Bridge, Opanda EXIF and other such programs.
Its not until you start doing something like uploading your picture to the various Geotagging photo sites that it gets interesting. Right now though it seems like the more popular one, Flickr, is having trouble with the Diamond EXIF and it wont work, but some other site might work for you.

Hmmm never thought of using this but it may be nice... Is there a list of sites that support GPS metadata? I have some Picasa albums set up (and uploaded), but I just read about problems with Picasa deleting the GPS metadata?

resco photo manager can do it, plus it open google map with the picture position. It can add the gps position on any picture too.
A nice piece of software.
However, i folowed these steps :
Go to HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P10
set "Enable" to "1
But i doesn't seems to work. Is it another special option to enable ?

Has anyone been able to get a photo mapped on Flickr? [Geotag]

There has been some reports that uploading photos to Flickr, geotagged by the camera gps, does not get placed on the map. We have discussed this in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=399890
Now the question is, has anyone been able to do this? In you have, what ROM and camera version are you using?
I am using the default swedish ROM (see tag) and camera 6.00 (build 31364) and can verify that its not working straight out of the phone.

Hi,
I have been able to get a geotagged photo placed in photrax.com, which is a site for geotagged travel photos.
At the moment you still have to select a place first at this site, but it recognises the GPS data embedded in your photo and then places it correctly, as far as I can see (here is my (ugly, 1st try) photo: http://www.photrax.com/foto_4872
Good luck!

Thanks, but this thread is mainly about Flickr, there are several other sites that read geotags properly, SmugMug for example. Flickr has a lot of 3rd party support functions though thats why its most important right now.

I have tried to geotag some photos, but when I uploaded them to Flickr I found that the location was wrong. For example, this photo was taken in Santiago de Compostela, a city in the northwest of Spain, but it is tagged at France...
I don't know if it's a problem of the diamond or the problem was when it was uploaded to flickr...

zetxek said:
I have tried to geotag some photos, but when I uploaded them to Flickr I found that the location was wrong. For example, this photo was taken in Santiago de Compostela, a city in the northwest of Spain, but it is tagged at France...
I don't know if it's a problem of the diamond or the problem was when it was uploaded to flickr...
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Thats very interesting since it shows that Flickr reads your EXIF data. Could you post your ROM version and camera version. Could you also do me a favour and send me your original photo as it came out of your phone. Email it to me kristian[a]frozenspine.com, attaching it to the forum destroys the EXIF data. You cannot have saved it in another program because that changes the original EXIF data.

try this page to enable the gps
http://www.flickr.com/account/geo/exif
you also might be interested in this flickr group
there´s also a more detailed description on how to enable
geotagging in the discussion forum in that group
http://www.flickr.com/groups/htctouchdiamond/pool/

We are beyond those easy problems. We have EXIF data working, enabled in Flickr too. It seems like some of us have strange EXIF input values...

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Thats very interesting since it shows that Flickr reads your EXIF data. Could you post your ROM version and camera version. Could you also do me a favour and send me your original photo as it came out of your phone. Email it to me kristian[a]frozenspine.com, attaching it to the forum destroys the EXIF data. You cannot have saved it in another program because that changes the original EXIF data.
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Camera is version 6.00 (Build 31364)
The info I get under the control panel is:
ROM Version: 1.35.707.3 WWE
ROM Date: 07/10/08
Radio version: 0.93.25.NS26
Protocol version: 52.26.25.09H
Ah, and my rom is Elite 2.0: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=403296
And I'm sending you the photo...

@zetxek
Hi! Thanks for the photo, I checked your EXIF in Opanda and there is some subtle differences. The obvious thing is the camera build which is (according to the EXIF) 30998_01.
THE GPS data is formatted the same way, no differences there.
The only real difference is under thumbnail where one tags:
JPEG Interchange Format Length
are different, but I don't see how that should make any difference. Oh, and by the way - I uploaded your picture to my Flickr just to test. And it actually places it in Spain, in a town thats called Santiago de Compostela (right?).
This is really interesting since it actually works for you when the the differences between our data is really small. Right now I don't know what to make of it. If you delete the picture from Flickr and re-upload it, does it go to the wrong place again?

I will try that, reuploading the photo. There is another thing, I think I edited the photo with Picasa before uploading it. Maybe saving it corrupted the GPS Data... (I sent you the un-edited version of the photo).
Anyway I'm using a different rom version (Bepe 0.97) and I updated the radio version too, so I will update the post if I notice any difference.

I can just confirm that with the new official 2.0 rom the geotagging seems to work (at least when enabling GPS photo in the registry as explained in the sticky thread about improvements)

[Q] geotag coordinates problems on S5830

Hello,
I have an issue about geo-tagging photos and upload them to Picasa.
I have stock Gingerbread XWKPK.
I have a problem/question to ask: i take a picture with geotag coordinates and when i upload it to Picasa it changes the coordinates. I upload it to Picasa via S5830 integrated apk and manual from my PC, with the same result (it changes my picture location)
I take a picture with geo coordinates (attached is the detail for the original photo), pls look at the altitude (the real altitude should be around 100 meters, the value presented there could be measured in other units - i have photos with SGS2 in the same location and the value for altitude is about 150 not 100,000); the first question is what is wrong with the altitude?
when i see the picture on the on phone, on Google maps it looks ok - this is the real and correct location (attached a print screen from the phone) coordinates here are: (44.41191671, 26.11460903) and there is no altitude here
after i upload the picture on Picasa i have other coordinates: 44.411667° N si 26.100000° E, as it is on the Picasa link: hxxp://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/TYCr5t1V3U_xcJMLHQkmmLfgvKJMgr4NodgqRwG1scA?full-exif=true
This location is WRONG! (and also, NO altitude here)
Is there a problem with GPS receptor on SGA S5830? Is there a soft problem? (i use la latest upgrade available, KPK); is there a problem with measurement units?
Does anybody else have the same problem?
thx alot!

solution yet?
I'm encoutering the same problem here and it drives me nuts!!
Somehow the phone does not save the gps coordinates with full accuracy to the EXIF data !?!
Example:
Adroid 2.3.3 Filebrowser (confirmed by GPS Status App):
48.526814° N
9.059165° E
Exif Data (Firefox Exif Viewer Plugin):
48° 31′ 36″ == 48.526667°
9° 3′ 0″ == 9.05°
After importing into Picasa and exporting a .kml file for Google Maps, Google Maps shows the Image also according to the Exif Data
48.526667°
9.05°
Obviously the Exif Gps Data is rounded after Minutes( or the 3rd digit when written in decimals). And also, why does Androids File Browser know the real coordinates and where are they stored !!???!
This sucks! The geotagged images are therefore off by hundreds of meters!
Anyone found a solution for that or knows why this could happen?

Same problem here
I have a Samsung galaxy ace. (GT-S5830L)
Sample data:
picture 2012-12-23 10.53.13.jpg
picasa
Lat: 26 43\'27''S (-26.724167)
Lon: 65 16\'0'' W (-65.266667)
Phone
Lat: -26 43 27 (-26.72442449)
Lon: -65 16 36 (-65.27674195)
Picture 2012-12-01 17.55.19.jpg
Picasa
Lat: 26 48\'44'' S (-26.812222)
Lon; 64 17\'00'' W (-65.283333)
Phone
Lat: -26 48 44.75 (-26.81243058)
Lon: -26 17 53.15 (-65.29809782)
In Windows 7 the data is the same than in Picasa and if I use an exif reader on the phone I get the same result. But if I get the location from the gallery then the location is correct.
Is there any way to fix this?

[APP] Image Map (Plus) 2.1 -[R]- 21 JAN 2012 [V][U] 2.1

Image Map is the first fully functional EXIF editor and viewer. It is also a fun application that allows you to easily visualize all your photos on a world map. Image Map main screen starts by reading GPS location information from the image EXIF data and pinpointing the location of each image on a map. For this to work, make sure you selected ‘Include location info in pictures you take’ option by using PICTURES+CAMERA settings.
Additionally this app integrates into your phone Pictures Hub and acts as a powerful and easy to use EXIF editor. In addition to location information you can find out about the model and make of the digital camera used to take the picture, date, exposure, f-stop and other useful info. Exchangeable image file format (EXIF) is a standard that specifies ancillary tags used by digital cameras, scanners and other systems handling image files. Not all pictures carry EXIF data, but if they do Image Map can show this information and if GPS location info is embedded too – Image Map can map it! You can also use Image Map to edit many EXIF fields, change or add location info to other pictures (including downloaded from Internet) and rename photos stored on your phone. This free version has a limit on number of pictures you can save, so make sure to check Image Map Plus too. Image Map Plus has no ads and allows unlimited edits.
This new version has a few significant bug-fixes and improvements:
1. Ability to rename any photo saved on the phone (even without editing EXIF).
2. Integration with GPS.
3. Localization into Russian.
4. Bug-fixes around some special cases of EXIF format.
Download Image Map (for free): http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=f6d38972-f00b-4a25-b6aa-530dcce8b996
Download Image Map Plus (free trial): http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=100bb724-2c49-4ef5-bd19-0a0f3ca8b818
If you want to know more about Image Map please check out one of the following (video) reviews online:
http://youtu.be/dNgJ4mfZML4
http://www.wpxbox.com/image-map-plus-exif-editor-wp/
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/image-map-for-windows-phone-7-rename-photos-view-edit-exif-data/
http://wmpoweruser.com/image-map-and-image-map-plus-first-exif-editor-for-windows-phone-7/