Hello,
I'm having issues getting exiftool to extract GPS data from photos taken with my Samsung Galaxy S22 pre-installed camera app. Imagemagick's identify has the same issue. Oddly, Windows 10 can extract this info - see attached screenshot.
dave@hutt ~/e/Image-ExifTool-12.42 ./exiftool -ver 1 ✘ 10:47:57 AM
12.42
dave@hutt ~/e/Image-ExifTool-12.42 ./exiftool ~/Downloads/20220522_153040.jpg | grep GPS ✔ 10:48:00 AM
GPS Latitude Ref : Unknown ()
GPS Longitude Ref : Unknown ()
GPS Altitude Ref : Above Sea Level
GPS Latitude :
GPS Longitude :
Is this a known issue? Thanks!
Can you provide a sample image?
I've seen many of those. It's not specific to Samsung, but is common for Android.
Here are a few examples:
https://fotoforensics.com/analysis.php?id=003618568f02a58e8e112bc7ef370974a4b50231.2827007&fmt=orig
https://fotoforensics.com/analysis.php?id=003b187b6b928c9f44cdb395810562a3fc5c40e2.2319893&fmt=orig
The GPS has been erased.
I don't know if it did exist but some app removed it, or if this version of Android just writes null records as a placeholder.
Either way, the EXIF fields definitely do exist. They either have 0 or null set for the values.
It's not an issue with exiftool. The image I looked at had the Software tag filled with "MediaTek Camera Application", which doesn't sound like the default camera app. It looks like the data isn't being written.
MediaTek is the default camera on some Androids (particularly in Asia).