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Get Date, Latitude and Longitude from EXIF using PIL and save them as an Excel file
import xlwt
import glob
from PIL import Image
from PIL.ExifTags import TAGS, GPSTAGS
ezxf =xlwt.easyxf
def isApple(fn):
flag= False
i = Image.open(fn)
info = i._getexif()
if info:
for tag, value in info.items():
decoded = TAGS.get(tag, tag)
if decoded =="Make" and value =="Apple":
flag= True
return flag
def get_exif_data(fn):
"""Returns a dictionary from the exif data of an PIL Image item. Also converts the GPS Tags"""
exif_data = {}
i = Image.open(fn)
info = i._getexif()
if info:
for tag, value in info.items():
decoded = TAGS.get(tag, tag)
if decoded == "GPSInfo":
gps_data = {}
for t in value:
sub_decoded = GPSTAGS.get(t, t)
gps_data[sub_decoded] = value[t]
exif_data[decoded] = gps_data
else:
exif_data[decoded] = value
return exif_data
def _get_if_exist(data, key):
if key in data:
return data[key]
return None
def _convert_to_degress(value):
"""Helper function to convert the GPS coordinates stored in the EXIF to degress in float format"""
d0 = value[0][0]
d1 = value[0][1]
d = float(d0) / float(d1)
m0 = value[1][0]
m1 = value[1][1]
m = float(m0) / float(m1)
s0 = value[2][0]
s1 = value[2][1]
s = float(s0) / float(s1)
return d + (m / 60.0) + (s / 3600.0)
def get_lat_lon(exif_data):
"""Returns the latitude and longitude, if available, from the provided exif_data (obtained through get_exif_data above)"""
lat = None
lon = None
if "GPSInfo" in exif_data:
gps_info = exif_data["GPSInfo"]
gps_latitude = _get_if_exist(gps_info, "GPSLatitude")
gps_latitude_ref = _get_if_exist(gps_info, 'GPSLatitudeRef')
gps_longitude = _get_if_exist(gps_info, 'GPSLongitude')
gps_longitude_ref = _get_if_exist(gps_info, 'GPSLongitudeRef')
if gps_latitude and gps_latitude_ref and gps_longitude and gps_longitude_ref:
lat = _convert_to_degress(gps_latitude)
if gps_latitude_ref != "N":
lat = 0 - lat
lon = _convert_to_degress(gps_longitude)
if gps_longitude_ref != "E":
lon = 0 - lon
return lat, lon
def write_xls(file_name, sheet_name, headings, data, heading_xf, data_xfs):
book = xlwt.Workbook()
sheet = book.add_sheet(sheet_name.decode('cp949'))
rowx = 0
for colx, value in enumerate(headings):
if (type(value) == int or type(value) == float):
sheet.write(rowx, colx, value, data_xfs[colx])
else:
sheet.write(rowx, colx, value.decode('cp949'), data_xfs[colx])
sheet.set_panes_frozen(True) # frozen headings instead of split panes
sheet.set_horz_split_pos(rowx+1) # in general, freeze after last heading row
sheet.set_remove_splits(True) # if user does unfreeze, don't leave a split there
for row in data:
rowx += 1
for colx, value in enumerate(row):
if (type(value) == int or type(value) == float):
sheet.write(rowx, colx, value, data_xfs[colx])
else:
sheet.write(rowx, colx, value.decode('cp949'), data_xfs[colx])
book.save(file_name)
################
# Example ########
################
if __name__ == "__main__":
data = []
file_list = glob.glob('INPUT FILE PATH AND FILE FORMAT') #input file path and file format e.g. "c:\pictures\\*.jpg"
for file_name in file_list:
image = file_name
exif_data = get_exif_data(image)
#Only focus on pictures taken by Apple product
if isApple(image):
exif_data = get_exif_data(image)
Date = exif_data['DateTimeOriginal'].split()[0]
Time = exif_data['DateTimeOriginal'].split()[1]
Lat = get_lat_lon(exif_data)[0]
Lon = get_lat_lon(exif_data)[1]
#Only write data when the picture has GPS information
if Lat != None and Lon != None:
data +=[[file_name[file_name.find("test\\")+5:], Date, Time, Lat, Lon]]
# prepare for writing on Excel file
hdngs = ['Filename', 'Date', 'Time', 'Latitude', 'Longitude']
kinds = 'text date time float float'.split()
heading_xf = ezxf('font: bold on; align: wrap on, vert centre, horiz center;')
kind_to_xf_map = {
'date': ezxf(num_format_str='yyyy:mm:dd'),
'time': ezxf(num_format_str='hh:mm:ss'),
'int': ezxf(num_format_str='#,##0'),
'float':ezxf(num_format_str='#.##0'),
'text': ezxf(),
}
data_xfs = [kind_to_xf_map[k] for k in kinds]
output_file_name = 'OUTPUT FILE PATH AND FILE NAME' #output file path and file name e.g. "c:\data.xls"
print output_file_name
# write data on Excel file
write_xls(output_file_name, 'photo', hdngs, data, heading_xf, data_xfs)
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