GPSImage Library

Retrieves GPS data from Geo-referenced Photos.

GPS Image will find all available geo-referenced information from the image.

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Install

Requires PIL module installed, for issues with Windows try to download Pillow.

$ pip install gpsimage

GPS-Camera Devices

The following GPS-Camera devices have been tested with this GPSImage python module.

If your device is not listed, feel free to send me a photo taken from your device and I will be glad to troubleshoot it.

• Garmin Montana 650
• Android Samsung Galaxy

Python Example

>>> import gpsimage # pip install gpsimage
>>> img = gpsimage.open('<image.jpg>')

# Coordinates Latitude & Longitude in Degrees 
>>> img.lat, img.lng
45.413140 -75.656703

# Altitude in Feet
>>> img.altitude
142.04025779

# From 0 to 360 Degrees
>>> img.direction
165.974436341
...

JSON Results

This example was taken from a Android Samsung Galaxy

>>> import gpsimage # pip install gpsimage
>>> img = gpsimage.open('<image.jpg>')
>>> img.json

# JSON Results
{'altitude': 79.0,
'datum': 'WGS-84',
'direction': 321.0,
'geometry': {'coordinates': [-76.4515263888889, 44.24509527777778],
'type': 'POINT'},
'height': 2592,
'make': u'Samsung',
'model': u'Galaxy Nexus',
'status': 'OK',
'timestamp': u'2014:08:06 15:29:41',
'width': 1944}

Attributes

GPS data

• lat or y - Latitude (Degrees)
• lng or x - Longitude (Degrees)
• geometry - GeoJSON Point
• altitude - Elevation Above Mean Sea Level
• datum - Coordinate system (Typically WGS84)
• direction - Camera orientation (0-360 degrees)
• ok - True or False if coordinates exists

Device Specific

• **timestamp ** - Calendar dates (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
• model - Device model (Galaxy Nexus)
• make - Device manufacturer (Samsung)

Standard

• status - Checks if everything is ok
• width - Dimension of image (Pixels)
• height - Dimension of image (Pixels)

Functions

• debug - Generates a report of all the attributes available