Bad geotagged EXIF data off the iPhone
14 July 2008
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The iPhone camera geotags photos you take using it. This is a nice feature, and I like it. But if you use iPhoto to get your pictures off the camera, it breaks them.
This file was pulled using Image Capture
$ md5 Desktop/IMG_0115.JPG
MD5 (Desktop/IMG_0115.JPG) = db9551d666e312dad10b01607b758bc1
$ exif Desktop/IMG_0115.JPG
EXIF tags in 'Desktop/IMG_0115.JPG' ('Motorola' byte order):
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Tag |Value
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturer |Apple
Model |iPhone
Orientation |right - top
x-Resolution |72.00
y-Resolution |72.00
Resolution Unit |Inch
Date and Time |2008:07:14 09:39:31
Compression |JPEG compression
Orientation |right - top
x-Resolution |72.00
y-Resolution |72.00
Resolution Unit |Inch
FNumber |f/2.8
Date and Time (origi|2008:07:14 09:39:31
Date and Time (digit|2008:07:14 09:39:31
Color Space |Uncalibrated
PixelXDimension |1600
PixelYDimension |1200
Gamma |2.20
North or South Latit|N
Latitude |51.00, 31.49, 0.00
East or West Longitu|W
Longitude |0.00, 5.25, 0.00
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
EXIF data contains a thumbnail (4879 bytes).
And this file is the EXACT SAME PICTURE pulled using iPhoto
$ md5 /Users/tomi/Pictures/iPhoto/Modified/2008/14\ Jul\ 2008/IMG_0115.JPG
MD5 (/Users/tomi/Pictures/iPhoto/Modified/2008/14 Jul 2008/IMG_0115.JPG) = 571f8966a47ac583026090b63d7cde2a
$ exif /Users/tomi/Pictures/iPhoto/Modified/2008/14\ Jul\ 2008/IMG_0115.JPG
EXIF tags in '/Users/tomi/Pictures/iPhoto/Modified/2008/14 Jul 2008/IMG_0115.JPG' ('Motorola' byte order):
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Tag |Value
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturer |Apple
Model |iPhone
Orientation |top - left
x-Resolution |72.00
y-Resolution |72.00
Resolution Unit |Inch
Software |QuickTime 7.5
Date and Time |2008:07:14 09:40:28
YCbCr Positioning |centered
Compression |JPEG compression
x-Resolution |72.00
y-Resolution |72.00
Resolution Unit |Inch
YCbCr Positioning |centered
FNumber |f/2.8
Exif Version |Exif Version 2.2
Date and Time (origi|2008:07:14 09:39:31
Date and Time (digit|2008:07:14 09:39:31
Color Space |Uncalibrated
Latitude |51.00, 31.49, 0.00
Longitude |0.00, 5.25, 0.00
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
EXIF data contains a thumbnail (2670 bytes).
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