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Setting GPS location EXIF tags using Python script and pyexiv2 library
#!/usr/bin/env python
import pyexiv2
import fractions
from PIL import Image
from PIL.ExifTags import TAGS
import sys
def to_deg(value, loc):
if value < 0:
loc_value = loc[0]
elif value > 0:
loc_value = loc[1]
else:
loc_value = ""
abs_value = abs(value)
deg = int(abs_value)
t1 = (abs_value-deg)*60
min = int(t1)
sec = round((t1 - min)* 60, 5)
return (deg, min, sec, loc_value)
def view_gps_location(file_name, lat, lng):
"""Adds GPS position as EXIF metadata
Keyword arguments:
file_name -- image file
lat -- latitude (as float)
lng -- longitude (as float)
"""
lat_deg = to_deg(lat, ["S", "N"])
lng_deg = to_deg(lng, ["W", "E"])
print lat_deg
print lng_deg
# convert decimal coordinates into degrees, munutes and seconds
exiv_lat = (pyexiv2.Rational(lat_deg[0]*60+lat_deg[1],60),pyexiv2.Rational(lat_deg[2]*100,6000))
exiv_lng = (pyexiv2.Rational(lng_deg[0]*60+lng_deg[1],60),pyexiv2.Rational(lng_deg[2]*100,6000))
exiv_image = pyexiv2.Image(file_name)
exiv_image.readMetadata()
exif_keys = exiv_image.exifKeys()
for key in exif_keys:
print key, [exiv_image[key]]
def set_gps_location(file_name, lat, lng):
"""Adds GPS position as EXIF metadata
Keyword arguments:
file_name -- image file
lat -- latitude (as float)
lng -- longitude (as float)
"""
lat_deg = to_deg(lat, ["S", "N"])
lng_deg = to_deg(lng, ["W", "E"])
print lat_deg
print lng_deg
# convert decimal coordinates into degrees, munutes and seconds
exiv_lat = (pyexiv2.Rational(lat_deg[0]*60+lat_deg[1],60),pyexiv2.Rational(lat_deg[2]*100,6000), pyexiv2.Rational(0, 1))
exiv_lng = (pyexiv2.Rational(lng_deg[0]*60+lng_deg[1],60),pyexiv2.Rational(lng_deg[2]*100,6000), pyexiv2.Rational(0, 1))
exiv_image = pyexiv2.ImageMetadata(file_name)
exiv_image.read()
exif_keys = exiv_image.exif_keys
exiv_image["Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitude"] = exiv_lat
exiv_image["Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLatitudeRef"] = lat_deg[3]
exiv_image["Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitude"] = exiv_lng
exiv_image["Exif.GPSInfo.GPSLongitudeRef"] = lng_deg[3]
exiv_image["Exif.Image.GPSTag"] = 654
exiv_image["Exif.GPSInfo.GPSMapDatum"] = "WGS-84"
exiv_image["Exif.GPSInfo.GPSVersionID"] = '2 0 0 0'
exiv_image.write()
set_gps_location(sys.argv[1], float(sys.argv[2]), float(sys.argv[3]))
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exiv_lat = (pyexiv2.Rational(lat_deg[0]*60+lat_deg[1],60),pyexiv2.Rational(lat_deg[2]*100,6000))
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