![]() It will not however, write the “Geotag” information back to the file, unless they are edited manually by the user.ģ. If a photo has GPS Latitude and Longitude, but no City, State/Province, or Country information in the fields described in (1), then WPG would consult a Microsoft web service to determine the “Geotag” based on latitude and longitude, this process is called reverse geocoding. It would display the IPTC Extension fields as the first choice (if available) and the IPTC Core “legacy” fields (if available) as the second option.Ģ. If a photo already contains Location, City, State/Province and Country fields filled in, WPG would use the information it has to display as the Geotag. Here is the general logic behind Windows Photo Gallery’s Geotags (in order):ġ. The fields which Windows Photo Gallery uses for geotags are: IPTC Core and Extension Location Fields (Location, City, State/Providence, Country) and EXIF GPS Latitude, GPS Longitude. Placing the mouse over the geotag would reveal all the geotag information. A photo taken at the Seattle Central Library shown in Windows Photo Gallery. Think of it as paper forms with fields (such as date, time, caption, locations) to fill in, which are added to a photo. There are multiple ways (formats) of writing this information known as EXIF, IPTC, XMP. The best analogy for understanding what metadata is by imagining a printed picture with written information written on the back. So I am writing this post to provide a way to access and maintain the geo location information in your photos.įirst, a quick explainer on how geotags are saved in image files and used to work in Windows Photo Gallery (WPG) – As you may know, photo files such as JPG can store additional information called metadata. Windows Photo Gallery “Geotags” was a nice feature for adding location information to photos. It is no longer supported and has caused some angst among some users.
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