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Some digital cameras are now coming equipped with a GPS to record this data automatically and others allow the fitting of a special GPS receiver to the flash hot shoe and then they communicate the data to the camera usually by an additional cable connection. The second is to use a GPS to log the location of the photograph and then add that information either automatically or manually to the EXIF data. There are two ways to Geotag an image, the first is by looking at a map and working out exactly where the photograph was taken and then entering the information manually into the photograph. The EXIF data is recorded within the digital image file that the camera records and this data can be read by any suitable software. Geotagging is the recording of the latitude and longitude of the location where a photograph was taken and then the addition of this data to the EXIF information that was captured by the camera when the photograph was taken. I was recently reading about the geotagging of photographs’ and decided that I would investigate it further and if appropriate try it for myself. You can see some of Colin’s images here and learn more about him at the conclusion of this article.

#Read photo geotag how to

You can also right-click on the globe next to GPS and select “Locate Spot on Map by GPS”, which will open the coordinates in Google maps.In this post Colin Spencer gives us a good introduction to how to Geotag images. The “GPS” view shows information similar to below. The Opanda “Exif” view shows information similar to here: Opanda Exif View There are a number of applications out there, but Opanda IExif is simple and effective, even if it is old 🙂 With Opanda, you open the image or drag the image into Opanda that you want to view the Exif data on. OpenStreetMap view of cyclists image Method 2įor method 2, we’ll use an application to view the Exif data. You can also copy the GPS Coordinates and paste into Google if you prefer Google maps. FxIF Details – Image GPS Coordinatesįrom here you can click on the Map Link. If Exif data is available, you’ll see similar information to the FxIF Details image below. Circled in red are the GPS Coordinates and other information about the location of the picture. The image of the cyclists located in the FxIF example can be found here: With FxIF, you can right-click on any image in Firefox and choose FxIF Data: Selecting the FxIF Data by Right-Clicking on an image in Firefox. Chrome’s Extension EXIF Quick View works in a similar manner, except you just have to hover the mouse over the image, as shown below: EXIF Quick View – Chrome Extension Example For this example, we’ll use the Firefox Add-On, FxIF. There are many browser plugins that offer Exif capabilities. In the first method, we’ll use a browser plugin.

Reference the “Hacking cases’s body of evidence” article for more info on this case. The FBI extracted the GPS coordinates and sent local authorities to the location where the picture was taken, in a Melbourne, Australia suburb, where they found Ochoa and arrested him. AnonWormer left the Exif data in the picture. AnonWormer aka Higinio O Ochoa III used his Twitter account to post a picture of a woman holding a sign stating “PwNd by w0rmer & CabinCr3w”. People often leave this information in images they post on the Internet, sometimes to their demise, such as the no longer Anonymous hacker, “AnonWormer”. – GPS Coordinates where the picture was taken

In short, Exif is information about a digital picture, such as: In this post, we’ll cover two simple ways to extract Exif ( Exchangeable image file) data from images.