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ExifTool => Developers => Topic started by: herb on November 15, 2024, 01:48:44 PM

Title: Different behaviour of GPSLatitudeRef and GPSDestLatitudeRef
Post by: herb on November 15, 2024, 01:48:44 PM
Hello Phil,

I started to play with geolocalisation with my C++ application.
For GPS tags GPSLatitudeRef, GPSLongitudeRef, GPSDestLatitudeRef and GPSDestLongitudeRef
I have seen that they behave different when being written.

Documentation for e.g. GPSLatitudeRef says:
(ExifTool will also accept a number when writing this tag, positive for east longitudes or negative for west, or a string containing E, East, W or West)

From a developer point of view it would be wonderful when they behave identical or at least when
GPSDestLatitudeRef and GPSDestLongitudeRef would also accept a number.

Yes I could re-define these tags in a private .config file,
but I think this behaviour should be availbale for all.

Thanks for your comments
Best regards
herb 
Title: Re: Different behaviour of GPSLatitudeRef and GPSDestLatitudeRef
Post by: Phil Harvey on November 15, 2024, 01:50:05 PM
Thanks herb.  Yes, I noticed this when I made this post (https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php?topic=16721.msg89793#msg89793), and had already fixed it.  The Dest tags will behave the same as the others in 13.04.

- Phil
Title: Re: Different behaviour of GPSLatitudeRef and GPSDestLatitudeRef
Post by: herb on November 16, 2024, 07:49:23 AM
Hello Phil,

thanks for this enhancement.

Best regards
herb