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ExifTool => The Image::ExifTool API => Topic started by: fireport on July 06, 2012, 03:07:24 AM

Title: character encoding
Post by: fireport on July 06, 2012, 03:07:24 AM
I guys, I am writing a tool to reverse geogode image, but I have a probelm with address with non ascii characters. For example if my photo was taken to
Calle de Alcalá 41-43 Madrid Spain I write the tag
$success = $exifTool->SetNewValue("XMP:Location", $address);
when I read the info, I see
exiftool -Location ../Dropbox/madrid/P1000018.JPG
Location                        : Calle de Alcalá 41-43

I need to use
exiftool -L -Location ../Dropbox/madrid/P1000018.JPG
Location                        : Calle de Alcalá 41-43

to display correct info
This behaviour make problem with the windows application that watermark the wrong address info to photo.
Do you have some suggestion ?
Title: Re: character encoding
Post by: Phil Harvey on July 06, 2012, 07:10:00 AM
The -L is necessary if your Windows console is using Windows Latin1 encoding. (which is common)

It looks like you wrote the information correctly.  Read FAQ number 10 and 18 (https://exiftool.org/faq.html#Q10) for more information