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Extracting EXIF GIS coordinates from a .TIF file

  • April 27, 2021
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brian_
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Hi

I am trying to extract the EXIF GPS coordinates from a .TIF file. I have managed to extract EXIF from a JPEG, but it seems .TIF readers doesn't expose the right additional attributes:

Screenshot 2021-04-28 102626The .TIF file I am trying to extract:

Screenshot 2021-04-28 101833Anyone know of an alternative way to do this?

Best answer by gazza

There is a custom transformer on FMEHub which does this https://hub.safe.com/publishers/jamess/transformers/exifreader

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  • April 28, 2021

One way is to use the SystemCaller to run ExifTools on the image and create a text file of the output which a FeatureReader can then read in and extract the required data.

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There is a custom transformer on FMEHub which does this https://hub.safe.com/publishers/jamess/transformers/exifreader

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